Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Philadelphia Flyers (41-29-9, 91 points) and Tampa Bay Lightning (43-27-9, 95 points) hit the ice at the Tampa Bay Times Forum for the third and final meeting between each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Philadelphia fans can hear all of the action on 97.5 The Fanatic while Tampa Bay fans can do the same on WFLA 970.
Each team has made the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season but will be looking to increase on its standings. Philadelphia has 91 points and sits in third place in the Metropolitan Division, but is looking to stave off the Columbus Blue Jackets (91 points) and jump the second place New York Rangers (93 points). The Lightning are hoping to hop over the Montreal Canadiens.
The Lightning look for the season sweep after beating the Flyers twice, 4-2 on Nov. 27 in Tampa Bay and 6-3 on Jan. 11 in Philadelphia.
The Lightning are without goaltender Ben Bishop (upper-body) but are hopeful that he will return for the playoffs.
"It's not impossible that he could play in the first round at some point," coach Jon Cooper said via NHL.com. "We're better off re-evaluating this early next week and seeing where he's at."
Anders Lindback will man the crease in his absence, and is 6-12-2 with a 3.11 goals-against average and a .884 save percentage. He'll likely be opposed by Steve Mason, who is 33-18-7 with a 2.51 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
The Flyers have been led offensively by Claude Giroux (27-54-81), Wayne Simmonds (26-31-57) and Jakub Voracek (21-36-57).
Valtteri Filppula (25-32-57), Ondrej Palat (22-35-57) and Victor Hedman (13-40-53) have paced Tampa Bay this season.
The Flyers and Lightning close up their season when the lights come up at the Tampa Bay Times Forum tonight.
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