Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the New York Islanders on Saturday.
When: Saturday, March 30 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: AMALIE Arena - Tampa, FL
TV coverage: Bally Sports (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Where to stream it: BallySports.com
Lines from Wednesday's Game (subject to change)
Anthony Duclair - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Steven Stamkos
Tanner Jeannot - Luke Glendening - Tyler Motte
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Matt Dumba - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and Islanders are playing the third of three matchups this season and the only meeting at AMALIE Arena...The Bolts are 1-1-0 vs. NYI this season after a 6-2 loss Feb. 8 and a 4-2 win Feb. 24 with both contests being played at UBS Arena...Victor Hedman (0-4—4) and Nikita Kucherov (2-2—4) are tied for the Tampa Bay team lead in points vs. NYI this season with Hedman leading the way in assists and Kucherov pacing the team in goals...Kucherov is riding an eight-game point streak vs. NYI (4-9—13) with goals in each of the last four meetings... Kucherov has found the scoresheet in seven of his last nine home contests vs. NYI (3-7—10)...Brayden Point has points in seven of his last eight games vs. NYI (5-7—12) and has recorded four straight multi-point efforts vs. NYI on home ice with goals in each of the four contests (4-5—9)...Steven Stamkos has posted 21 points over his last 20 games vs. NYI (10-11—21) and has 14 points over the last 12 meetings at AMALIE Arena (7-7—14)...Brandon Hagel has picked up five points over his last five contests vs. NYI (3-2—5)...Hedman has nine points over his last eight games vs. NYI (1-8—9)...Anthony Duclair has found the scoresheet in seven of his last nine contests vs. NYI (2-5—7)...In 17 career games (16 starts) vs. NYI, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 12-4-0 with a .936 save percentage, 2.10 goals against average, three shutouts and two assists...Vasilevskiy has recorded six consecutive wins vs. NYI and is 6-1-0 in seven career home starts vs. NYI with a .948 SV%, 1.58 GAA, one shutout and one assist...The Bolts are 8-2-0 in their last 10 home games vs. NYI and 7-3-0 in the last 10 meetings overall...The Lightning are 57-45-6 with three ties all-time vs. NYI, including a home record of 32-17-4 with two ties...Vincent Lecavalier (23-23—46) holds the Lightning franchise records for career goals and points vs. NYI while Stamkos (21-24—45) leads the way in assists.
Injuries
Haydn Fleury - Lower-body, Day-to-day
Mikhail Sergachev – Lower-body, Out
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The Road Ahead
Monday, April 1 vs. Detroit Red Wings - Get Tickets
Wednesday, April 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs
Thursday, April 4 at Montreal Canadiens
