Lightning list Thursday’s lines ahead of Nashville matinee
Tampa Bay visits the Predators on Saturday afternoon for the clubs’ first regular-season meeting.
The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Nashville Predators on Saturday, Oct. 31, for a 2 p.m. Eastern start at Bridgestone Arena. It is the clubs’ first meeting of the regular season, with the return game scheduled for Dec. 29 in Tampa.
Tampa Bay’s preview lists the combinations it used Thursday, while cautioning that they could change. Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov made up the first line. Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli and Pontus Holmberg formed the second.
On defence, the listed pairs were JJ Moser with John Carlson, Ryan McDonagh with Erik Cernak, and Victor Hedman with Emil Lilleberg. Sportsnaut’s lineup page also projects those three pairs for Nashville.
The Lightning enter after Thursday’s 6-4 home win over Winnipeg. Nashville lost 4-3 to Washington on Thursday, according to the CBS Sports game preview.
