NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Vancouver Canucks with line combinations 12/8/2024

Brock Boeser skating for the Vancouver Canucks
Photo: DARRYL DYCK | Credit: AP

Tampa Bay Lightning (13-9-2, 28 pts) at Vancouver Canucks (14-7-4, 32 pts)
Venue: Rogers Arena
Date: Sunday, December 8
Time: 4:00 pm ET / 1:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN + / FDSS / Sportsnet
Radio:
Tampa Bay – The Bone 102.5. FM
Vancouver Canucks – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Tampa Bay +1.5 ML -110
Vancouver Canucks -1.5 ML -110
O/U 6.5

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning are in 4th place in the Atlantic Division, five points behind 3rd place Boston but Tampa Bay has five games in hand. The Lightning are 5-5-1 on the road this season. Tampa Bay is 13-5-1 in games where they score three or more goals. The Lightning have a +20 goal differential with 94 goals scored and 74 allowed.

Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks are 3rd in the Pacific Division, 3 points behind 2nd place Los Angeles but the Canucks have two games in hand. Vancouver is 4-5-3 at home this season. The Canucks are 8-3-1 when they score at least one powerplay goal. Vancouver is 6-3-1 in their last ten games.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:

Guentzel-Point-Raddysh
Hagel-Cirelli-Paul
Atkinson-Geekie-Goncalves
Girgensons-Glendening-Eyssimont

Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-Pettersson-Boeser
Heinen-Suter-Garland
Hoglander-Blueger-Sherwood
Sasson-Raty-Joshua

Hughes-Myers
Soucy-Juulsen
Brannstrom-Desharnais

Demko
Lankinen

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Brandon Hagel has points in six of his last seven games, including two goals in the Lightning’s 8-1 victory over San Jose. Hagel has 14 points (4g, 10a) over that span. Hagel is on pace for 106 points which would eclipse his career-high of 75 points set last season.

Vancouver Canucks

Brock Boeser had a goal and an assist in the Canucks 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Boeser has five points in the six games since returning from injury. The 27-year-old Burnsville, Minnesota native has been playing on an extremely productive top line with Jake DeBrusk and Elias Pettersson. Boeser has 16 points (7g, 9a) in 18 games played.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

RW Nikita Kucherov – Day To Day
RW Mitchell Chaffee – Day To Day

Vancouver Canucks

D Filip Hronek – IR
C J.T. Miller – Indefinite Leave of Absence
D Derek Forbort – Day To Day – Personal Reasons

Next Game:

Tampa Bay Lightning – December 10 at Edmonton Oilers
Vancouver Canucks – December 10 vs. St. Louis Blues

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