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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Ottawa Senators prediction

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Lines

Lines from the last game · may change

Tampa Bay Lightning

Last game: Oct 20

Forwards

  1. 1st line9 min together
    29LWHolmbergPontus28CGirgensonsZemgus95RWMikheyevIlya
  2. 2nd line4 min together
    21LWPointBrayden59CGuentzelJake93RWGoncalvesGage
  3. 3rd line4 min together
    38LWHagelBrandon71CCirelliAnthony86RWKucherovNikita

Defence

  1. 1st pair11 min together
    81DČernákErik27DMcDonaghRyan
  2. 2nd pair10 min together
    74DCarlsonJohn90DMoserJ.J.
  3. 3rd pair9 min together
    77DHedmanVictor78DLillebergEmil

Goalies

Ottawa Senators

Last game: Oct 22

Forwards

  1. 1st line7 min together
    20LWZetterlundFabian18CStützleTim28RWGirouxClaude
  2. 2nd line10 min together
    71LWGreigRidly12CPintoShane22RWAmadioMichael
  3. 3rd line8 min together
    37LWFoegeleWarren24CCozensDylan19RWBathersonDrake
  4. 4th line1 min together
    21LWCousinsNick34CHallidayStephen42RWHodgsonHayden

Defence

  1. 1st pair11 min together
    85DSandersonJake2DZubArtem
  2. 2nd pair7 min together
    26DYakemchukCarter33DMatinpaloNikolas
  3. 3rd pair12 min together
    10DSpenceJordan43DKlevenTyler

Goalies

How we read the lines: from the NHL’s shift charts, the three forwards and the two defencemen who shared the most 5-on-5 ice time, ranked by time on ice. Coaches shuffle lines often, so treat them as a guide until puck drop.

Pontus Holmberg: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Zemgus Girgensons: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0; Ilya Mikheyev: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Brayden Point: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0; Jake Guentzel: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0; Gage Goncalves: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Brandon Hagel: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 4.0; Anthony Cirelli: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0; Nikita Kucherov: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0; Erik Černák: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0 at; Ryan McDonagh: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0; John Carlson: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0; J.J. Moser: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0; Victor Hedman: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Tim Stützle: BKLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0; Claude Giroux: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ridly Greig: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Shane Pinto: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0; Michael Amadio: Pens Through My Lens, CC BY-SA 4.0; Warren Foegele: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Dylan Cozens: CloutsnChara Sports Cards, CC BY 3.0; Drake Batherson: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Nick Cousins: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Hayden Hodgson: m_kania, CC BY 2.0; Jake Sanderson: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Artem Zub: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0; Carter Yakemchuk: Hockeywithry, CC0; Jordan Spence: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0; Tyler Kleven: Hockeywithry, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Goalie duel

Projected

Projected from recent starts · confirmed at puck drop

Andrei Vasilevskiy TAM

.898 save percentage

2.46 GAA · 5–2–0 · 7 starts

Linus Ullmark OTT

.945 save percentage

1.33 GAA · 7–1–0 · 8 starts

Teams do not name their goalie before the game. We expect the No. 1 unless his team played the night before, when the back-up usually starts; last season that call was right about two times in three. Our win chances do not depend on it.

Photo credits: Andrei Vasilevskiy: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0; Linus Ullmark: Calle Eklund/ V-wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Team leaders

Tampa Bay LightningThis seasonOttawa Senators

Season totals in this competition from the scoresheets so far (9 games per team); current squads only.

Photo credits: Brandon Hagel: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 4.0; Nikita Kucherov: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0; Tim Stützle: BKLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ridly Greig: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Recent form

Tampa Bay Lightning

W6–2W4–2W4–3L1–4W5–3

Ottawa Senators

L2–6W5–1L1–3W2–1L2–7

W win · OTL loss in overtime or a shootout · L loss in regulation

Head to head

No recent meetings on record.

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