Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the Tampa Bay Lightning (14-8-0, 28 points) and Anaheim Ducks (15-6-3, 33 points) faceoff live from the Honda Center in Anaheim in the second and final meeting between these teams this season. The game can be live streamed here. Tampa Bay fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action by adjusting their radios to 970 WFLA while Los Angeles fans can do the same on KTLK 1150.
Both teams enter struggling as Tampa Bay is 0-3-0 on their current trip through Arizona and California while Los Angeles is 0-3-2 in their past five games. In the first meeting this season, the Lightning topped the Ducks 5-1 on Nov. 14 in Tampa Bay.
The Lightning have been outscored 16-6 on the trip and lost to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
"People are going to look at the fact that we haven't scored too many goals," coach Jon Cooper said per NHL.com. "My concern is we've given up 15 goals with the goalie in the net in three games. If you're going to give up five a game, the chances of you winning are not good, and that's been our problem."
The Ducks are still yet to lose in regulation at home, but the team lost 4-3 in overtime against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday to continue their funk.
"I guess we got a point," coach Bruce Boudreau said after practice Thursday, according to NHL.com. "It certainly feels like a complete loss because of the way it was lost, but at the same time, we got a point. For being in the position that we were in, I thought we battled and, for the most part, played a good game."
Anaheim has been led by Ryan Getzlaf, who has 25 points on 12 goals and 13 assists while Corey Perry has 12 tallies and 12 helpers for 24 points and Dustin Penner has lit the lamp four times and added 11 assists for 15 points.
With Steven Stamkos sidelined with a broken tibia, Martin St. Louis paces Tampa Bay with eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points while Valtteri Filppula has found the twine nine times and added seven assists for 16 points and Alex Killorn has found the back of the net six times and added nine helpers for 15 points.
In the net for the Lightning, Ben Bishop is tied for second with 13 wins for a 13-3-0 record along with a 2.29 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage while Jonas Hiller is 7-3-2 for the Ducks with a 2.79 GAA and a .894 save percentage.
The Lightning look for a season sweep while the Ducks try to shake out of their funk when the puck drops tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
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