After a quick two game home stand earlier in the week, the Blueshirts are back on the road tonight. Gerard Gallant’s squad will attempt to complete a season series sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning by securing a win in Amalie Arena. New York’s two previous wins came as the calendar turned from December to January, with both the final game of 2021 as well as the first game of 2022 being victories against Jon Cooper’s Lightning.
Tampa Bay will have reinforcements they didn’t have in the previous two matchups, as the recently acquired forward Brandon Hagel is set to make his Lightning debut tonight.