Every thing that you must know forward of the Lightning’s Recreation 5 matchup towards the Avalanche on Friday.
When: Friday, June 24 – 8 p.m. ET
The place: Ball Area – Denver, CO
TV protection: ABC (verify native listings)
Radio protection: 970 WFLA-AM, Lightning Power Play
The place to stream it: ESPN+
Projected Lineup (topic to vary)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Alex Killorn
Ross Colton – Nick Paul – Corey Perry
Pat Maroon – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Riley Nash
Defensemen
Victor Hedman – Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev – Zach Bogosian
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Friday’s Matchup
The Lightning and the Avalanche are taking part in Recreation 5 of their best-of-seven 2022 Stanley Cup Closing…Tampa Bay is 0-2 in Colorado this postseason and 0-3 in 2021-22 common season and playoffs mixed…The Lightning’s final victory at Ball Area got here Feb. 17, 2020, a 4-3 OT win capped by Nikita Kucherov’s takeaway within the defensive zone and subsequent breakaway aim 3:03 into OT that capped the Bolts’ franchise-record 11-game win streak…Tampa Bay is 17-13 all-time in Recreation 5s and has received 12 of its final 16 Recreation 5s…The Lightning are 5-8 all-time in street Recreation 5s.
Friday’s Storylines
The Lightning face elimination for the third time this postseason and are 2-0 to date in potential elimination video games, each coming within the First Spherical towards Toronto, the Bolts rallying from a third-period deficit to defeat the Maple Leafs 4-3 in OT in Recreation 6 at AMALIE Area (Brayden Level netted the game- winner at 18:04 of OT) and ending off the Leafs with a 2-1 win in Recreation 7 at Scotiabank Area (Nick Paul scoring each Lightning targets for his first two profession playoff targets)…This marks the fourth event the Lightning have trailed 3-1 in a best-of-seven playoff collection; they’ve come again to win a kind of collection, falling behind 3-1 to Pittsburgh within the 2011 Jap Convention Quarterfinal earlier than rallying to win three straight by a mixed 13-4, two of the three victories coming in Pittsburgh.
Accidents
2021-22 Reg. Season Man Video games Misplaced: 185
2022 Playoff Man Video games Misplaced: 12
Present accidents
None
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The Street Forward
Recreation 6: Lightning vs. Avalanche, Sunday, June 26 (if crucial)
Recreation 7: Lightning at Avalanche, Tuesday, June 28 (if crucial)
