Tampa Bay Lightning @ Ottawa Senators

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

29-13-3, 17-4-3 Away

OTT

Ottawa SenatorsSenatorsOTT

22-19-5, 11-9-3 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	19	7	2	1	2.28	.915
J. Johansson	10	6	1	0	2.73	.896

Senators

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Ullmark	14	8	5	1	2.95	.881
L. Merilainen	8	10	0	0	3.37	.868

Canadian Tire Centre

Canadian Tire Centre

12:00 AM, 8 April 2026

Ottawa, ON

TB

OTT

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tim StutzleC #18

Goals

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tim StutzleC #18

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tim StutzleC #18

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	OUT	5 Feb
Ryan McDonagh D	IR	16 Jan
Scott Sabourin RW	IR	18 Jan
Victor Hedman D	IR	1 Feb

Ottawa Senators

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Linus Ullmark G	IR-NR	18 Jan

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.51	2.56	27.3	26.4	638	29	20.1	24	83.7	3	0
OTT	3.22	3.33	28.5	25.2	475	35	22.7	37	72.4	3	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/14/26	@PIT	W2-1 SO
1/13/26	@PHI	W5-1
1/11/26	@PHI	W7-2
1/7/26	vsCOL	W4-2
1/3/26	@SJ	W7-3

Senators Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/15/26	@NYR	W8-4
1/14/26	vsVAN	W2-1
1/11/26	vsFLA	L3-2
1/9/26	@COL	L8-2
1/8/26	@UTA	L3-1

Regular Season Series

OTT leads 1-0

Senators
5
Lightning
4

Game 1

10/10

Senators
Lightning

Game 2

28/3

Lightning
Senators

Game 3

8/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	29	13	3	61
Detroit	28	16	4	60
Montreal	26	14	7	59
Buffalo	25	16	4	54
Boston	26	19	2	54
Toronto	23	16	7	53
Florida	24	18	3	51
Ottawa	22	19	5	49

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