The Tampa Bay Lightning have another opportunity to punch their ticket to the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight, as they host the Boston Bruins.
The Bruins, who currently sit in the Eastern Conference's first Wild Card spot, are just six points behind the Lightning and are looking to secure their place in the postseason as well.
Tonight will also mark the end of the Lightning's seven-game homestand, as they'll play the next four games on the road before returning to Benchmark International Arena to close out the regular season with two more home games.
Tonight's game will be broadcast on The Spot and NESNplus.
Projected Lines (Per NHL.com)
Boston
Marat Khusnutdinov - Fraser Minten - David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt - Pavel Zacha - Viktor Arvidsson
Lukas Reichel - Elias Lindholm - Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot - Sean Kuraly - Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot - Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov - Andrew Peeke
Hampus Lindholm - Henri Jokiharju
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Lightning
Gage Goncalves - Anthony Cirelli - Nikita Kucherov
Oliver Bjorkstrand - Brayden Point - Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons - Yanni Gourde - Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry - Nick Paul - Mitchell Chaffee
Darren Raddysh - J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson