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Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Conor Geekie
Mitchell Chaffee - Nick Paul - Mikey Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Cam Atkinson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy" } } ] }

Lightning host Boston Bruins at Amalie Arena