TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 1 at NY Islanders 6
The Tampa Bay Lightning dropped a second-consecutive contest with a 6-1 loss to the New York Islanders April 6 at UBS Arena…Tampa Bay fell to 45-28-6 on the season with a road record of 18-21-1…The Bolts finished the season series vs. NYI with a 2-1-1 record…After a scoreless first period, NYI rattled off three straight goals in the second period from Adam Pelech (3:46), Brock Nelson (9:54) and Kyle Palmieri (10:43)…Nikita Kucherov got the Lightning on the board at the 16:47 mark of the second after Brayden Point forced a NYI turnover and fed Kucherov, who took the puck in the slot and beat Ilya Sorokin glove side to make it a 3-1 game…Ryan Pulock answered for NYI just 2:53 later and increased the lead to 4-1…Simon Holmstrom (15:14) and Bo Horvat (19:40) scored the only goals of the
third period to conclude the 6-1 win for NYI…Brian Elliott got the start in foal for Tampa Bay and made 36 saves on 42 shots against…Steven Stamkos skated in his 1,000th career game, making him the second player in Lightning franchise history to skate in 1,000 games with the club (also: Vincent Lecavalier, 1,037 GP).
PP: TBL – 0-1 NYI – 0-2
SOG: TBL – 31 NYI – 42
Attendance: 17,255
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Senators are playing the third of three matchups this season and the second of two meetings at
Canadian Tire Centre…The Bolts are 1-1-0 vs. OTT this season following a 4-3 win Nov. 1 at AMALIE Arena and a 7-2
loss March 23 at Canadian Tire Centre…Nikita Kucherov leads Tampa Bay in points vs. OTT this season (1-4—5),
while Brayden Point (2-1—3) and Mikhail Sergachev (2-1—3) are tied for the team lead in goals…Kucherov is
riding a five-game point streak vs. OTT (3-6—9) and has found the scoresheet in seven of the last eight meetings (4-
10—14)…Kucherov has picked up 11 points over his last 10 games at OTT (1-10—11)…Point has picked up points in
six consecutive contests vs. OTT (5-8—13) with goals in five of those six games…Point has found the scoresheet in
eight of his 10 career games at OTT (6-6—12)…Steven Stamkos is riding a four-game point streak vs. OTT (1-5—6)
and has found the scoresheet in seven of the last 10 meetings (3-7—10)…Victor Hedman has pointed in 10 of his
last 15 games at OTT (6-8—14)…Sergachev has picked up points in four of his last five games at OTT (2-3—
5)…Andrei Vasilevskiy has won six straight games vs. OTT with a .924 save percentage and 1.98 goals against
average…The Lightning have scored four or more goals in five of the last eight contests vs. OTT (total: 27 goals)…The
Bolts are 6-4-0 in their last 10 games at OTT and 7-3-0 in the last 10 meetings overall…Tampa Bay is 49-52-8 with
two ties all-time vs. OTT, including a road record of 21-29-5…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 – 42 pts. (18-24—42, 47 GP)
T3. Nikita Kucherov – 38 pts. (12-26—38, 30 GP)
T3. Vincent Lecavalier – 38 pts. (19-19—38, 50 GP) - Victor Hedman – 33 pts. (12-21—33, 43 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the third and final game of a three-game road trip tonight, the team’s final road game of the regular season…The Bolts will play three of their six games in April on the road…The Lightning are 18-21-1 on the road and will finish this season with a sub-.500 road record for the first time since the 2012-13 campaign…Tampa Bay is 11-11-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and 24-20-3 against the Eastern Conference this season…The Bolts have given up 12 goals over the past two contests.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 106
Current Injuries:
Anthony Cirelli (Lower-body injury; Day-to-day) 1 Game
Brandon Hagel (Lower-body injury; Day-to-day) 1 Game
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: April 6, 7-2 loss at Florida: Lyon made 56 saves as the Senators put a season-high 58 shots-on-goal in a 7-2 defeat at FLA Live Arena. The save total marked the second highest in Panthers franchise history. Montour paced the home side with four points (one goal, three assists) to match the team mark for points in a game by a defenceman. Barkov had the game’s lone multi-goal effort while adding one assist for a three-point evening as Forsling (one goal, one assist), Ekblad (two assists), Tkachuk (two assists) and Reinhart (one goal, one assist) also provided multi-point efforts. Cousins and Verhaeghe rounded out the scoring for Florida in a game which saw 166 total penalty minutes as each team established the two highest single game totals this season (Ottawa, 88; Florida, 78). Giroux and Greig replied for the Senators. Meriläinen took the loss for Ottawa in making nine saves in 21:24 of action before being replaced by Sogaard who stopped 14 shots in relief. Scratches: Gambrell, Gauthier, Talbot; Injuries: Brassard, Chabot, Chychrun, Forsberg, Hamonic, Joseph, Kelly, Norris; Shots: OTT – 58, FLA – 30; PP: OTT – 0-6, FLA – 3-6.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Tampa Bay will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet 360 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 concludes a two-game homestand against Carolina on Monday evening at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the third of three regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg and C Norris are on IR and will not oppose the Lightning this evening. F Kelly has missed the last 13 games with a lower-body injury. D Chychrun has missed the last seven games with a lower body injury. D Chabot has missed the last five games with an upper-body injury. F Brassard and D Hamonic have missed the last four games with lower-body injuries. Total man-games lost: 305.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned F Greig and G Meriläinen to Belleville (AHL) on April 7.
OTTAWA vs. TAMPA BAY – History:
2022-23 (1-1-0): Nov. 1 @ Tampa Bay (4-3 loss), March 23 @ Ottawa (7-2 win), 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: 60-41-2-8; Home: 34-19-0-2; Away: 26-22-2-6
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: March 23 (7-2); @ 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: March 23, 7-2 win @ Ottawa; OTT Goals: DeBrincat (x2), Tkachuk (x2), Brassard, Brannstrom, Watson; TBL Goals:
Point, Sergachev; OTT Scratches: Gauthier, Holden; OTT Injuries: Forsberg, Joseph, Kelly, Norris, Talbot; OTT Goalie: Sogaard; TBL Goalie: Elliott; OTT PP: 2-3; TBL PP: 1-4; Shots: 35-29.
Career vs. Tampa Bay: Giroux leads all players in career games played (42), in assists (35), in points (44) and is tied with DeBrincat in
goals (nine); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (29) against Tampa Bay.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 22-14-3 at home this season … Tim Stützle is the Senators leader with 24 goals at home while also maintaining the club lead with 30 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 39 home games, Stützle leads the team with 54 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 played back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and closed its final set with a 4-3 overtime loss at Columbus on April 2 … 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 (7-5-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (6-5-1 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 70 for 293 (23.9%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 14 power play goals while Alex DeBrincat and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with 29 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 18 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 228 of the 282 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 80.9% through 79 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.
