The Tampa Bay Lightning have returned home to Benchmark International Arena for tonight's matchup against the Minnesota Wild which will kick off a seven-game homestand for the Bolts. The Lightning and Wild met for the first time this season three weeks ago, when Minnesota picked up a dominant 5-1 win. The Wild are currently sitting third in the Central Division behind the Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars, the only two teams that have mathematically clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs to this point. The Lightning on the other hand enter the night sitting behind only the Buffalo Sabres in the Atlantic Division. With two games in hand, the Lightning will be charging for that top spot. The game is going to be broadcast nationally, as it'll be available on TNT, TruTV, and HBO Max in the United States. Lightning Projected Lines: Hagel - Cirelli - Kucherov Goncalves - Point - Guentzel Girgensons - Gourde - Holmberg Perry - Paul - Bjorkstrand Moser - Raddysh McDonagh - Cernak D'Astous - Lilleberg Vasilevskiy Wild Projected Lines (Per Daily Faceoff [https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations]): Kaprizov - Hartman - Zuccarello Johansson - Eriksson Ek - Boldy Tarasenko - Yurov - Brink N. Foligno - McCarron - Trenin Hughes - Spurgeon Brodin - Faber Middleton - Bogosian Gustavsson
