Nuts & Bolts: Season-long homestand opens against the Wild

Everything you have to know forward of the Lightning’s matchup against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday:

When: Sunday, March 24 – 7:30 pm ET
Where: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL
TV Coverage: The Spot – Tampa Bay 66 (verify native listings)
Radio protection: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: TampaBayLightning.com/StreamNow

Lines from Sunday’s recreation (topic to alter)
Forwards
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves – Brayden Point – Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons – Yanni Gourde – Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry – Nick Paul – Oliver Bjorkstrand

Defensemen
JJ Moser – Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D’Astous – Emil Lilleberg

Goaltenders
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy

Tuesday’s Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning will put a bow on their 2025-26 season collection against the Minnesota Wild when the latter visits Benchmark International Arena on Tuesday…The Wild took the first recreation of the season collection by a 5-1 rating, a recreation that noticed Nikita Kucherov rating the lone Lightning purpose…Tampa Bay is 13-20-4 all-time against Minnesota, a file that features a 10-6-2 tempo on dwelling ice…Kucherov is the franchise’s profession scoring chief versus the Wild, scoring 10-10—20 in 20 profession video games against the group…Steven Stamkos ranks second with 6-9—15 in 23 video games, whereas Victor Hedman is the subsequent energetic Bolt with 4-8—12 in 24 video games…Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 6-7-2 over his NHL profession against Minnesota together with a .909 save proportion, 2.60 targets against common and one shutout….Lightning goalie Jonas Johansson is searching for his first begin against the Wild over his NHL profession.

The Road Ahead
Thursday, March 26 vs. Seattle Kraken
Saturday, March 28 vs. Ottawa Senators
Sunday, March 29 vs. Nashville Predators