The Tampa Bay Lightning have been in a slump (by their standards) as of late, and tonight, they'll look to prevent their two losses in a row from becoming a three-game losing streak against the Minnesota Wild.
The Wild enter tonight's game even on points with the Lightning, as both teams currently have 80. Despite that, their spot in the standings are very different. The Lightning are atop of the Atlantic Division while Minnesota sits third in the Central Division.
The Lightning are going to be without Gage Goncalves and Dominic James for the time being, although there's no definitive timeline on their return at this stage. As a result, the Bolts recalled forward Conor Geekie from the Syracuse Crunch to fill a major hole in the lineup.
The game will be broadcast nationally in the United States, airing on TNT, truTV, and HBO Max. For those in the Tampa Bay market, it'll also be broadcast on The Spot as usual.
Lightning Projected Lines (per Benjamin Pierce)
Guentzel - Point - Bjorkstrand
Hagel - Cirelli - Kucherov
Girgensons - Gourde - Holmberg
Sabourin - Douglas - Geekie
Moser - Raddysh
McDonagh - Cernak
Hedman - Lilleberg
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Wild Projected Lines (per Joe Smith)
Kaprizov - Hartman - Zuccarello
Johansson - Eriksson Ek - Boldy
Trenin - Yurov - Tarasenko
Fabbri - Sturm - Hinostroza
Hughes - Faber
Brodin - Spurgeon
Middleton - Bogosian