Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay’s game against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
When: Saturday, November 4 – 7 p.m. ET
Or: Canadian Tire Center – Ottawa, ON
TV coverage: Bally Sports (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Flash radio 24/7
Where to stream it: BallySports.com
Projected programming (subject to change)
Attackers
Brandon Hagel – Braydent Point – Mikey Eyssimont
Steven Stamkos – Nick Paul – Conor Sheary
Alex Barre-Boulet – Anthony Cirelli – Nikita Kucherov
Tanner Jeannot – Luke Glendening – Austin Watson
Defenders
Victor Hedman – Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev – Darren Raddysh
Calvin de Haan – Nick Perbix
Goalkeepers
Jonas Johansson
Matt Tomkins
Saturday’s match
The Lightning and Senators will play the second of four meetings this season and the second of two meetings at the Canadian Tire Centre… Tampa Bay lost to OTT 5-2 in the first meeting on October 15 at the Canadian Tire Center … After Vladimir Tarasenko gave OTT a 1-0 lead at 7:02 of the first period, Anthony Cirelli answered for the Bolts and tied the game with his first goal of the season 60 seconds into the period. second period with Darren Raddysh and Tanner Jeannot picking up the assists. ..Brady Tkachuk gave OTT a 2-1 lead at 8:48 of the second period before Jeannot tied the game 4:12 later with his first goal of the year as Mikey Eyssimont and Victor Hedman recorded the assists… Following a goal by Mathieu Joseph with less than a minute remaining in the second period, OTT added two more goals in the third from Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle to seal the 5-2 victory… Matt Tomkins made his first career NHL start in the loss, stopping 33 of 37 shots against… Jon Cooper coached his 800th career NHL game… Nikita Kucherov had a multi-point effort in in four of his last five games against OTT (2-8-10) and has found the scoresheet in eight of the last 10 meetings (4-13-17)… Brayden Point has points in eight of his Last 10 meetings against OTT (7-9-16) with goals in seven of these 10 meetings. .Steven Stamkos is on a five-game point streak against OTT (2-7-9) with three straight multi-point efforts (1-6-7)…Jeannot has points in five of his six career games against OTT (3-3—6)… Hedman has points in 12 of his last 17 games at OTT (7-11—18)… Mikhail Sergachev has points in five of their last seven OTT games (3-3—6)… The Bolts are 5-5-0 in their last 10 OTT games and 6-4-0 in their last 10 OTT games. total…Tampa Bay is 49-54-8 with two ties all-time against OTT, including a road record of 21-31-5…Stamkos (19-26—45) holds the record of the Lightning franchise for career points against OTT.
Injuries
Tyler Motte – Upper Body, Everyday
Andrei Vasilevskiy – Back, Out
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Start of line change
Tonight, the Tampa Bay Lightning launches its collaboration with women’s brand Line Change. Shop the collection now, available in-store at Amalie Arena and online at TampaBaySports.com, while supplies last.
The road ahead
Monday, November 6 at the Toronto Maple Leafs
Tuesday, November 7 with the Montreal Canadiens
Thursday, November 9 against the Chicago Blackhawks – To buy tickets