Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
When: Thursday, October 24 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: AMALIE Arena - Tampa, FL
TV coverage: FanDuel Sports Network (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Lines from Tuesday's Game (subject to change)
Forwards
Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Mitchell Chaffee
Conor Geekie - Nick Paul - Cam Atkinson
Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Mikey Eyssimont
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Darren Raddysh
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Thursday's Matchup
The Lightning on Thursday play the first of two games against the Minnesota Wild across the next eight days. Minnesota visits AMALIE Arena this Thursday before the teams will play again on Nov. 1 at the Xcel Energy Center...The Lightning are 13-17-4 against the Wild all-time, including 4-2-0 across the last three seasons...Nikita Kucherov leads the Bolts in career scoring against Minnesota with 8-9—17. Victor Hedman has 4-6—10 in 21 career games against the Wild, and Brayden Point has 5-4—9 in 12 games...The Lightning won both matchups between the teams in 2023-24, taking a Jan. 4 game 4-1 before skating to a 7-3 victory on Jan. 18. Hedman led the Bolts with 2-3—5 in last season’s games against Minnesota, and seven different players scored at least two points against the Wild. Kucherov posted 0-4—4, while Darren Raddysh, Anthony Cirelli and Point all had three points. Conor Sheary and Brandon Hagel added two points. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 52-of-56 shots to go 2-0 and post a .929 save percentage. He is 6-4-2 in 12 career starts against Minnesota.
Item of the game
Levelwear Player Tees
Player name and numbers tees are back, with a new look from Levelwear. Choose your favorite from 10 Tampa Bay Lightning Players. Available in store at Amalie Arena and online at TampaBaySports.com, while supplies last.
The Road Ahead
Saturday, October 26 vs. Washington Capitals
Monday, October 28 vs. Nashville Predators
Wednesday, October 30 at Colorado Avalanche
