The Tampa Bay Lightning (29-20-5) host the Colorado Avalanche (33-17-4) at Amalie Arena on Thursday, February 15 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+, BSSUN, and ALT. The Lightning have won seven straight at home.
Lightning vs. Avalanche Game Info
- Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV: Bally Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Lightning and Avalanche Stats, Key Players, and Injuries
Lightning Insights
- The Lightning score the fourth-most goals in the NHL (183 total, 3.4 per game).
- Defensively, the Lightning are allowing 177 total goals (3.3 per game) to rank 26th in league action.
- Their +6 goal differential ranks 15th in the league.
- The 51 power-play goals the Lightning have put up this season (on 166 power-play chances) lead the NHL.
- The Lightning lead the league with a 30.72% power-play conversion rate.
- The Lightning have capitalized with two shorthanded goals this season (27th among NHL teams).
- The Lightning have the league’s ninth-best penalty-kill percentage (81.63%).
- The Lightning win the ninth-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL, 51.3%.
- The Lightning have an 11.4% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks fifth in the league.
- The Lightning have shut out opponents three times this season. They average 18.9 hits and 14.7 blocked shots per game.
Lightning Key Players
- With 34 goals and 56 assists this season, Nikita Kucherov is one of Tampa Bay’s leading contributors (90 points).
- Having scored 25 goals and adding 29 assists, Brayden Point is a strong contributor for Tampa Bay through 54 games.
- Victor Hedman has contributed 52 points for Tampa Bay in 52 games this season, netting a goal on 8.4% of his shots and recording nine goals and 43 assists.
- In 29 games played this season, Andrei Vasilevskiy (18-11-0) has given up 79 goals.
Lightning Injuries
Mikhail Sergachev: Lower Body (Out)
Avalanche Insights
- The Avalanche are the NHL’s highest scorers, with 200 goals (3.7 per game).
- The Avalanche have conceded 171 total goals this season (3.2 per game), 22nd in the NHL.
- Their +29 goal differential is seventh-best in the league.
- The Avalanche have 48 power-play goals (second-most in NHL) on 199 chances.
- The Avalanche’s power-play percentage (24.12) ranks them seventh in the league.
- The Avalanche have seven shorthanded goals (eighth in NHL).
- The Avalanche’s have the 12th-ranked penalty kill percentage (81.32%).
- The Avalanche are 24th in faceoff win percentage in the NHL (47.9%).
- With a shooting percentage of 11.5%, the Avalanche are fourth in the league.
- The Avalanche have held their opponents scoreless two times.
Avalanche Key Players
- Nathan MacKinnon’s 32 goals and 55 assists in 54 games for Colorado add up to 87 total points on the season.
- Mikko Rantanen has totaled 69 total points (1.3 per game) this campaign. He has 29 goals and 40 assists.
- Cale Makar has earned 13 goals on the season, adding 47 assists.
- Alexandar Georgiev has an .898 save percentage (47th in the league), with 1130 total saves, allowing 129 goals (2.9 goals against average). He has put together a 28-13-3 record this season.
Avalanche Injuries
Pavel Francouz: Groin (Out For Season), Logan O’Connor: Lower Body (Questionable), Gabriel Landeskog: Knee (Out For Season)