Overview
- Tampa Bay is 20-13-3 and Florida is 20-14-2, separated by one point in the Atlantic, with the Lightning listed around -110.
- Puck drop is 7:00 PM ET at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise for the third of four meetings this season.
- Sergei Bobrovsky and Andrei Vasilevskiy are projected starters in goal.
- Brandon Hagel is expected to remain out for Tampa Bay, which recalled Scott Sabourin and Steven Santini.
- Florida enters off a five-goal third period to beat Carolina as Bobrovsky tied Terry Sawchuk for eighth in career wins, while Tampa Bay comes in after wins over Carolina and St. Louis.