Lines from Tuesday's game. Subject to change.
Forwards
Vladislav Namestnikov - Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Yanni Gourde - Brayden Point - Tyler Johnson
Chris Kunitz - Cedric Paquette - Ryan Callahan
Alex Killorn - Matthew Peca - Michael Bournival
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jake Dotchin
Mikhail Sergachev - Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn - Dan Girardi
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy or Louis Domingue
Thursday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Flames will conclude their two-game regular season series tonight in Calgary...The Flames defeated the Bolts 5-1 on Jan. 11, the largest margin of defeat for Tampa Bay this season...The Bolts and Flames are playing for the second time in 20 days...The two teams have split the two-game season series each of the last two seasons...Tampa Bay doubuled up the Flames in its last visit to Calgary, scoring a 6-3 victory on Dec. 14, 2016...Alex Killorn scored a shorthanded and empty-net tally for a three-point night in that win, and former Bolt Brian Boyle also contributed a pair of goals...The Lightning have left Calgary victorious in three of their last four trips and six of their last eight...All-time, the Bolts are 9-7-1 in the regular season in Calgary...Tyler Johnson has recorded 2-4--6 in his last seven games vs. CGY...Brayden Point has tallied a point in two-straight games vs. WPG (1-1--2) and had the Bolts' only goal in their 5-1 loss earlier this season...Victor Hedman has four assists in his last three games vs. CGY...Steven Stamkos has scored a goal in two of his last three games vs. CGY (missed both games in 2016-17 due to injury).
Thursday's Storylines
Tampa Bay leads the NHL for road victories (17) and ranks third for road points percentage (.667) behind Boston (.682) and Calgary (.678)...The Lightning are playing their sixth game in a stretch of eight-straight games away from AMALIE Arena, the longest such stretch in the NHL this season, and are currently 3-2-0 on that eight-game away stretch...Tampa Bay continues to pace the NHL for wins (34), points (71), ROW (32), goals (174) and goal differential (+48)...The Lightning are off to their best start in franchise history with 71 points through 50 games, five points better than the 66 points put up by the 2014-15 team (31-15-4) through 50 games...The Bolts were held without a power-play goal for the fourth-straight game on Tuesday, their longest drought without a power-play goal this season and longest since going eight-straight games without a power-play goal Feb. 29-March 15, 2016...The Bolts have been shut out on the power play in nine of their last 12, going 6-2-1 in those nine.
Injuries
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 69
Current injuries
Peter Budaj - Lower body (out indefinitely; injured Dec. 29) 13 Games
Ondrej Palat - Lower body (out 6 to 8 weeks; injured Jan. 20) 4 Games
Transactions
Jan. 29 - Recalled G Louis Domingue from AHL Syracuse
Jan. 27 - Re-assigned G Louis Domingue to AHL Syracuse
Jan. 21 - Recalled F Michael Bournival from AHL Syracuse
Jan. 21 - Recalled F Matthew Peca from AHL Syracuse
Making a Point
Tampa Bay second-year pro Brayden Point tallied an assist Jan. 30 at WPG for his second-straight game with a point (1-1--2) and sixth game in his last eight with a point (4-5--9)...Point has seven goals in 12 games vs. Central Division teams this season, his most against any division.
Good Gourde
Lightning rookie forward Yanni Gourde saw his three-game goal streak, tied for a career long set twice previously, come to an end in Winnipeg but ranks tied for eighth in the NHL for goals since Jan. 6 with six...Gourde has scored more goals in January (6) than any other month in his career (second most: 5 in December 2017)...Gourde has scored three of his five career game-winning goals in January...The Bolts are 11-2-1 when Gourde scores a goal.
