Battle of The Best

By: Philip Wunderlich

The best of the East face off against the best of the East in an ultimate showdown as the Flames come to town. This will definitely be a great match up tonight as both teams are offensive power houses and have a great defensive core.

 

Tampa Bay Outlook:

The Bolts have won their last two games and they will have to continue the momentum if they want to win tonight against the dangerous Flames. The Lightning need to play a full 60 and play well in front of Vasilevskiy. The Flames rely on their top line for the majority of their scoring so we need to keep them off the score sheet as much as possible.

 

Tampa Bay Lines:

Offense

Gourde – Point – Kucherov

Johnson – Stamkos – Miller

Killorn – Cirelli – Erne

Martell – Paquette – Callahan

Defense

Hedman – Stralman

McDonagh – Girardi

Coburn – Sergachev

Goalies

Vasilevskiy

Domingue

 

Calgary Outlook:

The Flames have lost their last two games and they look to get back into the win column. However it is not going to be easy tonight as they face off against the league leading Lightning.

 

Calgary Lines:

Offense

Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm

Tkachuk – Backlund – Frolik

Bennett – Jankowski – Neal

Mangiapane – Ryan – Hathaway

Defense

Giordano – Brodie

Hanifin – Hamonic

Kylington – Andersson

Goalies

Rittich

Smith

 

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