Philadelphia is the home team for the Lightning on Saturday.
The Match on Thursday
This season’s third and only encounter between the Lightning and Flyers will take place at AMALIE Arena.The Bolts had won both of their prior two games this season—6-3 on January 23 and 6-2 on February 27—at the Wells Fargo Center…Nikita Kucherov (3-2—5) is tied for the club lead with Anthony Cirelli (0-2—2), Brandon Hagel (1-2—3), and Brayden Point (1-2—3). Kucherov leads Tampa Bay in goals and points against PHI this season…Against, Kucherov is enjoying a three-game scoring run.
PHI (5-3—8), and in nine of the previous 13 games (7-19—26), has demonstrated a multi-point effort. Kucherov has scored two or more points in six straight meetings at AMALIE Arena (4-12—16) and is now on a seven-game home scoring run against PHI (5-12—17).Point has scored points in six of his seven career home games against PHI (3-5—8) and has found the scoreboard in three straight games against PHI (1-3—4).In eight of his previous nine games against PHI (5-8—13) and fourteen of the last sixteen matchups (10-17—27), Steven Stamkos has scored goals.Stamkos has scored more than one point in five of his previous six home games against PHI (7-9—16).Hagel has a three-game winning streak against
