Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time
Location: Amalie Arena
Broadcast/Streaming: ESPN+, BSSUN, TVAS
The Tampa Bay Lightning are in the middle of their three-game homestand, which ends tomorrow with the game against the Detroit Red Wings. The Bolts have rolled to five straight wins and leapfrogged the Florida Panthers in the standings — a team which looked like an unstoppable juggernaut not a long time ago, destroying every opponent on their way, including the Lightning.
Nikita Kucherov has been a real catalyst of the recent Lightning’s results. Despite missing more than half of the season, the Russian forward had an immediate impact when he returned with 26 points in 17 games he’s currently leading the NHL in points per game rate and already entered top-200 players in the league in points amongst the players who played about 20 games more on the average.