Every team in the NHL has 30 games or fewer to play in the season, except for the Colorado Avalanche with 31 games remaining. The Lightning have 27 games to go after their game Friday night against the Minnesota Wild. The Lightning are also the first of the NHL teams to not have a player play in every single game of the regular season.
In their game against the best team in the league this past Friday, news emerged during morning skate that Tyler Johnson was not on the ice. The injury, the nature of which is undisclosed, came during the Tuesday home game against the LA Kings.