The evening started off rocky with news that Jonathan Drouin would be out of the lineup with an undisclosed injury. He had good chemistry with Cedric Paquette and Joel Vermin over the last few games. That trio was one of the bright spots, creating offensive pressure often and producing two goals and four assists at even strength between the three.
With Drouin out, J.T. Brown drew into the lineup, and Ben Bishop got the start after yesterday’s one goal shootout victory against the Washington Capitals. Palat, Stralman, and Coburn wore As as Alternate Captains for the Lightning.
The Tampa Bay Lightning lines to start the game were as follows:
Ondrej Palat - Tyler Johnson - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Valtteri Filppula - Brayden Point
Vladislav Namestnikov - Cedric Paquette - Joel Vermin
Michael Bournival - Brian Boyle - J.