The Tampa Bay Lightning came into the Prudential Center in New Jersey tonight knowing they had a tough challenge in front of them. While the Lightning have defeated the Devils once this season, there were quite a few differences between then and now.
One of the biggest changes is the Lightning are without the assistance of their 2015-16 leading point scorer, Nikita Kucherov. As most Lightning fans know by now, Kucherov has been listed as Day-to-Day with an Upper-Body Injury after colliding with the boards on Thursday night as the Lightning took on the Montreal Canadiens.