NHL: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Ottawa Senators | 2 March, 8 AM

[Mary C]

 

POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUPS: 

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING: 

C | Brayden Point 

LW | Ondrej Palat 

RW | Nikita Kucherov 

LD | Victor Hedman 

RD | Mikhail Sergachev 

G | Andrei Vasilevskiy 

 

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS: 

C | Tim Stutzle 

LW | Brady Tkachuk 

RW | Adam Gaudette 

LD | Nick Holden 

RD | Artem Zub 

G | Matt Murray 

 

It’s East against East for Wednesday’s intraconference match— Tampa Bay Lightning versus Ottawa Senators in Florida. Amalie Arena is the place to be for this upcoming NHL game this March 2nd, at 8 AM in Philippine Standard Time. It’s quite easy to see where this match is headed, but here are our thoughts for the benefit of the doubt. 

 

Both teams come from the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division wherein the Senators rank 6th with 19 wins and 27 losses while Lightning is towering at 2nd place with 34 wins and 11 losses. Let’s look the each team’s statistics to get a closer look at their quantitative performance. 

Team Statistics 

 

	GF	GA	SG	SAG	Penalty Minutes	PPG	PPP	PPGA	PKP	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.43	2.75	30.2	29.3	520	32	20.1	29	80.1	4	4
OTT	2.63	3.14	29.9	33.9	491	26	16.8	29	81.4	4	2

 

As for the players, Tampa Bay’s top players, Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman outperform Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris, and Thomas Chabot by almost twice in numbers. The added danger now for the Senators is that Josh Norris is out, along with Thomas Chabot, and Nikita Zaitsev which further slims their chances. It’s worth noting that two of those injured are score leaders, too. Only Zach Bogosian is out for Tampa Bay, but the rest are in great condition. With all that being said, frontrunner Tampa Bay Lightning seems to have the upper hand and is most likely to win Wednesday’s match. It’s going to be a sad day for the underdogs, but it is how it is, folks. 

 

March 2, 2022, 8 AM (PST). Amalie Arena, Florida.