NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 12/14/2024

Brayden Point #21 skating for the Tampa Bay Lightning
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Tampa Bay Lightning (15-10-2, 32 pts) at Seattle Kraken (15-14-2, 32 pts)
Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Saturday, December 14
Time: 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN+ / FDSS / KHN / KONG
Radio:
Tampa Bay Lightning – The Bone 102.5. FM
Seattle Kraken – Sports Radio KJR 93.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Tampa Bay Lightning -1.5 ML -135
Seattle Kraken +1.5 ML +115
O/U 6.5

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning won their last game 8-3 in Calgary and have won three of their last four games overall, outscoring teams 22-7 over that span. Tampa Bay is 7-6-1 on the road this season and is 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. The Lightning have a +26 goal differential, which is 3rd in the NHL.

Seattle Kraken News & Notes:

Seattle has won two of their last three games and has scored 14 goals during that span. The Kraken are 8-6-2 at home this season and are 5-4-1 in their last ten games. Seattle has a +4 goal differential this season. This is the first matchup between these two teams this season.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:

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

Hedman-Raddysh
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Schwartz-Beniers-Tanev
McCann-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Tolvanen-Wright-Bjorkstrand
Kartye-Stephens-Winterton

Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Evans-Borgen

Grubauer
Daccord

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov is second in the NHL with 44 points (14g, 30a) in 25 games played. Kucherov has points in six straight games, with three multi-point games over that stretch. Kucherov tied the franchise record for points in a game with six points in the win against Calgary (Kucherov also did it last year). Doug Crossman also had six points in a game during the 1992-93 season.

Seattle Kraken

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice in the Kraken’s 5-1 win over the Bruins on Thursday night. Bjorkstrand has four goals in his last three games. The 29-year-old Herning, Denmark native, is tied with Jared McCann for the team lead in goals with 11. Bjorkstrand has 22 points this season (11g, 11a), which is second on the Kraken in scoring. Bjorkstrand has eight points (5g, 3a) in six games in the month of December.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

D JJ Moser – IR
D Viktor Hedman – Game Time Decision
D Erik Cernak – Game Time Decision

Seattle Kraken

RW Jordan Eberle – LTIR
RW Yanni Gourde – OUT

Next Game:

Tampa Bay Lightning – December 17 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Seattle Kraken – December 17 vs. Ottawa Senators

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