NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 11/1/2024

Kirill Kaprizov wearing the third jersey called 78s with his Alternate Captain patch clearly visible
AP Photo/Matt Krohn

Tampa Bay Lightning (7-3-0, 14 pts) at Minnesota Wild (6-1-2, 14 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Friday, November 1
Time: 8:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm CT 

TV: ESPN+ / FDSS / FDSW / FDSN
Radio: 
Tampa Bay – The Bone 102.5. FM
Minnesota – KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Tampa Bay +1.5 ML EVEN
Minnesota -1.5 ML -120
O/U 6.5

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

Tampa Bay looks to keep alive their 3-game win streak tonight in Minnesota as they take on the Wild. The Lightning have outscored their opponents 11-4 during the streak, with the latest victory being a 5-2 decision in Colorado on October 30. Tampa scored three goals in the opening 5 1/2 minutes to pull away from the Avalanche.

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild have won 4 of their last 5 games all during a 7 game road trip. The Wild finished the road trip with a very respectable 5-1-1 record. Minnesota returns home tonight for only their 3rd home game of the season. Minnesota is 1-0-1 at Xcel Energy Center on the season, with the loss coming in a shootout to the Seattle Kraken.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:

Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Geekie
Eyssimont-Paul-Chaffee
Girgensons-Glendening-Atkinson

Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Gaudreau-Trenin
Lauko-Khusnutdinov-Hartman

Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Chisholm-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists to pace the Lightning attack in their victory over the Avalanche on October 30. Kucherov leads all Lightning players in points with 17. The star winger is tied for 3rd in the NHL in goals (9) and 5th in points (17) on the season.

Minnesota Wild

Karil Kaprizov has a six-game point streak including a goal and 2 assists in Minnesota’s 5-3 win over Pittsburgh in the last game of the Wild’s seven-game road trip. Kaprizov has four goals and 10 assists during the streak. The dynamic winger is tied for 3rd in the NHL scoring race with 18 points (5g, 13a) on the season.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

None

Minnesota Wild

None

Next game:

Tampa Bay Lightning – November 3 at Winnipeg Jets
Minnesota Wild – November 3 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

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