The Tampa Bay Lightning are set to conclude their five-game road trip this afternoon, as they'll visit the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center for a matinee match-up.
The game, which is set for a 2 P.M. ET puck drop, will be televised on The Spot in the Tampa Bay Market, Victory+ for the Dallas market, on NHL Network nationwide in the United States, as well as on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.
Despite holding second place in the Central Division, the Stars have been struggling as of late, going 2-5-3 in their last ten games and will enter the night in the midst of a two-game losing streak.
As for the Lightning, they had a franchise-record tying 11-game winning streak snapped in their last outing against the St. Louis Blues, but still enter the night having earned points in 12-straight games.
Nikita Kucherov has been dominant as of late, with 10 points in his last five games. Darren Raddysh leads the Lightning in terms of assists during that span with seven. Sam Steel has led the Stars offensively in their last five outings, maintaining a point-per-game pace, while Jason Robertson's two goals is enough to lead that team during that time frame.
Dallas Stars Projected Lines (Per Sam Nestler):
Steel - Johnston - Rantanen
Robertson - Hintz - Duchene
Bäck - Hryckowian - Bourque
Benn - Faksa - Blackwell
Lindell - Heiskanen
Harley - Petrovic
Capobianco - Lundkvist
Oettinger
DeSmith
Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines (Based on last game):
Guentzel - Paul - Kucherov
Hagel - Cirelli - Goncalves
Girgensons - Gourde - Holmberg
Bjorkstrand - Finley - James
Moser - Raddysh
D'Astous - Cernak
Carlile - Crozier
Vasilevskiy
Halverson