Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
When: Thursday, February 22 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: AMALIE Arena - Tampa, FL
TV coverage: ESPN
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Where to stream it: ESPN.com
Lines from Wednesday's Practice (subject to change)
Steven Stamkos - Anthony Cirelli - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Mitchell Chaffee
Mikey Eyssimont - Nick Paul - Conor Sheary
Tyler Motte - Luke Glendening - Austin Watson
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Haydn Fleury - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Thursday's Matchup
The Lightning and Capitals are playing the second of three matchups this season and the only meeting at AMALIE Arena...Tampa Bay defeated WSH in the first meeting this season with a 2-1 shootout win Dec. 23 at Capital One Arena...Luke Glendening scored the Bolts lone regulation goal in the victory with Victor Hedman collecting the only assist before scoring the game-deciding goal in the shootout...Nikita Kucherov has found the scoresheet in eight of his last nine home games vs. WSH (7-5—12) with four multi-point efforts during that span...Anthony Cirelli and Steven Stamkos have both posted a multi-point effort in each of their last two home contests vs. WSH (both: 1-3—4)...Brayden Point has points in six of his last eight home games vs. WSH (3-5—8)...Brandon Hagel has picked up three points in three career home contests vs. WSH (0-3—3)...Over the last eight meetings between Tampa Bay and WSH at AMALIE Arena, the winning team has scored four or more goals seven times...The Bolts are 6-4-0 in their last 10 home games vs. WSH and 5-4-1 in the last 10 meetings overall...Tampa Bay is 48-75-9 with six ties all- time vs. WSH, including a home record of 29-35-2 with two ties...Martin St. Louis (29-50—79) holds the Lightning franchise records for career points and assists vs. WSH while Vincent Lecavalier (34-36—70) leads the way in goals.
Injuries
Mikhail Sergachev – Lower-body, Out
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Star Wars Night
It's Star Wars Night at AMALIE Arena. Check out this Tampa Bay Lightning Star Wars T-Shirt, in store and online at TampaBaySports.com, while supplies last.
The Road Ahead
Saturday, February 24 at New York Islanders
Sunday, February 25 at New Jersey Devils
Tuesday, February 27 at Philadelphia Flyers
