Game 4: Ottawa Senators versus Tampa Bay Lightning

The Lightning overcome second period sluggishness... again... and prevail over the Ottawa Senators 6-4.

Lecavalier receives gifts commemorating his 1000th game

Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier was honored in pre-game ceremonies Friday night in honor of the forward's 1000th NHL game, all with Tampa Bay.

Joined by his parents, wife and children on a red carpet at center ice, Lecavalier received gifts including an engraved silver stick and a Rolex watch. On hand for the presentation were his Lightning teammates as well as general manager Steve Yzerman and owner Jeff Vinik.

Tampa Bay Lightning versus Ottawa Senators game thread

The Tampa Bay Lightning's longest homestand of the season gets underway with the Ottawa Senators. Join us for a in-game conversation

Tonight's likely line combinations for Senators, Lightning

I had a request from Peter at Silver Seven Sens to let him know the Lightning line combinations. While I'm not absolutely sure things will play out like this, I believe the Bolts lines will open with something along the lines of:

Cory Conacher - Steven Stamkos - Martin St. Louis
Tom Pyatt - Vincent Lecavalier- Teddy Purcell
Ryan Malone - Nate Thompson - Benoit Pouliot
Adam Hall - B.J. Crombeen

The top-3 left wings (Conacher, Malone, Pyatt) will likely shuffle between lines as they have the past few games, so don't write these combos in stone.

Erik Erlendsson reported it'll be a 11-7 lineup split tonight. Defense should look like:

Matt Carle - Eric Brewer
Victor Hedman - Sami Salo
Brian Lee - Keith Aulie
Marc-Andre Bergeron

Anders Lindback starts for the Lightning in goal.

On the flip side, Peter passed on Ottawa's likely starters:

Like I said in the preview, it will be Ben Bishop between the pipes for the enators.

At odds with Ottawa; Lightning versus Senators preview

After being swept last season by the Senators, the Lightning hope to turn over a new leaf tonight against Ottawa.