Victor Hedman speaks with reporters postgame The Lightning are coming off an interesting week of games. After going 0-3 on their California roadtrip, they came back home to Tampa and won a grind-it-out type of game against the Carolina Hurricanes. It was close as expected and Thursday's game against the Boston Bruins will be no different. A divisional win would go a long way for the Lightning. They're one point behind the Bruins but still have five games in hand. Right now they hold the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, but only have a two-point lead on the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Lightning come into this game with the 4th best Power Play in the NHL at 26.6%. "They're coming off a loss, and we're coming off a tough stretch too, but were able to win the last game, but yeah.. it's always fun," Victor Hedman said of their matchup against the Boston Bruins. "We've played a lot of games and we know each other inside and out, but they're always fun games, intense games, and the fans get into it, so it's always a great time to play against these guys" Boston is coming off a 4-0 loss against the Oilers and have dropped 5 of their last six games. Jeremy Swayman will be in net. Puck drop is at 7pm EST. Here's a look at the lines from Thursday's practice: Forwards Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Conor Geekie Mitchell Chaffee - Nick Paul - Mikey Eyssimont Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Cam Atkinson Defensemen Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix Goaltenders Andrei Vasilevskiy
