Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2, sixth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (2-2-1, fourth in the Atlantic Division)
Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Toronto Maple Leafs after Nikita Kucherov's two-goal game against the Vancouver Canucks in the Lightning's 4-3 win.
Tampa Bay went 14-14-4 in Atlantic Division games and had a 46-30-6 record overall last season. Goalies for the Lightning averaged 28.4 saves per game last season while allowing 3.1 goals per game.
Toronto went 20-11-6 in Atlantic Division play and had a 50-21-11 record overall last season. The Maple Leafs had a 26.0% power play success rate last season, scoring 64 goals on 246 chances.
INJURIES: Lightning: Steven Stamkos: day to day (lower-body), Tyler Motte: out (upper body), Andrei Vasilevskiy: out (back).
Maple Leafs: Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Matt Murray: out (hip).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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