TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 2 at Montreal 3
The Tampa Bay Lightning dropped a second-consecutive game with a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens March 21 at Bell Centre…Tampa Bay fell to 42-24-6 on the season with a road record of 17-17-1…The Bolts finished the season series vs. MTL with a 3-1-0 record…Kirby Dach opened the scoring at the 8:27 mark of the first period to give MTL the 1-0 lead before Jonathan Drouin made it a 2-0 game just 5:33 later…Entering the second period trailing by two, the Lightning got on the board with a power-play goal from Brayden Point, who took a pass from Steven Stamkos and fired a one-timer past Sam Montembeault for his 44th goal of the season…Mike Matheson restored the two-goal lead for MTL at the 16:58 mark of the second to make it a 3-1 game heading into the final frame…With 5:06 remaining in regulation, Ross Colton sent a pass to the back door for Pat Maroon, who buried his third goal of the season to make it 3-2, but the Bolts couldn’t find a way to tally an equalizer before the final horn sounded…Andrei Vasilevskiy got the start in goal for Tampa Bay and made 17 saves on 20 shots against.
PP: TBL – 1-2 MTL – 0-2
SOG: TBL – 33 MTL – 20
Attendance: 21,105
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Senators are playing the second of three matchups this season and the first of two meetings at Canadian Tire Centre…The Bolts are 1-0-0 vs. OTT this season following a 4-3 win Nov. 1 at AMALIE Arena…Nikita Kucherov (1-2—3) leads all Tampa Bay skaters in points vs. OTT this season…Kucherov has recorded points in four straight games vs. OTT (3-4—7) and six of the last seven meetings (4-8—12)…Brayden Point is riding a five-game point streak vs. OTT (4-8—12) and has posted a multi-point effort in four of those five contests…Point has recorded at least one point in seven of his nine career games at OTT (5-6—11)…Steven Stamkos has found the scoresheet in three consecutive games vs. OTT (1-3—4)…Tanner Jeannot has pointed in each of his four career games vs. OTT (2- 2—4)…Victor Hedman has picked up points in 11 of his last 15 games vs. OTT (7-9—16)…Mikhail Sergachev has points in three of his last four games at OTT (1-3—4)…Andrei Vasilevskiy is riding a six-game win streak vs. OTT with a .924 save percentage and 1.98 goals against average…The Lightning have scored four or more goals in 11 of their last 14 games vs. OTT (total: 53 goals)…Tampa Bay is 7-3-0 in their last 10 road games at OTT and 5-4-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Bolts are 49-51-8 with two ties all-time vs. OTT, including a road record of 21-28-5…Martin St. Louis (15-28—43) holds the Lightning franchise record for career points vs. OTT.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. OTT
- Martin St. Louis – 43 pts. (15-28—43, 48 GP)
- Steven Stamkos – 40 pts. (18-22—40, 46 GP)
- Vincent Lecavalier – 38 pts. (19-19—38, 50 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 36 pts. (12-24—36, 29 GP)
- Victor Hedman – 33 pts. (12-21—33, 42 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the second game of a four-game road trip tonight…The Bolts will play eight of their 16 games in March on the road…The Lightning are currently in the middle of a 19-game stretch over the course of 33 days, the most games the team has played in a span of 33 days in franchise history…Tampa Bay has not had more than one day between games since February 21 and have played four back-to-backs during that span…The Bolts are 11-9-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and 21-16-3 against the Eastern Conference this season…The Lightning are 17-17-
1 on the road.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 104
Current Injuries:
None
TRANSACTIONS
March 4 – Recalled D Darren Raddysh from AHL Syracuse
March 3 – Re-assigned D Darren Raddysh to AHL Syracuse
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: March 21, 2-1 loss at Boston: The contest saw each of its three goals registered in the opening period as the Bruins hung on to defeat Ottawa 2-1 at TD Garden. Gambrell opened the game’s scoring with his first marker since his inaugural game of the year on Nov. 1 before Krejci registered his 17th career goal against Ottawa less than two minutes to draw the game even. DeBrusk at 15:52 of the first period would prove to be the winning tally as the two goaltenders combined for 49 saves through the final two periods. Lindholm has the game’s lone multi-point effort (two assists). Ullmark made 40 saves to record his NHL-high 35th win of the season for Boston while Sogaard turned aside 33 shots in taking the loss for Ottawa. Scratches: Gauthier, Holden; Injuries: Ferguson*, Forsberg, Joseph, Kelly, Norris, Talbot; Shots: OTT – 41, BOS – 35; PP: OTT – 0-3, BOS – 1-4.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Tampa Bay will be broadcast regionally on TSN5 and RDS2. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).
WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa will visit New Jersey on Saturday evening at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the third of three regular-season meetings and the second of two matchups at Prudential Center.
INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg, C Norris and G Talbot are on IR and will not oppose the Lightning this evening. F Joseph and F Kelly
have missed the last five games with lower-body injuries. Total man-games lost: 253.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned G Mandolese to Belleville (AHL) on March 22.
OTTAWA vs. TAMPA BAY – History:
2022-23 (0-1-0): Nov. 1 @ Tampa Bay (4-3 loss), March 23 @ Ottawa, April 8 @ Ottawa
2021-22 (1-3-0): 11/6/21 @ Ottawa (5-3 loss), 12/11/21 @ Ottawa (4-0 win), 12/16/21 @ Tampa Bay (2-1 loss), 3/1/22 @ Tampa Bay (5-2 loss)
Series record: Overall: 59-41-2-8; Home: 33-19-0-2; Away: 26-22-2-6
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 12/11/21 (4-0); @ Tampa Bay: 11/10/18 (6-4)
Last Tampa Bay win: @ Ottawa: 11/6/21 (5-3); @ Tampa Bay: Nov. 1 (4-3)
Last OT result: 12/17/19 (4-3 OT loss) @ Tampa Bay
Last shootout: 12/21/17 (4-3 SO loss) @ Tampa Bay
Most goals, game: Scored: 9, (3/8/99, 9-3 win); Allowed: 6, (4x, Last: 1/25/13, 6-4 loss); Both teams: 12, (2x, Last: 1/24/08, 8-4 win)
Last Game: Nov. 1, 4-3 loss @ Tampa Bay; OTT Goals: Gambrell, Joseph, Giroux; TBL Goals: Sergachev, Killorn, Point, Kucherov;
OTT Scratches: Brassard, Heatherington; OTT Injuries: Norris, Talbot, Zub; OTT Goalie: Forsberg; TBL Goalie: Vasilevskiy; OTT PP: 0-3; TBL PP: 1-8; Shots: 15-34.
Career vs. Tampa Bay: Giroux leads all players in career games played (42), in goals (nine), in assists (35) and in points (44); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (25) against Tampa Bay.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 19-13-3 at home this season … Tim Stützle is the Senators leader with 22 goals at home while also maintaining the club lead with 28 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 35 home games, Stützle leads the team with 50 points on home ice … The Senators earned a record of 15-22-4 at home through 41 home contests in 2021-22.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and will open their 12th set of the season on April 1 when Toronto visits Canadian Tire Centre ahead of visiting Columbus the following evening … The Senators played 17 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 6-9-2 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (7-4-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (6-5-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 63 for 266 (23.7%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 14 powerplay goals while Batherson, Alex DeBrincat and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with 26 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 16 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 211 of the 256 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 82.4% through 71 regular-season games … The team has registered nine (Stützle x3, Watson x3, Joseph x2, Motte) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.
