NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Philadelphia Flyers with Line Combinations 3/13/2025

Jake Guentzel Nikita Kucherov celebrating a goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning
Photo: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images

Tampa Bay Lightning (37-23-4, 78 pts) at Philadelphia Flyers (27-31-8, 62 pts)

Venue: Wells Fargo Center
Date: Thursday, March 13
Time: 7:00 pm EST 
TV: ESPN+ / FDSS / NBCSP
Radio: 
Tampa Bay Lightning – The Bone 102.5. FM
Philadelphia Flyers – WMMR 93.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Tampa Bay Lightning -1.5 ML -110
Philadelphia Flyers +1.5 ML +125
O/U 5.5

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes: 

The Lightning have lost two straight games and were outscored 8-1 in those contests. Tampa Bay is 14-15-2 on the road this season and is 7-3-0 in their last ten games overall. The Lightning are third in the NHL in scoring with 224 goals. 

Philadelphia Flyers News & Notes:

The Flyers will try to snap their five-game losing streak tonight against the Lightning. Philadelphia is 15-18-1 at home this season and is 4-5-1 in their last ten games. The Flyers are 7-12-2 when they have more penalties than their opponents. Tonight is the second of three matchups between these two teams with the Flyers taking the first game 2-1 in the shootout.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines: 

Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Paul
Goncalves-Gourde-Bjorkstrand
Girgensons-Glendening-Raddysh

Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lines:

Foerster-Cates-Brink
Tippett-Couturier-Michkov
Lycksell-Poehling-Konecny
Deslauriers-Abols-Pelletier

Sanheim-York
Seeler-Drysdale
Andrae-Ristolainen

Fedotov
Ersson

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jake Guentzel has four straight 30+ goal seasons. The 30-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska, is on pace for 41 goals this season that would set a career-high. Guentzel is tied with Brayden Point for the team lead in goals with 32. Guentzel has five goals and seven points in six games in March.

Philadelphia Flyers

Jamie Drysdale has goals in back-to-back games and 16 points (5g, 11a) this season, his most points since he had 32 points in the 2021-2022 in Anaheim. The sixth overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft has never really lived up to the promise he showed early in his career, but the Toronto, Ontario native seems to have found a home in Philadelphia, getting some tough love from Flyers bench boss John Tortorella.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

None

Philadelphia Flyers

D Ryan Ellis – IR
RW Garnet Hathaway – Day To Day

Next Game:

Tampa Bay Lightning – March 13 at Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Flyers – March 13 vs. Carolina Hurricanes

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