Nuts & Bolts: Matchup of division rivals

Everything you could know forward of the Lightning’s matchup in opposition to the Buffalo Sabers on Saturday:

When: Saturday, February 28 – 7 pm ET
Where: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL
TV Coverage: The Spot – Tampa Bay 66 (test native listings)
Radio protection: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: TampaBayLightning.com/StreamNow

Lines from Thursday’s recreation (topic to alter)
Forwards
Gage Goncalves – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Jake Guentzel – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zemgus Girgensons – Yanni Gourde – Pontus Holmberg
Dominic James – Scott Sabourin

Defensemen
JJ Moser – Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Victor Hedman – Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Declan Carlile

Goaltenders
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy

Saturday’s Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning shut February at dwelling in opposition to the Buffalo Sabers on Saturday…Tampa Bay is 1-0-0 in opposition to the Sabers this season after a 4-3 additional time win on Feb. 3 that noticed Nikita Kucherov rating 1-3—4 in addition to two-point nights from Darren Raddysh (1-1—2) and Jake Guentzel (1-1—2)…Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves on 26 photographs for an .885 save share and the win…Tampa Bay will go to the Sabers on March 8 and closes the season sequence on April 6 in Buffalo…The Lightning are 54-50-17 all-time in opposition to Buffalo, together with 27-25-10 on dwelling ice…Kucherov is the franchise’s profession scoring chief versus the Sabers with 20-32—52 in 40 video games…Victor Hedman is the following energetic Bolt with 8-22—30 in 58 video games in opposition to Buffalo…Vasilevskiy is 14-2-3 in his profession when taking part in the Sabers with a .912 save share and two shutouts…Jonas Johansson is 2-0-2 with a .917 save share in opposition to the staff in his profession, with all 4 begins coming with Tampa Bay.

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The Road Ahead
Tuesday, March 3 at Minnesota Wild
Thursday, March 5 at Winnipeg Jets
Saturday, March 7 at Toronto Maple Leafs