Nuts & Bolts: Back in New Jersey

Everything you need to know before Tampa Bay's game against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.

When: Tuesday, October 22nd – 6:45 p.m. ET
Where: Prudential Center – Newark, NJ
TV coverage: FanDuel Sports Network (check local listings)
Radio reporting: 102.5MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7

Lines from Monday's game (subject to change)
Forward
Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Mitchell Chaffee
Conor Geekie – Nick Paul – Cam Atkinson
Zemgus Girgensons – Luke Glendening – Mikey Eyssimont

defender
Victor Hedman – JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg – Darren Radysh

goalkeeper
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

matchup on Tuesday
The New Jersey Devils, the top team in the Metropolitan Division, host Tampa Bay on Tuesday…Tampa Bay won a three-game series between the Eastern Conference opponents during the 2023-24 season, the first being a 4-3 victory in extension January 11th. The Bolts also defeated the Devils 6-3 on Jan. 27 and 4-1 on Feb. 25… Nikita Kucherov went 1-7-8 a season ago to pace Tampa Bay against the Devils, and leads the active Lightning skaters in career points with 11-25-36 in 25 games against New Jersey. Brayden Point, Brandon Hagel and Victor Hedman each had five points in the 2023-24 season… The Lightning are 43-53-15 all-time against New Jersey, but the Bolts have won eight of the last 11 games between the franchises. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has an 8-5-0 record and a .903 save percentage against the Devils. Jonas Johansson is 1-1-0 as a Bolt with a .913 save percentage.

Subject of the game
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The way ahead
Thursday, October 24th vs. Minnesota Wild
Saturday, October 26th vs. Washington Capitals
Monday, October 28th vs. Nashville Predators