NHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators vs. Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 10/28/2024

NHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators vs. Tampa Bay Lighting with Line Combinations 11/29/2024

The Nashville Predators will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight. The Predators are coming off a 4-3 overtime win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night while the Lightning are coming off a 3-0 shutout win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Nashville Predators (3-5-0, 2 Points) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (5-3-0, 10 Points)

When: Monday, October 28
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Where: Amalie Arena (Tampa Bay, FL)
TV: ESPN+/HULU

Scoring Leaders

Nashville Predators

Points: Filip Forsberg – 8
Goals: Filip Forsberg – 5
Assists: Roman Josi – 5

Tampa Bay Lightning

Points: Nikita Kucherov – 14
Goals: Nikita Kucherov – 8
Assists: Anthony Cirelli – 9

Team Stats

Nashville Predators

Power-Play: 17.2 (20)
Penalty Kill: 92.3 (2)
GF: 2.63 (27)
GA: 3.50 (24)
Faceoff: 55.6 (2)

Tampa Bay Lightning

Power-Play: 17.9 (19)
Penalty Kill: 71.4 (27)
GF: 3.88 (4)
GA: 3.00 (8)
Faceoff: 48.4 (21)

Expected Line Combinations

Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Jonathan Marchessault
Steven Stamkos – Tommy Novak – Gustav Nyquist
Mark Jankowski – Colton Sissons – Luke Evangelista
Zachary L’Heureux – Michael McCarron – Cole Smith
Roman Josi – Dante Fabbro
Jeremy Lauzon – Alexandre Carrier
Brady Skjei – Luke Schenn

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Conor Geekie
Michael Eyssimont – Nicholas Paul – Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons – Luke Glendening – Cam Atkinson
Victor Hedman – J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg – Nick Perbix

Between The Pipes

Nashville: Juuse Saros (2-4-0, 2.74 GAA)

Saros will start as he is 2-4-0 with a 2.74 goals against average and a .908 save percentage, he got the start on Friday stopping 27 of the 29 shots he faced. In his career against the Lightning, he is 4-6-2 with a .890 save percentage and a 3.51 goals-against average. He went 1-1-0 against them last season posting a 2.56 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage.

Tampa Bay: Andrei Vasilevskiy (4-3-0, 3.13 GAA)

Vasilevskiy this season is 4-3-0 with a 3.13 goals against average and a .896 save percentage, in his last start he picked up a shutout stopping all 32 shots he faced. In his career against Nashville, he is 8-3-1 with a 2.38 goals against average and a .915 save percentage; last season he went 1-0-0 stopping 30 of the 32 shots he faced.

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Players To Watch

Nashville: Steven Stamkos (1-0-1)

Stamkos this season has one point on a goal. Tonight he will face his former team for the first time after spending his first 16 seasons with them playing in 1,082 games recording 555 goals and 582 assists.  

Tampa Bay: Nikita Kucherov (8-6-14)

Kucherov has started off red hot recording 14 points on eight goals and six assists. In his career against Nashville, he has played in 20 games recording 21 points on ten goals and 11 assists. Last season in two games he had two points coming on goals.

Head to Head & Next Up

The Predators last season went 1-1-0 against the Lightning and outscored them 8-6, in their last ten games against Tampa Bay they are 3-6-1 and have been outscored 35-30. The Predators will face the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday while the Lightning will face the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.

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