Overview
- Brayden Point left Sunday’s game after 5:35 of ice time and was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday, which requires him to miss at least seven days and suggests a short-term absence rather than long-term recovery.
- The Lightning recalled 20-year-old Sam O’Reilly from the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch on Tuesday to fill the roster spot vacated by Point and make an immediate jump to the NHL roster.
- At Tuesday’s practice O’Reilly skated with Yanni Gourde and Jake Guentzel and took reps on Tampa Bay’s No. 1 power-play unit, signaling the club will give him meaningful minutes rather than a depth-only role.
- O’Reilly was a 2024 first-round pick acquired from Edmonton in July 2025 in exchange for the signing rights to Isaac (Ike) Howard and is in the first year of his entry-level contract with limited AHL experience.
- With internal center options such as Anthony Cirelli, Yanni Gourde and Zemgus Girgensons available, the recall and power-play experiment show the Lightning will reconfigure lines now and monitor Point’s recovery over the coming days to weeks.