GDT: 9/23/15 - 8:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Nashville [Preseason Game 2]

[TheDaysOf 04]

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
GDT

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs NASHVILLE PREDATORS
* * * P R E S E A S O N - G A M E # 2 * * *



8:00 PM - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD 2015
BRIDGESTONE ARENA - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

RADIO:
AM 970 WFLA > http://www.iheart.com/live/2823/?autoplay=true
Lightning Power Play > http://www.iheart.com/live/lightning-power-play-6683/

- STARTING LINEUPS -



18 ONDREJ PALAT - 9 TYLER JOHNSON - 86 NIKITA KUCHEROV
63 MATT PECA - 90 VLAD NAMESTNIKOV - 42 JONATHAN MARCHESSAULT
43 PHILIPPE PARADISE - 38 TANNER RICHARD - 23 J.T. BROWN
46 MIKE BLUNDEN - JEFF TAMBELLINI - TYE McGINN

89 NIKITA NESTEROV - 59 JAKE DOTCHIN
75 DANIEL WALCOTT - 53 LUKE WITKOWSKI
74 DOMINIK MASIN - 62 ANDREJ SUSTR

32 ADAM WILCOX
40 ALLEN YORK




56 KEVIN FIALA - 84 COLTON SISSONS - 38 VIKTOR ARVIDSSON
12 MIKE FISHER
15 CRAIG SMITH
18 JAMES NEAL
24 ERIC NYSTROM
28 PAUL GAUSTAD
33 COLIN WILSON
51 AUSTIN WATSON
63 MIKE RIBEIRO
21 STEVE MOSES

2 ANTHONY BITETTO - 3 SETH JONES
64 VICTOR BARTLEY
6 SHEA WEBER
7 CONOR ALLEN
59 ROMAN JOSI
71 TAYLOR ARONSON

35 PEKKA RINNE
1 JUUSE SAROS

- PRESEASON STATS -

# | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | PTS
27|LW|Jonathan Drouin|1|1|0|1
22|RW|Erik Condra|1|1|0|1
10|C|Mike Angelidis|1|0|1|1
7|D|Anthony DeAngelo|1|0|1|1
17|LW|Alex Killorn|1|0|1|1
77|D|Victor Hedman|1|0|1|1
91|C|Steven Stamkos|1|0|0|0
51|C|Valtteri Filppula|1|0|0|0
13|C|Cedric Paquette|1|0|0|0
25|D|Matt Carle|1|0|0|0
55|D|Braydon Coburn|1|0|0|0
47|RW|Joel Vermin|1|0|0|0
29|D|Slater Koekkoek|1|0|0|0
72|D|Dylan Blujus|1|0|0|0
57|LW|Henri Ikonen|1|0|0|0
36|C|Brayden Point|1|0|0|0
73|LW|Adam Erne|1|0|0|0
67|C|Mitchell Stephens|1|0|0|0

# | Goalie | GP | Record | GGA | SV% |SO
1|Ray Emery|1/2|0-0-0|0.00|1.000|0
32|Adam Wilcox|1/2|0-0-1|3.00|.823|0

- PRESEASON SCHEDULE -

Date | Visitor | Home | Time (ET) | TV Network | Results
Tue Sep 22, 2015|Predators| Lightning |7:30 PM|| 3-2 OT Loss
Wed Sep 23, 2015|Lightning|Predators|8:00 PM||
Fri Sep 25, 2015|Panthers| Lightning |7:30 PM||
Sat Sep 26, 2015|Lightning|Stars|8:00 PM||
Tue Sep 29, 2015|Lightning|Penguins (Johnstown, PA)|7:00 PM| NBCSN|
Thu Oct 1, 2015|Stars| Lightning |7:30 PM||
Sat Oct 3, 2015|Lightning|Panthers|7:00 PM||

- QUOTES -​

JON COOPER:
"You take away the last five minutes of the game and it was not too bad. Three of three of the kids, it was their first NHL game ever and I was happy with the way they played and happy with the effort. I think both coaches will probably tell you it was pretty sloppy and the ice was getting chopped up and pucks were bouncing all over the place. But it was your typical Game 1 exhibition game."

ADAM WILCOX:
"It obviously stinks that you lost, it’s a bitter taste, your first game you would like to get a win especially when you get in there with the lead. You have to forget about it, we have some more preseason games here and that’s what the preseason is all about, getting the rust off and getting used to it."

BRAYDEN POINT:
"I tried (to keep up) and keep my feet moving as best I could and I felt I did okay out there. There are things you would like to change about every game, but it’s a tough league and this was still only exhibition, so there is definitely still a lot of work to do."

LET'S GO BOLTS!​

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[AlphaCatalyst]

lets try getting the lead again, only this time don't blow it with 5 min left. In fact let's see what happens if we can keep the lead the entire game.

Go

 

[Brie]

I guess we can remind everyone from the start that last game we could listen to Nashville's radio on NHL.com so it's worth a shot to see if you can do it for tonight as well.

Now BTT, I'm excited, we should see the rest of the regulars tonight so I'm curies to see how the lines will be my guess it might look something like

TKO
X - Vladdy - Cally
Brown - Boyle - X
X - X - X

(though I think it's possible that they might split up TKO for tonight game and go something like:
Palat - Johnson - Callahan
X - Vladdy - Kucherov (since Kuch and Vladdy works really we together)
I think they'll have at least two regulars on each line so that's why I think we'll see Brown and Boyle together, maybe Marchessault would be the X on that line, and I guess Tambellini could be on the 4th to provide some vet precense there)

Nesterov - Strålman
Garrison - X
X - Sustr

One of those X on 'd' is Witkowski.

Bishop
York

No matter how the lines looks (and I might have been over thinking this) it should be fun, the guys on the TKO lines always make things fun.

 

[Leonardo87]

Would love to see a Palat - Johnson - Callahan line. It's the pre-season all about experimenting. But think that line would be very good.

 

[MattM92]

How about a Callahan-Callahan-Callahan line?

 

[Werewolf]

Interesting decisions to come by Cooper. If he goes with the same format as last night we'd be looking at: NHL Top 6, AHL Line, & Youngsters Line:

Palat/Johnson/Kucherov/Namestnikov/Callahan/Boyle. So maybe like a third line of Marchessault, Peca, Gourde with Richard as outside shot at getting in. There are no other "deserving" youngsters so maybe add Brown. So maybe we go 11/7 with lines:

Palat/Johnson/Kucherov
Namestnikov / Boyle / Callahan
Marchessault / Peca / Gourde
Brown/Richard

Nesterov / Stralman
Garrison / Spencer
Masin / Sustr
Witko

*Would like to see Dotchin get some game action as well but can't fit them all.

Bishop
York unless Gudlevskis is ready to go.

 

[2MinutesforGiraffing]

York unless Gudlevskis is ready to go.

Was told he won't be ready until Friday. That could change, but I'm expecting him to play this weekend.

 

[Leonardo87]

How about a Callahan-Callahan-Callahan line?

Don't be an a-hole.

 

[Brie]

Looks like I was wrong, looks like we're going with a "young group" tonight since there is no Callahan, Bishop, Boyle, Strålman or Garrison at morning skate. Makes me think that maybe they are splitting all 63 players into 3 groups and maybe those 5+ someone else might play on friday and then maybe have the rest of the guys around them be prospects/rookies so that they can learn from the teams "older" guys.

 

[Leonardo87]

Makes sense trying to give these young guys a game or two to see where they stand in case injuries happen in the regular season.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

TKO+Syracuse

 

[chasespace]

My body is still ready

 

[MattM92]

Don't be an a-hole.

Just a joke. Relax.

 

[Leonardo87]

Just a joke. Relax.

You know if I was talking about putting Boyle up there and whatnot then I would be out of my F'ing mind.

 

[MattM92]

You know if I was talking about putting Boyle up there and whatnot then I would be out of my F'ing mind.

It's a joke. Relax.

 

[chasespace]

You know if I was talking about putting Boyle up there and whatnot then I would be out of my F'ing mind.

Callahan-Boyle-Callahan?
Solid 4th line.

 

[The Macho King]

Callahan-Boyle-Callahan?
Solid 4th line.

Don't want Boyle taking the draws. I'd go with Callahan-Callahan-Callahan for a fourth. Lacks skill, but we can trust them out there for 7 minutes a night.

 

[MattM92]

Don't want Boyle taking the draws. I'd go with Callahan-Callahan-Callahan for a fourth. Lacks skill, but we can trust them out there for 7 minutes a night.

That's why you shelter them with the Callahan-Callahan d pairing.

 

[Leonardo87]

That's why you shelter them with the Callahan-Callahan d pairing.

So let me guess, Callahan in goal tonight?

 

[Brie]

I think a Callahan - Callahan - Callahan would be a good line that other teams would hate to play against because of thei two-way game where they can both score goals and play physical while keeping the puck out of the zone well, would it be a great line who knows but it could be a good line, though Ia prefer Cally playing with two players that both compliment and that can use him becuase they are better att other things, like a Drouin - Stamkos - Callahan line, you know, you could get the best of everything that way.

 

[DFC]

Our second line is the new smurf line.

 

[Houdas]

MašÃ­n with Šustr? I'm so excited and afraid at the same time. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, I don't know how to feel right now

 

[HowSweeeedeItIs]

How about Sustr-Carle-Callahan?

 

[ArmaHedman]

TKO+Syracuse

Guess they wanted to give Bish some work! lol. Our AHL team (mostly) versus a lot of their regulars. Interesting. We should have dominated them more last night! Then if we lose today I would be ok with the split.

Guess that means we just have to win tonight! #GoBolts

 

[DFC]

We're gonna get smoked. I just realized this is TKO + Crunch hopefuls. ...Look at that D.