TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 3 at NY Rangers 6
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s three-game winning streak came to an end with a 6-3 loss to the New York Rangers April 5 at Madison Square Garden…The Bolts fell into an early 3-0 hole when Chris Kreider, Kappo Kakko and Tyler Motte scored three consecutive goals at the 6:13, 7:41 and 10:21 marks of the opening period…Just 19 seconds after Motte made it a 3-0 game, Alex Killorn got the Lightning back within two with a power-play goal, redirecting a point shot from Mikhail Sergachev past Igor Shesterkin with Nikita Kucherov picking up the secondary helper…Darren Raddysh made it a 3-2 game with his first career NHL goal when he fired a shot from the point that deflected off a NYR defenseman and past Shesterkin with 12:50 remaining in the second period…Motte answered right back for NYR
just 15 seconds later to make it 4-2…Brandon Hagel got Tampa Bay back within one with 8:26 remaining in the second period when he jammed home a rebound following a shot from Anthony Cirelli…Kreider and Artemi Panarin scored the only goals of the third period to wrap up a 6-3 win for NYR…Andrei Vasilevskiy got the start in goal for the Lightning and made 31 saves on 37 shots against.
PP: TBL – 1-3 NYR – 2-5
SOG: TBL – 31 NYR – 37
Attendance: 18,006
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Islanders are playing the third of three matchups this season and the only meeting at UBS Arena…Tampa Bay and NYI are facing off for the second time over a span of six days…The Bolts are 2-0-0 vs. NYI this season following a 5-3 win Oct. 22 and a 5-0 win April 1, both at AMALIE Arena…Brayden Point leads the Lightning in goals, assists and points vs. NYI this season (2-3—5)…Point has found the scoresheet in five consecutive games vs. NYI (4-6—10) with four multi-point efforts during that span…Nikita Kucherov is riding a five-game point streak vs. NYI (1-7—8) with three multi-point efforts during that span…Steven Stamkos has found the scoresheet in seven of his last eight contests vs. NYI (7-2—9) and 16 of the last 19 meetings (11-13—24)…Stamkos has pointed in three straight games at NYI (3-2—5) and seven of the last eight contests at NYI (4-7—11)…Alex Killorn has picked up points in four of his last five games vs. NYI (2-2—4)…Anthony Cirelli and Ross Colton have both found the scoresheet in three of their last four contests vs. NYI (1-2—3)…Tanner Jeannot has posted five points in five career games vs. NYI (3-2—5)…Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is riding a three-game point streak vs. NYI (0-3—3)…Victor Hedman has found the scoresheet in four of his last five contests vs. NYI (1-4—5)…Hedman has points in six of his last eight games at NYI (3-5—8)…Mikhail Sergachev has five points over his last four contests vs. NYI (2-3— 5)…Andrei Vasilevskiy has won five straight starts vs. NYI with a .951 save percentage, 1.40 goals against average and one shutout…The Lightning have won six straight games vs. NYI by a combined score of 27-10…The Bolts are 6- 4-0 in their last 10 road games vs. NYI and 7-3-0 in the last 10 meetings overall…Tampa Bay is 56-43-6 with three ties all-time vs. NYI, including a road record of 24-26-2 with one tie…Vincent Lecavalier (23-23—46) holds the Lightning franchise records for career goals and points vs. NYI.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. NYI
- Vincent Lecavalier – 46 pts. (23-23—46, 50 GP)
- Steven Stamkos – 45 pts. (21-24—45, 42 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 37 pts. (14-23—37, 46 GP)
- Brad Richards – 24 pts. (9-15—24, 27 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 23 pts. (6-17—23, 25 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the second game of a three-game road trip tonight, the team’s final road trip of the regular season…The Bolts will play three of their six games in April on the road…The Lightning are 18-20-1 on the road this season…Tampa Bay is 13-8-2 against Metropolitan Division opponents and 24-19-3 against the Eastern Conference this season…The Bolts have scored four or more goals in three of their last four games (17 total goals)…The Bolts are 3-9-2 in the second game of back-to-back sets this season.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 104
NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
April 2, 2023 Loss CAR 2 vs. NYI 1 Pageau Sorokin (33/35)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau opened the score with his 13th goal of the season, but Carolina’s Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Martinook each responded with a goal, and the New York Islanders fell to the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-1, on Sunday night at PNC Arena in Raleigh. Pierre Engvall and Scott Mayfield each tallied assists, and Ilya Sorokin turned aside 33 of 35 shots he faced in the loss.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS & UPDATES
Mar. 31 Aidan Fulp and Travis Mitchell have agreed to terms on two-year, two-way entry-level contracts beginning with the 2023-24 season.
INJURIES GAMES MISSED
3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 – Jan. 21
8 Noah Dobson Jan. 23 – Jan. 28
10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 – Jan. 6
12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29, Feb. 18 – Feb. 24
13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6, Feb. 20 –
15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13, Nov. 8, Dec. 2- Dec. 6, Dec. 17 – Jan. 3, Jan. 21 – Mar. 9
20 Hudson Fasching Jan. 19 – Jan. 28
21 Kyle Palmieri Nov. 23 – Dec. 13, Dec. 17 – Jan. 21
25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20, Mar. 21 – Apr. 1
26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –
28 Alexander Romanov Apr. 2 –
36 Otto Koivula Mar. 11 – Mar. 15
40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau Feb. 14 – Mar. 11
Man Games Lost: 200
RECENT RESULTS
Sunday, April 2 at Carolina L, 2-1
Saturday, April 1 at Tampa Bay L, 5-0
Wednesday, Mar. 29 at Washington W/SO (2-1)
Monday, Mar. 27 vs. New Jersey W (5-1)
Saturday, Mar. 25 vs. Buffalo L (2-0)
Friday, Mar. 24 at Columbus L/ OT (5-4)
VS. TAMPA BAY:
Last five meetings (0-5-0)
Apr. 1, 2023 AMALIE Arena L, 5-0
Oct. 22, 2022 AMALIE Arena L, 5-3
Apr, 29, 2022 UBS Arena L, 6-4
Mar. 27, 2022 UBS Arena L, 4-1
Nov, 15, 2021 AMALIE Arena L, 4-1
2022-23 0-2-0
Franchise History 49-49-3-7
NYI Home 28-21-1-3
NYI Away 21-28-2-4
TEAM NOTES
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders host the Tampa Bay Lightning in the third and final matchup between the two clubs this season and the second meeting between them in the last six days. Tonight, the Islanders will look to snap a six-game winless streak against Tampa Bay, in the Lightning’s first visit to UBS Arena since April 29, 2022. The Islanders will also look to bounce back after two straight losses last weekend, including a 5-0 decision in the Lightning’s favor at AMALIE Arena on Saturday. It is only the second time since the All-Star Break that the Islanders have suffered consecutive regulation losses. The Islanders return home tonight following a three-game road trip. They are 6-3-1 in their last ten matchups at UBS Arena and improved to 22-13-3 at home on March 27, a 5-1 win against the New Jersey Devils. The Islanders enter tonight’s matchup with an 8-10-4 record against Atlantic Division opponents this season, but are 6-2-1 on home ice against Atlantic opponents since December 23.
