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#GoBolts  head coach Jon Cooper on the ice for morning skate today after missing Tuesday’s game due to a personal matter #TBLightning

#GoBolts  assign Scott Sabourin to Syracuse, which might mean Nick Paul is ready to make his season debut, or Pontus Holmberg is ready to return to the lineup #TBLightning

More injuries, absent head coach not enough to slow Lightning in dance against Devils - LightningInsider.com The Lightning added more to the list injuries ahead of Tuesday's game, but despite also missing their head coach, danced with the Devils

#TBLightning added more names to the injury list on Tuesday, brought up two more players and #GoBolts were missing head coach Jon Cooper against the top team in the East but found their footing in a dance with the Devils as Guentzel made it rain hats bit.ly/4i8A8OZ

Declan Carlile steps up for his first game with the Bolts this season! He chatted with @erikerlendsson.bsky.social at the end of the first period.
#NJDvsTBL

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#TBLightning starters
Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Moser-Raddysh
Vasilevskiy

#GoBolts scratches: Cernak, Hedman, McDonagh, Sabourin, Holmberg, Crozier

Devils starters
Bratt-Hischier-Gritsyuk
L. Hughes-Dillon
Markstrom

#GoBolts announce that head coach Jon Cooper will miss tonight's game for personal reasons, Jeff Halpern will serve as the head coach on the bench. #TBLightning

Pregame #TBLightning line rushes
Guentzel-Point-Goncalves
Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Girgensons-James-Gourde
Douglas-Finley-Bjorkstrand

Pregame #GoBolts D pairings
Moser-Raddysh
D'Astous-Lilleberg
Carlile-Santini

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

Andrei Vasilevskiy leads the #TBLightning on to the ice for pregame warmup as #GoBolts  host New Jersey, with no Erik Cernak but Cirelli and James will return

Declan Carlile part of the "arrivals" montage tonight, so looks like he'll draw in on defense. Dominic James also shown, but we already knew he was playing tonight. #GoBolts #TBLightning

#GoBolts  have activated Dominic James off injured reserve and placed D Max Crozier on IR ahead of tonight’s game as #TBLightning host New Jersey

Optional morning skate for #GoBolts  today, Vasilevskiy not participating so that will indicates he’ll get the start in net tonight.

D Declan Carlile and D Steven Santini recalled #TBLightning this morning ahead of #GoBolts  game against New Jersey

#GoBolts  on the ice for practice this morning, Dominic James is practicing wearing a face shield, Nick Paul also practicing along with Hedman and Cirelli. Scott Sabourin is still with the team while Boris Katchouk was reassigned to Syracuse #TBLightning

Like a famed fable character, Lightning get too comfortable against Canucks - LightningInsider.com In a famed fable, the Lightning found themselves compared to the wrong character as they dropped a home game to Vancouver.

Like a famed fable character, #TBLightning raced out to a quick start only to get sleepy and fail to take the race through to the finish line as special teams falter after #GoBolts get "comfortable" against Canucks bit.ly/44dUj8q

#TBLightning starters
Bjorkstrand-Gourde-Girgensons
D'Astous-Cernak
Johansson

#GoBolts scratches: Cirelli, Hedman, McDonagh, James, Holmberg, Paul (LTI)

Canucks starters
Sherwood-Sasson-Boeser
M. Petterson-Myers
Lankinen

Pregame #TBLightning line rushes
Goncalves-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Kathcouk-Guentzel
Girgensons-Gourde-Bjorkstrand
Sabourin-Finley-Douglas

Pregame #GoBolts D pairings
Moser-Raddysh
D'Astous-Cernak
Lilleberg-Crozier

Johansson
Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson leads the #TBLightning on to the ice for pregame warmup as #GoBolts  host Vancouver today, and Brandon Hagel is taking warmup

Undermanned Lightning find different spark to light the path to victory - LightningInsider.com The undermanned Lightning headed to Sunrise for a game with an undercurrent that never swelled to the surface but defended with a purpose.

Everyone expecting a version of WWE Super Slam to breakout were likely surprised by the playoff-type of hockey game that broke out in Sunrise as undermanned #GoBolts executed a defensive game plan for two valuable points with a team approach #TBLightning
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Jakob Pelletier recalled by #GoBolts  ahead of today’s game at Florida, Pontus Holmberg placed on IR to make room on the roster. #TBLightning

Cooper on the injuries: “We're a little bit of a Mash unit right now. Even guys that practiced today, some of those guys aren't going to be in either. So we'll have to wake up tomorrow and see where we're at.” #GoBolts 
Hagel, Holmberg, McDonagh and James were all absent today

As #GoBolts  get practice underway, absent are Brandon Hagel, Dominic James, Ryan McDonagh and Pontus Holmberg. Nick Paul, Anthony Cirelli and Victor Hedman are all practicing. Boris Katchouk and Scott Sabourin also practicing. #TBLightning at Florida tomorrow

Despite absence of seven regulars, Lightning fought through "unfortunate bounces" before falling short against NYR - LightningInsider.com The Lightning were missing six regulars, lost a seventh and didn't have the breaks on their side to overcome the absences on Wednesday.

Nearly 35-percent of #GoBolts salary cap was missing from Wednesday's lineup, yet #TBLightning managed to fight and battle, received scoring from unexpected places but uncharacteristic plays from key players and "bad bounces" too much to overcome
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Scott Sabourin started the scoring off for the Bolts! He spoke with @erikerlendsson.bsky.social at the end of the first period.
#NYRvsTBL

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#GoBolts  recalled Boris Katchouk and Scott Sabourin ahead of tonight’s game against the NY Rangers with McDonagh and James unavailable (and placed in IR), Nick Paul not quite ready and Holmberg day to day #TBLghtning

Lightning now finding the right balance to tip games in their favor - LightningInsider.com With games in the balance, the Lightning have found the right balance to tip the game in their favor, a change from early in the season.

During the recent run of success, #GoBolts have found the right balance to tip games in their favor, a turnaround from early in the season when they would stumble and fall into a loss, plus thoughts on Tom Wilson's hit on Hagel and injury updates
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#TBLightning starters
Hagel-James-Bjorkstrand
D'Astous-Lilleberg
Vasilevskiy

#GoBolts scratches: Douglas, Crozier, Cirelli (inj, Day to Day)

Washington starters
Duhaime-Dowd-Wilson
Sandheim-van Riemsdyk
Thompson

Pregame #TBLightning line rushes
Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-James-Bjorkstrand
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Goncalves-Finley

Pregame #GoBolts D pairings
Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
D'Astous-Lilleberg/Raddysh

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

Andrei Vasilevskiy leads the #TBLightning on to the ice for pregame warmup as #GoBolts host Washington tonight

Lightning turn game, trip around with locker room skill - LightningInsider.com The Lightning managed to turn the game around in Vegas after a slow start, showcasing the locker room skill needed to adjust in-game.

#TBLightning show they have the locker room skill to turn a game around with a strong two periods in Vegas that also turned around the fortunes of their three-game trip, and #GoBolts were fueled by unexpected sources after Dominic James had a night
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Final from Las Vegas, #GoBolts rally from down 2-0 after the first period to win 6-3 and finish the three-game road trip with four points. Big night from Dominic James (1G, 2A), Kucherov (2G, A), Hagel (2G, A) along with Vasilevskiy some clutch saves in the third