The Tampa Bay Lightning will travel on the road to the state of Washington to face off against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday for a puck drop time of 10 PM Eastern. This game will be nationally televised on TNT. Seattle comes into this game with a record on the season of 18–37–6, and have not played well as of late, losing four out of their last five games. The one victory came on the road against the Montréal Canadiens who sit dead last in the NHL. The four defeats came against Ottawa, Toronto, Carolina, and the Washington Capitals on the road by the score of 5–2.
The Tampa Bay Lightning come into this game with a record on the season of 38–15–6, and have lost three out of their last five games surprisingly with all five games coming on a long road trip. The two victories came against Chicago, and Vancouver. The three defeats came against Winnipeg, Calgary, and the Edmonton Oilers by the score of 4-1.
Steven Stamkos is the team leader for Tampa Bay in points with 63 on the season to go along with 27 goals which is good enough also for the team lead. Stamkos has 10 of those goals on the power play, and 166 shots on goal this season. Victor Hedman is the team leader for Tampa Bay in assists with 43, 20 of those assists came on the power play as Victor Hedman is a +12 on the year.
Jared McCann is the team leader for Seattle in points with 35, and is also the team leader in goals with 23. Jared McCann has eight of those goals on the power play coming on 144 shots on goal this season. McCann is the only player on Seattle considered to be untouchable at the trade deadline. Yanni Gourde is the team leader for Seattle in assists with 22, four of those assists came on the power play. Yanni will be playing his former teammates in this matchup home he won a Stanley Cup with two seasons ago.
