Venue & Timing
Location: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Puckdrop: 7:00 PM ET
Event: Lightning’s annual Hockey Fights Cancer Night
Injury Report
Philadelphia Flyers: No major injuries listed; lineup expected to be healthy.
Tampa Bay Lightning: No major injuries listed; full roster available.
Player Matchups
Trevor Zegras (PHI) vs. Nikita Kucherov (TBL): Zegras leads Flyers with 19 points (6G, 13A). Kucherov has 22 points (10G, 12A) and remains Tampa’s offensive catalyst.
Matvei Michkov (PHI) vs. Brandon Hagel (TBL): Michkov has 4 goals in his last 10 games. Hagel has 19 points (9G, 10A) and is a consistent secondary scorer.
Daniel Vladar (PHI goalie) vs. Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL goalie): Vladar holds a 2.42 GAA and .909 SV%. Vasilevskiy has a 2.64 GAA and .906 SV%, giving Tampa a slight edge in net.
Team Recent Form
Philadelphia Flyers:
8th in Eastern Conference.
5‑3‑2 in last 10, averaging 2.8 goals per game, allowing 3.1.
9‑0‑1 when scoring 3+ goals.
Tampa Bay Lightning:
4th in Eastern Conference.
7‑3‑0 in last 10, averaging 3.5 goals per game, allowing 2.7.
5‑1‑1 when scoring a power‑play goal.
Series History
Last Season (2024‑25): Teams split 2‑2.
Overall: Tampa Bay holds a slight edge historically.
First meeting of 2025‑26 season takes place tonight.
Betting Trends
Lightning are 8‑6 as moneyline favorites this season.
Flyers are 5‑8 as underdogs, but 0‑3 when priced +143 or longer.
Over has hit in 11 of Tampa’s 21 games (52.4%) and 10 of Philadelphia’s 20 (50%).
Final Score Projection: Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Philadelphia Flyers 2
Game Odds
Philadelphia Flyers 5.5
Tampa Bay Lightning – 175
Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Sunday, November 23, 2025
