Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
When: Saturday, January 20 - 12:30 p.m. ET
Where: KeyBack Center - Buffalo, NY
TV coverage: Bally Sports (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Where to stream it: BallySports.com
Lines from Thursday's Game *(subject to change)
Steven Stamkos - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nick Paul
Alex Barre-Boulet - Tyler Motte - Conor Sheary
Austin Watson - Luke Glendening - Mikey Eyssimont
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Calvin de Haan - Max Crozier
Emile Lilleberg - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Sabres are playing the second of four matchups this season and the second of two meetings at KeyBank Center...The Bolts dropped the first meeting of the season in a 3-2 overtime loss Oct. 17 at BUF...Brandon Hagel scored both of Tampa Bay’s two goals in the defeat, while Anthony Cirelli, Tanner Jeannot and Brayden Point each picked up one assist...Point (5-4—9) led the Lightning in goals vs. BUF last season and was tied with Nikita Kucherov (1-8—9) for the team lead in points...Kucherov has found the scoresheet in 13 of his last 14 games vs. BUF (10-13—23) and has points in six of his last seven contests at BUF (5-7—12)...Kucherov has points in 15 of his 17 career games at BUF (10- 14—24) and has found the scoresheet in 22 of his last 24 contests vs. BUF overall (14-20—34)...Point is riding a seven-game point streak vs. BUF (5-7—12) and has scored a goal in four of the last five matchups...Point has found the scoresheet in seven of his last eight contests at BUF (4-4—8)... Steven Stamkos has picked up points in six straight games vs. BUF (4-7—11), along with 11 of the last 13 meetings (6-11—17)...Hagel has found the scoresheet in five of his six career games vs. BUF (5-4—9)...Cirelli has points in seven of his last nine contests vs. BUF (3-6—9)...Victor Hedman has points in five of his last seven contests vs. BUF (1-6—7)...The Lightning are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games at BUF and 6-2-2 in the last 10 meetings overall...The Bolts are 50-49-10 with five ties all time vs. BUF, including a road record of 26-25-4 with two ties...Stamkos (22-25—47) holds the Bolts franchise records for career goals and points vs. BUF.
Injuries
Erik Cernak - Upper-body - Week-to-Week
Haydn Fleury - Upper-body - Week-to-Week
Mikhail Sergachev - Upper-body - Week-to-Week
Tanner Jeannot - Lower-body - Week-to-Week
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Gasparilla Collection
Gear up for next weekend's Gasparilla parade, with the exclusive Tampa Bay Lightning Gasparilla collection. Available in store at AMALIE Arena and online at TampaBaySports.com, while supplies last.
The Road Ahead
Sunday, January 21 at Detroit Red Wings
Tuesday, January 23 at Philadelphia Flyers
Thursday, January 25 vs. Arizona Coyotes - Buy Tickets
