Inside The Rink Game Day Preview
Tampa Bay Lightning (3-0-0, 6 Pts) at Ottawa Senators (2-2-0, 4 Pts)
Date: Saturday, October 19
Canadian Tire Center – Ottawa, Ontario
Time: 1:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+, Bally Sports
Radio: 102.5 FM Lightning Radio 24/7
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Tampa Bay Lightning: -1.5 ML -115
Ottawa Senators: +1.5 ML -105
O/U 6.5
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Tampa Bay Lightning Notes:
The Lightning own a three-game winning streak over the Senators. The Lightning opened the season with a 4-1 win at Carolina and picked up a 4-1 victory over Vancouver on Tuesday. On Thursday, Tampa Bay rallied to edge the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 to conclude a brief two-game home stand.
Ottawa Senators Notes:
Ottawa enters Saturday’s game following a 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Brady Tkachuk scored the lone goal for the Senators with 65 seconds remaining to break up Jacob Markstrom’s shutout bid, and Anton Forsberg made 32 saves.
Tampa Bay Lightning Lineup:
Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Paul
Eyssimont-Geekie-Atkinson
Girgensons-Glendening-Chaffee
Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Raddysh
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Ottawa Senators Lineup:
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Amadio
Giroux-Norris-Batherson
Gregor-Pinto-Perron
Cousins-Gaudette-MacEwen
Sanderson-Hamonic
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Bernard-Docker
Forsberg
Sogaard
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Players To Watch:
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Captain Victor Hedman has four assists through the first three games.
Vasilevskiy is 3-0-0 with a 1.67 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage this season. He is 10-6-0 with a 3.07 GAA and an .895 save percentage in 16 career games against Ottawa.
Ottawa Senators:
Center Tim Stutzle has a team-leading three goals this season while Tkachuk has five assists and six points in four games. Goaltender Linus Ullmark is 1-1-0 with a 2.58 GAA and a .914 save percentage this season. He is 5-7-1 with a 2.92 GAA and a .903 save percentage in 13 career appearances against the Lightning and looks to be available after a slight strain.
Injury Report:
Tampa Bay Lightning:
None
Ottawa Senators:
Matthew Highmore (Upper Body – IR), Greig (Upper Body), Artem Zub (Concussion), Linus Ullmark (Strain)
Next game:
Tampa Bay Lightning: October 21 at Toronto at 7:30 pm EST.
Ottawa Senators: October 22 at Utah at 9:15 pm EST.
