Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET the Tampa Bay Lightning (8-3-0) and New Jersey Devils (2-5-4) square off in the first of three meetings this season live from the Prudential Center in New Jersey. The game can be live streamed here. Tampa Bay fans can hear all the hard-hitting action by turning their dials to 620 WDAE while New Jersey fans can do the same on 101.9 FM WFAN.
Tampa Bay enters the game sitting in first place in the Atlantic Division with 16 points while New Jersey enters in sixth place in the Metropolitan Division with eight points, which is eight shy of the division-leading Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Lightning have won eight out of their last 10 games and notched its third straight victory Sunday in a 4-3 shootout over the Florida Panthers where goalie Anders Lindback saved 29 shots in regulation and overtime and allowed just one goal in the shootout on four attempts en route to victory.
"He stopped a couple of their guys in the shootout," coach Jon Cooper said of Lindback via NHL.com. "That's where you need your goalie to stand up and win a game. He did that for us."
Lindback picked up his first victory in four starts and Ben Bishop is expected to get the nod tonight. Bishop has had a great year so far, posting a 7-1-0 record with a 2.47 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.
The Devils, meanwhile, are riding on the wings of veteran Jaromir Jagr who is tied for the team lead with nine points on two goals and seven assists.
"I think he's consistently been our best forward night in and night out, which is really amazing considering he's 41 years old," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said of Jagr, according to NHL.com. "He's been very, very good."
Defenseman Marek Zidlicky also has nine points for the Devils off of one goal and a team-high eight assists. The Lightning have been led by Steve Stamkos, who leads the team in goals (8), assists (9) and points (17), while Martin St. Louis has seven goals and seven assists for 14 points.
Stamkos and St. Louis will have to beat either Martin Brodeur or Cory Schneider. Brodeur is 1-2-2 with a 3.32 GAA and a .871 save percentage while Schneider is 1-3-2 with a 2.14 GAA and a .915 save percentage.
The Lightning will look to continue their hot streak while the Devils will try to get back into the division race when the lights come on at the Prudential Center in Newark tonight.
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