The Tampa Bay Lightning will look to make their third straight victory Tuesday night when they visit Pittsburgh to face the Penguins.
- The meeting will be broadcast on TVA Sports from 7 p.m. The clash between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks will follow at 10 p.m.
If the Florida team is having a good streak, it’s quite the opposite for Sidney Crosby’s teammates, who have lost three of their last four games, including a humiliating 7-1 home loss against the Dallas Stars, and another 6-2 away against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Moreover, the Penguins are seventh in the Metropolitan Division despite a mediocre performance of 7-10-3. Mike Sullivan’s men have the worst differential on the circuit at -25.
It’s the opposite for the Lighting, which is third in the Atlantic Division with a record of 9-6-1. A win would move Tampa Bay to within three points of the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs while still having two games in hand. It is obviously Nikita Kucherov who is the best scorer for his team, he who has amassed 11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points in 16 games since the start of the campaign.
