Projected lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Anthony Cirelli
Alex Killorn - Yanni Gourde - Steven Stamkos
Barclay Goodrow - Tyler Johnson - Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon - Mathieu Joseph - Alexander Volkov
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Cal Foote
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Predators are playing their fifth of eight meetings this season and the third of four at AMALIE Arena...Tampa Bay is 4-0-0 against Nashville this season, outscoring the Predators a combined 19-7...The Lightning are on a five-game win streak against Nashville going back to last season, their longest win streak in franchise history over the Preds...Tampa Bay swept a back-to-back set in Nashville in the teams' last meeting Feb. 8 and 9, the Lightning outscoring the Preds 10-2 and going 4-for-8 on the power play, including three power-play goals in the 6-1 win Feb. 9 in the last meeting...Steven Stamkos (5-2--7 pts.), Brayden Point (1-6--7 pts.) and Mikhail Sergachev (0-7--7 pts.) have each recorded a point in every game so far this season against Nashville and lead the Bolts for scoring versus the Preds.
Saturday's Storylines
The Lightning return home for a two-game set against the Predators for their first games at AMALIE Arena in 14 days (last home game Feb. 27 vs. DAL, a 5-0 win)...Tampa Bay has won three in a row at home and nine of 10 to start the season...The Lightning own the second-best home record in the NHL with a .900 point percentage (1st: NYI - 12-0-2, .929)...The Lightning have scored a power-play goal in four-consecutive games -- netting seven PPGs over that stretch -- and have risen to fourth in the NHL rankings for power-play percentage (28.1%)...The Bolts pace the NHL for point percentage (.760), goal differential (+34) and goals per game (3.64)...Tampa Bay's penalty kill ranks second in the League at 87.5% (1st: BOS - 88.8%).
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 59
Nikita Kucherov (Hip surgery Dec. 29; Out) 25 Games
Mitchell Stephens (Lower-body injury Jan. 23; Out indefinitely) 21 Games
The Road Ahead
Monday, March 15 vs. Nashville Predators
Tuesday, March 16 at Dallas Stars
Thursday, March 18 vs. Chicago Blackhawks
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