The Lightning head to Edmonton to face the Oilers
Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Anchor Bolts For Drywall
When: Thursday, December 14 - 9 p.m. ET Where: Rogers Place - Edmonton, AB 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 Tuesday's game (subject to change) Forwards Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov Nick Paul - Anthony Cirelli - Mikey Eyssimont Tanner Jeannot - Luke Glendening - Alex Barre-Boulet Austin Watson
Defenders Mikhail Sergachev - Erik Cernak - Calvin de Haan - Darren Raddysh - Haydn Fleury - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders Andrei Vasilevskiy Jonas Johansson
Thursday's Matchup The Lightning and Oilers are playing the second of two matchups this season and the only meeting at Rogers Place...Tampa Bay skated to a 6-4 victory over EDM in the first matchup of the season Nov. 18 at AMALIE Arena... Nikita Kucherov (2-1—3) leads the Bolts in goals vs. EDM this season and is tied with Mikhail Sergachev (1-2—3) for the team lead in points...Brayden Point has posted a multi-point effort in three consecutive games vs. EDM (1-5— 6) and has found the scoresheet in eight of the last nine meetings (3-10—13)...Kucherov has pointed in 12 of his 15 career games vs. EDM (12-14—26) and has points in each of the last three meetings (2-3—5)...Kucherov has found the scoresheet in eight of his last 10 contests vs. EDM (9-12—21)...Steven Stamkos has picked up points in seven of his last 10 games vs. EDM (6-7—13)...Brandon Hagel has scored a goal in three of his last five contests vs. EDM (3- 1—4)...The Lightning have scored three or more goals in seven of their last 10 games vs. EDM (total: 36 goals)...The Bolts are 2-6-2 in their last 10 road games at EDM and 6-4-0 in the last 10 meetings overall...The Lightning are 20-20-3 with two ties all-time vs. EDM, including a road record of 6-13-2...Kucherov (12-14—26) holds the Tampa Bay franchise records for career assists and points vs. EDM and is tied with Stamkos (12-7—19) for the franchise lead in goals.
Injuries Conor Sheary - Upper-body, out
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