Game #29: Tampa Bay Lightning (12-11-5) at Seattle Kraken (8-13-6)
Time: 10:00 PM EST
Location: Climate Pledge Arena
Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, ESPN+, ROOT-NW
Opponent’s Site: Davy Jones’ Locker Room
Preview
The Seattle Kraken come into tonight’s game with a six-game losing streak which includes their last two home games. Meanwhile the Lightning have flown across the country with a four-game road losing streak stuffed into the overhead compartment. Misery meats melancholy tonight at Climate Pledge Arena. The good news is that one team will finally see a “W” next to their name once play is complete late into the Saturday night.
It’s pretty easy to see why the Lightning are 0-4 on the road as they’ve totaled just four goals in those losses. It’s not as if they haven’t had their chances as they’ve posted a 14.25 xGF over that stretch with 126 shots, 127 scoring chances, and 53 high-danger chances. The good news is that a 3.1 shooting percentage isn’t sustainable and they are due for some regression at some point.
The good news is that they’re facing a team that’s pretty much having the same issues they are. During their six-game slide they’re averaging 1.48 5v5 goals per game, 30th in the league. They are 20th in xGF/60 at 2.51, just slightly behind the Lightnings 2.55. A 4.52% shooting percentage at 5v5 isn’t helping things.
Defensively, they’re not getting great goaltending when it comes to high-danger chances. Over the six games the’re allowing 10.70 high-danger chances per game, which is middle of the pack, but their 2.12 high-danger goals allows is 29th. The smoking gun is a .714 high-danger save percentage from their goaltenders, only the Stars’ .711 is worse.
So, if the Lightning can get quality chances they have a chance of putting some goals on the board. That’s a pretty big if with the way the Bolts have been playing , though.
Stats Match-up
| Game #29 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Seattle Kraken |
| Overall Record | 12-11-5 | 8-13-6 |
| Home Record | 8-3-3 | 4-7-1 |
| Road Record | 4-8-2 | 4-6-5 |
| Last 10 Games | 4-5-1 | 3-5-2 |
| Goals For | 91 | 71 |
| Goals Against | 99 | 94 |
| xGF | 90.12 | 77.68 |
| xGA | 87.10 | 78.00 |
| Power Play | 30.5% | 21.2% |
| Penalty Kill | 81.9% | 75.6% |
Lines
Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines
Forwards
Steven Stamkos – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Alex Barré-Boulet
Tanner Jeannot – Nick Paul – Michael Eyssimont
Tyler Motte – Luke Glendening – Austin Watson
Defenders
Victor Hedman – Nick Perbix
Mikhail Sergachev – Erik Cernak
Calvin de Haan – Darren Raddysh
Goalies
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Seattle Kraken Projected Lines
Forwards
Tye Kartye – Matthew Beniers – Jordan Eberle
Jared McCann – Alexander Wennberg – Andre Burakovsky
Eeli Tolvanen – Yanni Gourde – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Tanev – Devin Shore – Kailer Yamamoto
Defenders
Vince Dunn – Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak – Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin – Ryker Evans
Goalies
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Question of the Night
Should you stay up for this game? Probably. First of all, it’s on the weekend. Second with Edmonton and Vancouver next up at 10:00 PM, this could be their best bet at late night victory.
