Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
When: Tuesday, April 23 - 7:30 p.m. ET
Where: Amerant Bank Arena - Sunrise, FL
TV coverage: Bally Sports Sun (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Where to stream it: BallySports.com
Lines from Monday's Practice (subject to change)
Forwards
Anthony Duclair - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Steven Stamkos
Mitchell Chaffee - Nick Paul - Mikey Eyssimont
Tanner Jeannot - Luke Glendening - Conor Sheary
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Matt Dumba - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Max Crozier
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Matt Tomkins
Tuesday's Matchup
The Lightning and Panthers are facing each other in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third time in the last four seasons...The Bolts posted a 1-2-0 vs. FLA in the regular season, winning the only contest played at Amerant Bank Arena with a 5-3 victory March 16...Nikita Kucherov (2- 2—4) and Steven Stamkos (2-2—4) wrapped up the regular season tied for the Tampa Bay team lead in points vs. FLA this year...Kucherov has found the scoresheet in nine of his 11 career playoff games vs. FLA (5- 14—19), including five of the six contests played at Amerant Bank Arena (3-5—8)...Stamkos has also picked up points in nine of his 11 career postseason games vs. FLA (6-8—14), including five of the six contests played in Sunrise (2-5—7)...Victor Hedman has recorded points in seven of his 11 career playoff games vs. FLA (0-11—11) and has picked up an assist in four of the last six meetings in the postseason (0-4—4)... In 11 career playoff starts vs. FLA, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 8-3-0 with a .948 save percentage, 1.91 goals against average and two shutouts, including a road record of 4-2-0 with a .942 SV% and 2.03 GAA...Tampa Bay is 8-3-0 all-time vs. FLA in the postseason, including a road record of 4-2-0...Kucherov (5-14—19) holds the Tampa Bay franchise records for career playoff points and assists vs. FLA while Stamkos (6-8—14) leads the way in goals.
Injuries
Haydn Fleury - Upper-body, Day-to-day
Jonas Johansson - Lower-body, Day-to-day
Mikhail Sergachev - Lower-body, Out
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Series Schedule
Game 3: Thursday, April 25 vs. Florida Panthers - Buy Tickets
Game 4: Saturday, April 27 vs. Florida Panthers - Buy Tickets
Game 5: Monday, April 29 at Florida Panthers
Game 6: Wednesday, May 1 vs. Florida Panthers - Buy Tickets
Game 7: Saturday, May 4 at Florida Panthers
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