Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning's matchup against the Jets on Saturday.
When: Saturday, April 16 - 7 p.m. ET Where: AMALIE Arena - Tampa, FL TV coverage: Bally Sports Sun (check local listings) Radio coverage: 970 WFLA-AM, Lightning Power Play Where to stream it: Bally Sports App , ESPN+
Projected Lineup (subject to change) Forwards Nick Paul - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Ross Colton Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Brandon Hagel Pat Maroon - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Corey Perry
Defensemen Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak Mikhail Sergachev - Cal Foote
Goaltenders Andrei Vasilevskiy Brian Elliott
Saturday's Matchup The Lightning and the Jets are playing their second of two meetings this season and the only meeting at AMALIE Arena...Winnipeg defeated Tampa Bay 7-4 in the first meeting March 8 at Canada Life Centre, the Jets scoring a power-play goal, a shorthanded goal and two empty-net goals in the third period to turn a 3-3 game going into the final frame into a runaway victory, the seven goals the second most the Lightning have given up in a game this season...Winnipeg was a 4-3 winner in its last trip to AMALIE Arena Nov. 16, 2019, Steven Stamkos notching his 400th career goal in the loss...The Lightning have won two of their last three home matchups agianst Winnipeg...The Bolts and Jets have split the two-game season series each of the last four seasons (2020-21 season excluded due to no inter-divisional play because of the COVID-19 pandemic)...The Lightning are 29-12-4 with one tie all- time at home versus Winnipeg, the .685 home point percentage against the Jets their fourth highest against any NHL franchise (highest: 1.000 vs. SEA; 2nd-highest: .750 vs. CBJ; 3rd-highest: .741 vs. CHI).
Saturday's Storylines The Lightning clinched a playoff bid for the fifth-consecutive season, the eighth time in Jon Cooper's nine full seasons as head coach and the 14 time overall in franchise history on Thursday...Tampa Bay is aiming to become the first NHL team to win three-consecutive Stanley Cups since the New York Islanders won four in a row from 1980-83 and the fourth franchise in NHL history to claim at least three consecutive Stanley Cups...The Bolts need two points to produce the seventh 100-point season in franchise history and first since collecting a franchise-record 128 points in 2018-19...Four of Tampa Bay's six 100-point seasons currently have come under the guidance of head coach Jon Cooper.
Injuries 2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 179 Current injuries None
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