GDT: 9/28/19 - 7:00PM EDT - Florida vs Tampa Bay [Preseason Game 7]

[TheDaysOf 04]

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
GDT




TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING VS FLORIDA PANTHERS
* * * P R E S E A S O N - G A M E # 7 * * *

7:00 PM - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH 2019
AMALIE ARENA - TAMPA, FLORIDA

RADIO:
AM 953 WDAE > 95.3 WDAE - Tampa Bay's Sports Radio
Lightning Power Play > Listen to Lightning Power Play Live - Tampa Bay Lightning, Be The Thunder! | iHeartRadio

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

- STARTING LINEUPS -



91 STEVEN STAMKOS - 9 TYLER JOHNSON - 86 NIKITA KUCHEROV
18 ONDREJ PALAT - 71 ANTHONY CIRELLI -17 ALEX KILLORN
54 CARTER VERHAEGHE - 37 YANNI GOURDE - 7 MATHIEU JOSEPH
14 PAT MAROON - 13 CEDRIC PAQUETTE - 28 LUKE WITKOWSKI
62 DANICK MARTEL / 46 GEMEL SMITH / 79 ALEXANDER VOLKOV


77 VICTOR HEDMAN - 22 KEVIN SHATTENKIRK
27 RYAN MCDONAGH - 81 ERIK CERNAK
98 MIKHAIL SERGACHEV - 2 LUKE SCHENN
55 BRAYDON COBURN - 44 JAN RUTTA

88 ANDREI VASILEVSKIY
35 CURTIS MCELHINNEY



7 COLTON SCEVIOUR
8 JAYCE HAWRYLUK
9 DOMINIC TONINATO
10 BRETT CONNOLLY
11 JONATHAN HUBERDEAU
16 ALEKSANDER BARKOV
21 VINCENT TROCHECK
55 NOEL ACCIARI
61 DENIS MALGIN
63 EVGENII DADONOV
68 MIKE HOFFMAN
73 DRYDEN HUNT
74 OWEN TIPPETT
76 ANTHONY GRECO
77 FRANK VATRANO
95 HENRIK BORGSTROM

2 JOSH BROWN
3 KEITH YANDLE
5 AARON EKBLAD
6 ANTON STRALMAN
19 MIKE MATHESON
52 MACKENZIE WEEGAR
61 RILEY STILLMAN

33 SAM MONTEMBEAULT
72 SERGEI BOBROVSKY

- STATS -

54 VERHAEGHE - 5GP - 2G - 3A - 5PTS
18 PALAT - 2GP - 0G - 3 A - 3PTS
71 CIRELLI - 4GP - 1G - 2A - 3PT
79 VOLKOV - 5GP - 2G - 1A - 3PT
86 KUCHEROV - 3GP - 3G - 0A - 3PTS
33 GAUNCE - 2GP - 1G - 1A - 2PTS
22 SHATTENKIRK - 3GP - 0G - 2A - 2PTS
9 JOHNSON - 2GP - 0G - 2A - 2PTS
38 YAN - 1GP - 0G - 1A - 1PT
67 STEPHENS - 3GP - 0G - 1A - 1PT
81 CERNAK - 3GP - 1G - 0A - 1PT
52 C.FOOTE 3GP - 0G - 1A - 1PT
7 JOSEPH 4GP - 0G - 1A - 1PT
98 SERGACHEV - 4GP - 1G - 0A - 1PT
17 KILLORN - 3GP - 0G - 1A - 1PTS
13 PAQUETTE - 2GP - 1G - 0A - 1PT
77 HEDMAN - 3GP - 0G - 1A - 1PT
37 GOURDE - 4GP - 1G - 0A - 1PT
44 RUTTA - 3GP - 0G - 1A - 1PT
91 STAMKOS - 3GP -1G -0A -1PT
14 MAROON - 3GP - 0G - 1A - 1PT
41 KATHCOUK - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
27 MCDONAGH - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
46 SMITH - 3GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
47 HUNTINGTON - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
62 MARTEL - 3GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
28 WITKOWSKI - 5GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
55 COBURN - 4GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
56 THOMAS - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
16 RADDYSH - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
60 BARRE-BOULET - 3GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
40 N.FOOTE - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
89 CONACHER - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
2 SCHENN - 3GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
8 VALLEAU - 1GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
92 COLTON - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
19 MUELLER - 1GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
42 SOMPPI - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
74 MASIN - 2GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS
82 FORTIER - 1GP - 0G - 0A - 0PTS

29 WEDGEWOOD: 2GS (0-1-1) 4.OO GAA / .901 SV%
35 MCELHINNEY: 2GS (2-0-0) 1.50 GAA / .953 SV%
88 VASILEVSKIY: 1GS (0-1-0) 6.00 GAA / .750 SV%

- PRESEASON SCHEDULE -

date	opponent	arena	time	tv	score
September 17th	VS Carolina	Amalie Arena, Tampa	7:00 pm	n/a	3-0 L
September 18th	@ Carolina	PNC Arena, Raleigh	7:00 pm	n/a	0-2 L
September 20th	VS Nashville	Amalie Arena, Tampa	7:00 pm	n/a	1-3 W
September 21st	@ Nashville	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville	8:00 pm	n/a	4-5 OTL
September 24th	@ Florida	BB&T Center, Sunrise	7:00 pm	n/a	3-6 L
September 26th	@ Florida	BB&T Center, Sunrise	7:00 pm	n/a	4-2 W
September 28th	VS Florida	Amalie Arena, Tampa	7:00 pm	n/a	-

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

- QUOTES -





LET'S GO BOLTS!​

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[LightningStrikes]

Last game, let’s go!

 

[JoVel]

Game 7, huh? Not expecting any goals for us today.

 

[Shoresy Snipes]

Game 7, huh? Not expecting any goals for us today.

Ugh, comment stings so bad, but feels so true.

 

[God King Fudge]

I bet that top 12 F and the D with Coburn moving into the 5/6 is going to be the opening night lineup.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Let’s get through tonight healthy

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Fabiobest]

Stamkos is not on the ice for the warmup...Hope nothing serious for him.
Go Bolts!

 

[Felonious Python]

Volkov's not on the ice either.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Is this game available streaming anywhere? My main fantasy hockey draft is tonight and I'd like to watch while I draft.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

No Barkov, Huberdeau, or Ekblad. Florida keeping some of their regulars out

Is this game available streaming anywhere? My main fantasy hockey draft is tonight and I'd like to watch while I draft.

Official Tampa Bay Lightning Website will stream the last preseason game

There will be a link closer to game time

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[LightningStrikes]

McE‘s stats

 

[Stormbreaker]

Just get this game over with already I want actual hockey!

 

[DFC]

Game 7, huh? Not expecting any goals for us today.

Okay, tell us honestly: How long ago did you plan this? :p

 

[DFC]

Pretty close to our opening night line-up, I'm guessing.

Interesting that it seems like Witkowski is making a real case for himself. Hard to imagine having room for both him and Maroon, with guys like Volkov and Verhaeghe also knocking on the door.

We can keep an extra guy with Point out. Seems like Witko could be that guy. Pleasant surprise. Completely unexpected. ...Although, I guess he's a Cooper guy going back to the AHL?

 

[The Macho King]

McE‘s stats

#goaltendingcontroversy

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Pretty close to our opening night line-up, I'm guessing.

Interesting that it seems like Witkowski is making a real case for himself. Hard to imagine having room for both him and Maroon, with guys like Volkov and Verhaeghe also knocking on the door.

We can keep an extra guy with Point out. Seems like Witko could be that guy. Pleasant surprise. Completely unexpected. ...Although, I guess he's a Cooper guy going back to the AHL?

We are logged jam with space but Witko is what this team needs. He plays HEAVY

 

[DFC]

We are logged jam with space but Witko is what this team needs. He plays HEAVY

I think we need that more in the top-6 than on the bottom line though, so I'm not sure how long he can last. I think he might start the year as the 13th or 14th forward, depending on the F/D split.

 

[Felonious Python]

We are logged jam with space but Witko is what this team needs. He plays HEAVY

Witkowski is playing so often, it'd be sort of a shock at this point quite honestly to send him down.

I have to remind myself that the reason he's likely playing so much is so management can get looks at him. They're clearly looking hard.

I think we need that more in the top-6 than on the bottom line though, so I'm not sure how long he can last. I think he might start the year as the 13th or 14th forward, depending on the F/D split.

We need it somewhere in the forward group and getting it in the top-six may not be an easy fix, unless maybe Palat turns his game back around.

 

[DFC]

Witkowski is playing so often, it'd be sort of a shock at this point quite honestly to send him down.

I have to remind myself that the reason he's likely playing so much is so management can get looks at him. They're clearly looking hard.

Agreed on the last part. Might be a matter of a decision that still needs to be made. I think they've made up their mind on Volkov, and probably even Verhaeghe. But Witkowski might be the guy on the bubble. When you think about it though, I'd rather have him as an option than Martel, who feels a little redundant.

 

[Felonious Python]

Might be a matter of a decision that still needs to be made though. I think they've made up their mind on Volkov, and probably even Verhaeghe. But Witkowski might be the guy on the bubble. When you think about it though, I'd rather have him as an option than Martel, who feels a little redundant.

Witkowski's playing so often, it makes him feel like he's on the team already.

Gemel Smith is also a bubble guy as well. He's a cut that would crush me, but he'd pass through waivers.

 

[JoVel]

Okay, tell us honestly: How long ago did you plan this? :p

My jokes are always very well planned for maximum likes.

 

[Felonious Python]

My jokes are always very well planned for maximum likes.

Can confirm. I'm a joke.

 

[The Macho King]

I don't see Wit sticking for long - maybe until Point comes back, but him still being up feels a lot like him being a "realgudpro" rather than a viable option for our team. He's not good enough defensively, he brings literally nothing offensively, and while he's "tough", he's ineffective in the modern game.

I feel like Wit is getting one last chance to win a job, but Verhaege and Volkov are probably the two who end up on the squad (and they get a mini-battle when the games start until Point gets back). Wit might be kept up as a 13th just because he *does* bring an element and energy that could be useful in spot duty, but as far as depth chart he'd be more of a 16th forward.