After an off day (at least on the ice) the Tampa Bay Lightning returned to practice on Tuesday with a little different look to their lines. It was encouraging to see a couple of faces skating regular shifts again as Nikita Kucherov returned from his illness and Zemgus Girgensons, out since the pre-season, took regular shifts on the fourth line.
Is this what things are going to look like on Thursday when the Chicago Blackhawks are in town to start the Lightning’s three-games-in-four-days stretch? Possibly. A decision will have to be made on the fourth line between Curtis Douglas and Jack Finley, but other than that, it wouldn’t be surprising if the game starts with something very similar to this line-up.