Bolts Look to Slip Past the Pens
Kevin Flannery
By Jake Ricker
Overview
The Lightning will look to bounce back after an unluckily game against the Sabres. The Bolts are currently 1st in the Atlantic and will look to tie the Predators with a win tonight. As for the Pens, they will look to also bounce back after losing to the Devils 4-2. This will be the first of three matchups between these two teams. Let’s take a look at how they match up.
Tampa Bay Outlook
The Bolts are on top of the Atlantic and Eastern Conference but trail the Predators in points for the top spot in the league. It looks like Anton Stralman could be returning from injury tonight which is good news for the Bolts, if not Erik Cernak will likely get his second start of the season. Domingue will get the start in net tonight as he makes the move to starter as Vasy will be out for a while with a foot injury. The Bolts will need to capitalize on the power play and play a full 60 min if they want to get back in the win column tonight.
Lineup
Offense
Miller-Stamkos-Kucherov
Gourde-Point-Johnson
Killorn-Cirelli-Joseph
Erne-Paquette-Callahan
Defense
Girardi-Hedman
McDonagh-Stralman
Coburn-Sergachev
Goalies
Vasilevskiy
Domingue
Pitsburgh Outlook
The Pitsburgh Penguins currently sit in 8th for the Wild Card race and will look to try and catch up with a much-needed win tonight. The Penguins will need to make sure that their D is in full swing tonight as the Bolts have been struggling to find the back of the net and they could be missing one of their superstar players in Sidney Crosby. The Bolts will be hungry for a win so they will need to make sure they are on top of their game tonight.
Lineup
Offense
Simon-Crosby-Rust
Pearson-Malkin-Hornqvist
Guentzel-Sheahan-Kessel
Wilson-Cullen-Sprong
Defense
Johnson-Letang
Dumoulin-Ruhwedel
Maatta-Oleksiak
Goalies
Murray
Desmith
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