Lightning vs. Maple Leafs: Projected lines, injuries, storylines

The Lightning face the Maple Leafs in a matchup of top teams in the Atlantic Division.
The two teams have split the first two meetings of the season, both played in Toronto. Tampa Bay won 2-0 back in January and Toronto won the most recent matchup 4-3 on Feb. 12.

Lines from Saturday's game. Subject to change.
Forwards
Ryan Callahan - Steven Stamkos -
Alex Killorn - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Chris Kunitz - Yanni Gourde - Tyler Johnson
Adam Erne - Cedric Paquette - Cory Conacher
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Anton Stralman
Mikhail Sergachev - Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn - Andrej Sustr
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to start
Monday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Maple Leafs are playing their third of four regular season meetings and the first of two at AMALIE Arena...The teams split a pair of games at Air Canada Centre, Tampa Bay blanking Toronto 2-0 Jan. 2 behind a 29-save effort by Andrei Vasilesvskiy for his sixth shutout of the season, and the Leafs earning a 4-3 decision Feb. 12, the Bolts rallying from a 3-0 deficit to tie 3-3 in the third before James van Riemsdyk netted the game-winner at 4:37 of the final period...The Lightning lost both home games against Toronto last season, going 0-1-1 and getting outscored 8-2...The Bolts are 7-2-1 in their last 10 home games vs. the Leafs, however...Two of Andrei Vasilevskiy's 11 career shutouts have come vs. TOR... Alex Killorn has scored a goal in each game vs. TOR this season, and his 6 career goals vs. TOR are tied for the most he's put up against any team (also DET)... Andrej Sustr has more career assists (7) and points (7) vs. TOR than he does against any other NHL team... Steven Stamkos has recorded points (2-5--7) in three of his last four games vs. TOR.
Monday's Storylines
Tampa Bay regained the top spot in the NHL standings following its win in Montreal and has only relinquished first place for six days since Nov. 28, never falling more than one point from the top spot...The Lightning are aiming to become just the second team in the last 81 years to finish with the League's best record after missing the playoffs the previous season, joining the 1993-94 New York Rangers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup...The Bolts pace the NHL for wins (42), points (87), goals (220), goals per game (3.55) and goal differential (+56) and remain in first place in the Atlantic Division by four points over Toronto with two games in hand and five over Boston (the Bruins have 3 games in hand)...The Lightning have led the Atlantic Division continuously since Oct. 19...Tampa Bay is off to its best start in franchise history with 87 points through 62 games, six points better than the 81 points put up by the 2010-11 team (37-18-7) through 62 games...The Lightning are tied with Florida for least amount of home games played (27)...The Bolts begin a stretch of three games in four days and 10 home games out of the next 11 tonight.
Injuries
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 96
Current injuries
Peter Budaj - Lower body (out indefinitely; injured Dec. 29) 25 games
Ondrej Palat - Lower body (out 6 to 8 weeks; injured Jan. 20) 16 games
Transactions
Feb. 21 -- Claimed F Gabriel Dumont off waivers from Ottawa; assigned Dumont to AHL Syracuse
Feb. 21 -- Re-assigned F Matthew Peca to AHL Syracuse
Road Warriors
Tampa Bay earned its 22nd road win of the season Saturday in Montreal, tying the franchise record for road victories in a single season set previously in 2006-07 and 2003-04 with six road games still to play...The Lightning pace the NHL for road games (35), road wins (22), road points (46), road goals (122) and road goal differential (+28)...The Lightning are five points from matching the franchise record for road points in a single season (51) set in 2003-04 (22-12-4-3).
Power Surge
The Lightning scored two power-play goals Feb. 24 at MTL, the third time in the last five games they've scored multiple power-play goals and the 10th time this season they've scored multiple power-play goals...Tampa Bay has scored a power-play goal in 10 of its last 12 games and has 14 power-play goals total over that stretch...Since Feb. 1, the Lightning lead the league for power-play goals (14)...The Bolts rank second in the NHL behind Pittsburgh for power-play percentage (24.8%) and power-play goals (54).
In the Nik of Time
Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov recorded a goal and an assist Feb. 24 at MTL for his second-straight multi-point game and NHL-best 27th multi-point game of the season...Kucherov extended his point streak to nine games (6-10--16) for the second-longest point streak currently in the NHL (longest: 14 games, NJD'S Taylor Hall) and his third-longest point streak of the season (also: career-long 11 games from Oct. 6-26 and 10 games from Dec. 9-31)...Kucherov has led the NHL for scoring continuously since Dec. 12.
Kucherov is three points from matching his career high for points in a season set last season (40-45--85)...Kucherov has scored a goal in six of his last nine games...Kucherov is tied for the NHL lead for even-strength goals (27) and ranks tied for third in the league for total goals.
Andrei the Giant
Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 29-of-32 shots Feb. 24 at MTL to pick up his 36th win of the season and 77th career win...Vasilevskiy (141 GP) pulled into a tie with Daren Puppa (206 GP) for third place among the Lightning's all-time goalie wins leaders...Vasilevskiy continues to pace the NHL for wins.
Vasilevskiy's 36 wins are the third most in a season in Lightning history.
Hed of the Class
Bolts defenseman Victor Hedman tallied an assist Feb. 24 at MTL, giving him points (1-6--7) in five of his last six games...Hedman registered his 98th career power-play point Saturday to pass Roman Hamrlik (97 PPPs) for sole possession of 10th place among the Bolts' all-time power-play scoring leaders.