Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
When: Saturday, October 19 - 1 p.m. ET
Where: Canadian Tire Centre - Ottawa, ON
TV coverage: Bally Sports (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Lines from Wednesday's Practice (subject to change)
Forwards
Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nick Paul
Mikey Eyssimont - Conor Geekie - Cam Atkinson
Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Mitchell Chaffee
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Darren Raddysh - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning open Atlantic Division play with Saturday’s 1 p.m. game at Canadian Tire Centre against the Ottawa Senators... Tampa Bay is 50-55-11 all-time against Ottawa, including 22-31-5 on the road...Ottawa won three of four matchups between the teams last season, finishing 3-1-0...The Senators won 5-2 on Oct. 15 before Tampa Bay earned revenge in a 6-4 win on Nov. 4. Ottawa took a 4-2 win on Feb. 19 and the season series ended with a 3-2 shootout win for the Senators on April 11...Ottawa is 2-1-0 this season...Lightning assistant captain Nikita Kucherov leads the Bolts in all- time scoring against the Senators with 13-35—48. Brayden Point has scored 17 goals in 24 career games against Ottawa, and defenseman Ryan McDonagh has seven points in 12 games...Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has a 10-6-0 career record against Ottawa with an .895 save percentage.
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The Road Ahead
Monday, October 21 at Toronto Maple Leafs
Tuesday, October 22 at New Jersey Devils
Thursday, October 24 vs. Minnesota Wild
