The Tampa Bay Lightning will look to bounce back from their loss to the Montreal Canadiens tonight, as they host the Pittsburgh Penguins in a game that could clinch the playoffs for Tampa Bay.
It won't be an easy task for the Lightning to walk away victorious by any means tonight. They're facing a strong team in their own right, as the Penguins currently sit second in the Metropolitan Division. If they're able to pick up that win though, then, assuming tonight's other games go in their favor, the Lightning could punch their ticket to the post season.
The Lightning will be without Brandon Hagel and Scott Sabourin once again though, as both forwards are listed as day-to-day.
The game will be broadcast on The Spot and Sportsnet Pittsburgh.
Projected Lines (Per NHL.com)
Pittsburgh
Bryan Rust - Sidney Crosby - Rickard Rakell
Egor Chinakhov - Tommy Novak - Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom - Connor Dewar - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard - Kris Letang
Ryan Shea - Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Tampa Bay
Gage Gonclaves - 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