When: Thursday, December 14 @9 pm EST
Where: Rogers Place - Edmonton, AB
Radio: 102.5 The Bone, Lightning Radio
Where to Stream: BallySports.com
Lines from Tuesday's game (These could change)
Forwards
Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Nick Paul - Anthony Cirelli - Mikey Eyssimont
Tanner Jeannot - Luke Glendening - Alex Barre-Boulet
Austin Watson
Defensemen
Mikhail Sergachev - Erik Cernak
Calvin de Haan - Darren Raddysh
Haydn Fleury - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
The Lightning and Oilers are playing the second of two matchups this season. The last time these two teams met on November 18th, the Lightning won 6-4 at Amalie Arena. Edmonton was struggling to find their way, but the story has since changed.
Tonight the Oilers are looking to grab their ninth straight win and match their longest run in franchise history. Although it's been a tough few games, the Lightning have the power to prevent that from happening.
The team confirmed today that they’ll be without their star defenseman Victor Hedman tonight. The challenge for the Bolts has been finding a way to convert the chances they’re generating into actual goals, especially when it comes to 5v5 play. They’re shooting, but they haven’t been able to finish.
December is typically the month we see this team start to really kick it into high gear and stack the points. If they want to give themselves a shot at a wild card spot, they’ll need to grab the next two wins on the road. Puck drop is at 9pm.