Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay’s matchup against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

When: Tuesday, October 15 – 7 p.m. ET
Where: AMALIE Arena – Tampa, FL
TV coverage: Bally Sports (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7

Lines from Monday’s Practice (subject to change)
Forwards
Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Nick Paul
Cam Atkinson – Conor Geekie – Mikey Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons – Luke Glendening – Mitchell Chaffee

Defensemen
Victor Hedman – J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg – Darren Raddysh – Nick Perbix

Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Tuesday’s Matchup
Fans in Tampa will see the Lightning at AMALIE Arena this Tuesday as the 2024-25 home schedule opens with a visit from the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Conference…The Bolts split two games with the Canucks in 2023-24, winning the first matchup 4-3 in October before falling to Van- couver in a 4-1 loss on Dec. 12… Four players—Nikita Kucherov (2 goals), Nick Paul (1 goal, 1 as- sist), Brayden Point (1-1) and Brandon Hagel (0-2)—co-led the Lightning in scoring against Vancou- ver last year with two points each…The Lightning are 20-18-5 all-time against the Canucks, including 12-8-2 at home. Kucherov leads active Bolts in career scoring against Vancouver with nine goals and 11 assists in 17 games, posting nine different 2-point games against the Canadian opponent…Point is also a point-per-game player when facing Vancouver, posting five goals and eight assists in 13 games. Point scored 1-3—4 against Vancouver on Jan. 7, 2020 to tie alum Stephane Richer (2-2—4 on March 18, 1998) for most points by a Bolt in a single game against the Canucks.

The Road Ahead
Thursday, October 17 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Saturday, October 19 at Ottawa Senators
Monday, October 21 at Toronto Maple Leafs