| Sat. 3/21 | Tue. 3/24 | Thu. 3/26 | Sat. 3/28 | Sun. 3/29 |
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vs. NYI Ppnd |
@ Det Ppnd |
@ NJ Ppnd |
vs. Pit Ppnd |
Second-place clubs clash as Lightning host Flyers | |
After a Tuesday night performance in Toronto that Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper called "embarrassing," the Lightning are looking forward to sunnier times back home on Florida's west coast. The Lightning (43-21-6, 92 points) will host the Philadelphia Flyers (41-21-7, 89 points) on Thursday night in the third and final meeting between the two second-place teams in the Atlantic and Metropolitan Divisions, respectively. Tampa Bay sits comfortably in second in the Atlantic -- trailing first-place Boston by eight points and leading third-place Toronto by 11 entering Wednesday -- and are likely locked into the position they will hold when the Eastern Conference playoffs open next month. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Points: | T. Konecny | 61 | |||
| Plus/Minus: | S. Couturier | 21 | |||
| Shots on Goal: | C. Giroux | 197 | |||
| PIM: | J. Farabee | 39 | |||
| Win: | C. Hart | 24 | |||
| Shutouts: | B. Elliott | 2 | |||
| Offense (Rank) | |||||
| Goals: | 227 (8) | ||||
| Shots: | 2166 (21) | ||||
| PP%: | 20.7% (14) | ||||
| Penalty Minutes: | 526 (22) | ||||
| Assists: | 382 (8) | ||||
| SH Goals: | 8 (8) | ||||
| Standings | ||||||||||||
| Metropolitan Division | ||||||||||||
| W | L | OTL | Pts | |||||||||
| Washington | 41 | 20 | 8 | 90 | ||||||||
| Philadelphia | 41 | 21 | 7 | 89 | ||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 40 | 23 | 6 | 86 | ||||||||
| Carolina | 38 | 25 | 5 | 81 | ||||||||
| Columbus | 33 | 22 | 15 | 81 | ||||||||
| NY Islanders | 35 | 23 | 10 | 80 | ||||||||
| NY Rangers | 37 | 28 | 5 | 79 | ||||||||
| New Jersey | 28 | 29 | 12 | 68 | ||||||||
| Full Standings | ||||||||||||
| Defense (Rank) | |||||
| Goals Against: | 191 (24) | ||||
| Shots Against: | 1977 (31) | ||||
| PK%: | 81.9% (11) | ||||
| Penalty Minutes: | 621 (11) | ||||
| Shutouts: | 3 (20) | ||||
| Sv%: | 0.903 (16) | ||||
| Injuries | ||
| Date | Player | Status |
| 3/11 | N. Thompson | Sprained knee (day-to-day) |
| 3/9 | P. Myers | Fractured patella (day-to-day) |
| 3/4 | J. van Riemsdyk | Fractured hand - left game (IR) |
| 12/11 | O. Lindblom | Illness (IR) |
| 11/7 | S. Morin | Torn right ACL (IR) |
| Transactions | ||
| Date | Player | Transactions |
| 3/27 | W. Allison | Signed Two-year, entry-level contract |
| 3/23 | T. Laczynski | Signed Two-year, entry-level contract |
| 3/16 | M. Friedman | Sent to minors Lehigh Valley-AHL |
| 3/16 | C. Bunnaman | Sent to minors Lehigh Valley-AHL |
| 3/11 | C. Bunnaman | Called up from minors from Lehigh Valley-AHL |
| 3/11 | M. Friedman | Called up from minors from Lehigh Valley-AHL |
| 3/10 | W. Wylie | Signed Three-year, entry-level contract |
| 3/5 | J. Farabee | Called up from minors from Lehigh Valley-AHL |
| 3/1 | J. Farabee | Sent to minors Lehigh Valley-AHL |
| 2/29 | J. Farabee | Called up from minors from Lehigh Valley-AHL |
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