The match between the Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers will take place at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday, October 18 at 7:00 PM ET.
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On the ice in the Sunshine State, two Eastern Conference clubs are squaring off. As they travel down the east coast to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers are now on the road. In their earlier game on Saturday afternoon, Philadelphia defeated Vancouver 3-2 at home. Pittsburgh defeated Tampa Bay 6-2 in their earlier game on Saturday night on the road. In the most recent game, which took place on the road back on December 5, 2021, the Lightning romped to a 7-1 victory, winning three in a row and nine of the previous 10 meetings between the clubs.
On Saturday, Philadelphia fell down early against Vancouver but came back to win at home. As of Monday, the Flyers and the Penguins, Hurricanes, and Rangers were tied for first place in the Metropolitan Division with four points apiece. With four goals per game, Philadelphia enters this game tied for seventh in the league in scoring offense. Also, with two goals allowed per game, the Flyers are tied for sixth place in the league in goals against. With a success rate of 25% on their opportunities with the man advantage, Philadelphia is tied for 14th in the nation. The Flyers have survived 87.5% of their shorthanded situations, placing them 10th in penalty killing.
As the Penguins blew them out in the third period, Tampa Bay was destroyed in the second game of a back-to-back series on the road. The Lightning were two points behind a group of four clubs who were tied for first place in the Atlantic Division as Monday’s games began. Tampa Bay averaged 2.67 goals per game entering Monday, placing them 22nd in the league.
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Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Alex Killorn
Ross Colton – Nicholas Paul – Corey Perry
Pat Maroon – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Riley Nash
Victor Hedman – Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev – Zach Bogosian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Noah Cates – Artem Anisimov – Wade Allison
Nicolas Deslauriers – Patrick Brown – Cam Atkinson
Elliot Desnoyers – Jackson Cates – Bobby Brink
Joel Farabee – Sean Couturier – Hayden Hodgson
Ronnie Attard – Louie Belpedio
Kevin Connauton – Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Ellis – Adam Ginning
Samuel Ersson
Troy Grosenick
Tampa Bay Lightning: Anthony Cirelli, Zach Bogosian
Philadelphia Flyers: Rasmus Ristolainen, Owen Tippett, Cam Atkinson, Bobby Brink, Patrick Brown, Sean Couturier, Ryan Ellis
The match between the Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers will take place at Amalie Arena on Tuesday, October 18 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match of the Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers will be telecast live on ESPN+.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ESPN+. | October 18 (7:00 PM ET) |
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