Inside the Rink Game Day Preview
Minnesota Wild (4-0-2, 10 Pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2-0, 8 Pts)
Date: Thursday, October 24
Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+, FanDuel Sports Network South, ESPN+, FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Minnesota Wild: +1.5 ML +120
Tampa Bay Lightning: -1.5 ML -142
O/U 6
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Minnesota Wild Notes:
The Wild have won three in a row after a win at Florida on Tuesday night. Minnesota is 3-0-1 when they score a power play goal.
Tampa Bay Lightning Notes:
The Lightning have a plus-6 goal differential and defeated the New Jersey Devils 8-5 on Tuesday night.
Minnesota Wild Lineup:
Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Khusnutdinov-Trenin
Lauko-Gaudreau-Ohgren
Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Bogosian
Merrill-Chisholm
Fleury
Gustavsson
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Tampa Bay Lightning Lineup:
Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Geekie
Eyssimont-Paul-Chaffee
Girgensons-Glendening-Atkinson
Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
Minnesota Wild:
Mats Zuccarello has four goals and three assists for the Wild. Marc-Andre Fleury will get the start in net, just his second start of the season. Fleury played on October 12 against Seattle in a 5-4 shootout loss.
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Brayden Point has scored four goals with two assists for the Lightning. Kucherov is off to a hot start, with seven goals and five assists in six games for Tampa Bay. Jake Guentzel has two goals and five assists after joining the Lightning in the off-season.
Injury Report:
Minnesota Wild:
Jared Spurgeon (Lower Body), Ryan Hartman (Upper Body)
Tampa Bay Lightning:
None
Next Game:
Minnesota Wild: October 26 at Philadelphia at 1:00 pm EST.
Tampa Bay Lightning: October 26 vs Washington at 7:00 EST.
