GDT: 9/18/18 - 7:30PM EDT - Carolina vs Tampa Bay [Preseason Game 1]

[TheDaysOf 04]

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING​

GDT

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs CAROLINA HURRICANES
* * * P R E S E A S O N - G A M E # 1 * * *

7:30 PM - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH 2018
AMALIE ARENA - TAMPA, FLORIDA

RADIO:
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STREAMS:
Official Tampa Bay Lightning Website (tampa market only)

- STARTING LINEUPS -




90 ALEXANDER VOLKOV - 91 STEVEN STAMKOS - 86 NIKITA KUCHEROV
18 ONDREJ PALAT - 21 BRAYDEN POINT - 15 ANDY ANDREOFF
7 MATHIEU JOSEPH - 9 TYLER JOHNSON - 46 TAYLOR RADDYSH
82 GABRIEL FORTIER - 36 ALEXEY LIPANOV - 47 JONNE TAMMELA

77 VICTOR HEDMAN - 5 DAN GIRARDI
27 RYAN McDONAGH - 6 ANTON STRALMAN
74 DOMINIK MASIN - 55 BRAYDON COBURN

88 ANDREI VASILEVSKIY
1 CONOR INGRAM



7 PHIL Di GIUSEPPE
15 ALEKSI SAARELA
23 BROCK McGINN
36 PATRICK BROWN
37 ANDREI SVECHNIKOV
42 GREG McKEGG
45 MORGAN GEEKIE
48 JORDAN MARTINOOK
61 CLIFF PU
64 CLARK BISHOP
71 LUCAS WALLMARK
73 VALENTIN ZYKOV

4 HAYDN FLEURY
24 JAKE BEAN
29 ANDREW POTURALSKI
38 JOSH WESLEY
55 ROLAN McKEOWN
57 TREVOR van RIEMSDYK
76 DANIEL RENOUF
84 MICHAL CAJKOVSKY

34 PETR MRAZEK
35 ALEX NEDELJKOVIC

- STATS -

	pos	gp	g	a	pts	team/league
86 NIKITA KUCHEROV	RW	80	39	61	100	TBL/NHL
91 STEVEN STAMKOS	C	78	27	59	86	TBL/NHL
21 BRAYDEN POINT	C	82	32	34	66	TBL/NHL
77 VICTOR HEDMAN	D	77	17	46	63	TBL/NHL
9 TYLER JOHNSON	C	81	21	29	50	TBL/NHL
18 ONDREJ PALAT	LW	56	11	24	35	TBL/NHL
27 RYAN McDONAGH	D	63	4	25	29	NYR, TBL/NHL
5 DAN GIRARDI	D	77	6	12	18	TBL/NHL
6 ANTON STRALMAN	D	80	4	14	18	TBL/NHL
55 BRAYDON COBURN	D	72	1	14	15	TBL/NHL
15 ANDY ANDREOFF	LW	45	3	6	9	LAK/NHL
7 MATHIEU JOSEPH	LW	70	15	38	53	SYR/AHL
79 ALEXANDER VOLKOV	LW	75	23	22	45	SYR/AHL
74 DOMINIK MASIN	D	72	9	15	24	SYR/AHL
47 JONNE TAMMELA	RW	28	3	3	6	SYR/AHL
46 TAYLOR RADDYSH	RW	58	33	50	83	ER, SSM/OHL
82 GABRIEL FORTIER	LW	66	26	33	59	BCD/QMJHL
36 ALEXEY LIPANOV	C	55	14	25	39	BAR, SUD/OHL

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

	gs	record	so	gaa	s%	team/league
88 ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	64	44-17-3	8	2.62	.920	TBL/NHL
1 CONNOR INGRAM	35	20-11-2	4	2.33	.914	SYR/AHL

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

- PRESEASON SCHEDULE -

date	opponent	arena	time	tv	score
September 18th	VS Carolina	Amalie Arena, Tampa	7:30 pm	n/a
September 19th	@ Carolina	PNC Arena, Raleigh	7:00 pm	n/a
September 21st	@ Nashville	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville	8:00 pm	n/a
September 22nd	VS Nashville	Amalie Arena, Tampa	7:00 pm	n/a
September 25th	VS Florida	Amalie Arena, Tampa	7:30 pm	n/a
September 27th	VS Florida	Amway Center, Orlando​	7:00 pm	SUN / FS-F
September 29th	@ Florida	BB&T Center, Sunrise	7:00 pm	n/a

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

- QUOTES -

DAN GIRARDI:
"I think it's been a pretty tough first two days of training camp. The guys are working really hard. We're doing a lot of team-oriented stuff right now: defensive zone, breakouts, all things that need to be hammered in right now. Camp last year was a difficult one, and we've carried that same approach into this season's camp. It's been a tough two days. Definitely fun at the end of the day when you're finished and you can take your skates off and start the recovery process."

"I think it's pretty rare to have almost the exact same team come back, obviously minus Chris (Kunitz) and bringing in Andy (Andreoff). The team's the exact same team that we had last season. I've never been a part of something like that in my 12 years in the League, and I think that's something special we can really work with. Guys like J.T. (Miller) and Mac [Ryan McDonagh] are starting fresh from camp and getting into the game plan with everyone else. We're really excited how this year can go. It doesn't matter what we did last year. We had a great year, set season records for the Lightning franchise and all that, but it really means nothing unless we accomplish our ultimate goal. I think this year we're really using that for motivation."



LET'S GO BOLTS!​

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[Boom Boom Apathy]

fyi..on possible Carolina forward lines.

 

[DFC]

...Our lineup tonight wouldn't be half bad in the regular season. Probably better than our 2012 team, and maybe even 2013. I like that top-9.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Woooo!
Lightning Hockey!

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Damn, we're finally getting a stream?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

...Our lineup tonight wouldn't be half bad in the regular season. Probably better than our 2012 team, and maybe even 2013. I like that top-9.

Aside from Andreoff on the second line, I agree.

 

[DFC]

Aside from Andreoff on the second line, I agree.

Yeah, but actually kind of fits there on that line, style-wise. The more guys who can do Brayden Point's dirty work, the better.

Really like that third line. Joseph is a guy who'll carry the puck into the zone, which Johnson needs. And then Raddysh, from what I've seen, is a guy who makes the best of split second opportunities. I think that line will create chances.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Yeah, but actually kind of fits there on that line, style-wise. The more guys who can do Brayden Point's dirty work, the better.

Fair enough. I just don't think he has the legs to hang with Point.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Who is commentating tonight?

 

[DFC]

Fair enough. I just don't think he has the legs to hang with Point.

Maybe not in the regular season. Although, to be fair, Point is just as dangerous cycling as on the rush (and Palat is more about cycling), so his speed won't be the same issue. I think he's more just a body for the corner-work.

Either way, I think he's an underdog to make the final roster. But I have no issue with seeing what Point looks like with a bigger body on his wing. That's still an NHL-quality line, even if not optimal for our particular team, which is kind of stacked up front.

 

[These Are The Days]

I'm excited to see how Joseph and Volkov do tonight. They're my short list for promotion

 

[Stormbreaker]

Hopefully I can get the stream to work. Go

!!!

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Canes line-up announced. For some reason, it looks even worse when you put it into lines. Good news is TVR is playing so we have a chance.

Lineup
Zykov-Wallmark-Svechnikov
McGinn-Martinook-Di Giuseppe
Saarela-Bishop-Pu
Geekie-McKegg-Brown

Bean-McKeown
Fleury-van Riemsdyk
Cajkovsky-Renouf

Mrazek
Nedeljkovic

 

[DFC]

I'd like to see our better prospects take this game over. I'm assuming Kuch, Stamkos, and company will more/less take the night off. But we should still be able to take advantage of the talent gap here in these lineups.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

Any chance the stream works from SoFlo?



Side note - Hey guys. Long time no see!

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Canes line-up announced. For some reason, it looks even worse when you put it into lines. Good news is TVR is playing so we have a chance.

Lineup
Zykov-Wallmark-Svechnikov
McGinn-Martinook-Di Giuseppe
Saarela-Bishop-Pu
Geekie-McKegg-Brown

Bean-McKeown
Fleury-van Riemsdyk
Cajkovsky-Renouf

Mrazek
Nedeljkovic

Confirmed Top 3 advanced beast TVR. Doomed...

 

[Felonious Python]

Any chance the stream works from SoFlo?



Side note - Hey guys. Long time no see!

Yo.

To answer your question. Maybe. I've been able to watch some out-of-market streams recently.

A VPN would also get around any geo-restrictions.

 

[God King Fudge]

If Volkov can make the team out of camp, I think it really balances our top 9. I could see opening day lineups of:

Volkov(Palat)-Stamkos-Kucherov
Palat(Volkov)-Point-Miller
Killorn-Johnson-Gourde
Erne-Paquette-Joseph

Feel like we're pretty weak right now at LW and Killorn is usually a spot higher than he really needs to be. Volkov could honestly slot anywhere in lines 1-3 on the wing and there's enough skill on those lines to compliment him.

 

[DFC]

If Volkov can make the team out of camp, I think it really balances our top 9. I could see opening day lineups of:

Volkov(Palat)-Stamkos-Kucherov
Palat(Volkov)-Point-Miller
Killorn-Johnson-Gourde
Erne-Paquette-Joseph

Feel like we're pretty weak right now at LW and Killorn is usually a spot higher than he really needs to be. Volkov could honestly slot anywhere in lines 1-3 on the wing and there's enough skill on those lines to compliment him.

I really like swapping Killorn and Joseph. I know that's a lot of money to put on the 4th line (not that we don't regularly do that), but the speed and tenacity of Joseph-Johnson-Gourde could be pretty awesome, especially if Joseph's zone entries translate as seamlessly to the NHL as I suspect they will.

My only concern about that kid is how tough it seems to be for him to fill out his frame, given how much of his game is spent along the boards. Ectomorph to the extreme.

Can anybody comment on whether or not he's gained mass from last year?

 

[CupsOverCash]

If Volkov can make the team out of camp, I think it really balances our top 9. I could see opening day lineups of:

Volkov(Palat)-Stamkos-Kucherov
Palat(Volkov)-Point-Miller
Killorn-Johnson-Gourde
Erne-Paquette-Joseph

Feel like we're pretty weak right now at LW and Killorn is usually a spot higher than he really needs to be. Volkov could honestly slot anywhere in lines 1-3 on the wing and there's enough skill on those lines to compliment him.

No love for Cirelli? Well if Volkov beats him out in camp I guess he should be the one to make the team.

 

[God King Fudge]

I really like swapping Killorn and Joseph. I know that's a lot of money to put on the 4th line (not that we don't regularly do that), but the speed and tenacity of Joseph-Johnson-Gourde could be pretty awesome, especially if Joseph's zone entries translate as seamlessly to the NHL as I suspect they will.

My only concern about that kid is how tough it seems to be for him to fill out his frame, given how much of his game is spent along the boards. Ectomorph to the extreme.

Can anybody comment on whether or not he's gained mass from last year?

Killorn probably fits better on a 4th line at this point, anyway. That would be a real nice line. I think Joseph and Gourde will hound the puck and TJ would be the finisher.

 

[JoVel]

Hope they scout TVR real good so we know what we're getting for Johnson.

 

[DFC]

Killorn probably fits better on a 4th line at this point, anyway. That would be a real nice line. I think Joseph and Gourde will hound the puck and TJ would be the finisher.

And Gourde will eat up garbage goals. I like the idea of that line, especially as a third line. It'll probably be a while before Joseph's skill comes through at the NHL level, but I really think his speed up the wall will be too beneficial for us to leave him off the team. And we know how good Gourde is at extending possession time with pure tenacity. Johnson, at one point in his career, was good at that too. All three guys have a good mix of speed and skill, but each do a slightly different thing.

It's so easy to get excited about this team. Some of the prospects could go a long way to filling what few holes we have in the lineup.

50+ ES goals from the 3rd line is no joke.

 

[God King Fudge]

Sorely lacks beard and chest hair.

 

[DaBolts]

Thank God hockey is back. I can't wait to see Volkov with Kuch and Stammer!