Steven Stamkos and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy fronted back-to-back championships in 2020 and 2021 for a Tampa Bay franchise that also won it all in 2004, three Stanley Cups in all since the club's 1992 founding. Their downtown arena opened in 1996 and is known today as Amalie Arena. The Bolts' blue and white identity represents one of the sport's deepest playoff traditions.
As of Nov 3, 2026, here are the most recently projected forward lines, defense pairings and power-play units for the Tampa Bay Lightning. On the top line, the Tampa Bay Lightning are currently projected to run left wing Jake Guentzel, center Brayden Point and right wing Nikita Kucherov together, a trio expected to log the heaviest 5-on-5 minutes on the roster, though without last change on the road it does not always draw the other team's top shutdown pairing. On the blue line, the top pairing is J.J. Moser and Maxwell Crozier, who typically log the heaviest 5-on-5 minutes on the back end and face the toughest zone starts, though the team's primary penalty-kill pairing is not always the same duo. On the power play, the PP1 unit runs Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel and Charle-Edouard D'Astous, the unit most teams send out first on a power play, though a delayed-penalty scramble already in progress or a late matchup change can put a different five over the boards. These combinations reflect pre-game reporting rather than real-time tracking, and can change between games and even between periods, so check the today's lines tool for the most current deployment before puck drop.
| # | Player | Off | Def | PP | PK | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikita Kucherov | 88 | 38 | 86 | 0 | 98 |
| 2 | Brandon Hagel | 93 | 56 | 49 | 49 | 97 |
| 3 | Brayden Point | 64 | 45 | 71 | 0 | 93 |
| 4 | Darren Raddysh | 68 | 58 | 70 | 65 | 89 |
| 5 | Victor Hedman | 67 | 42 | 83 | 50 | 88 |
As of Nov 3, 2026, the most recently projected lineup for the Tampa Bay Lightning includes 4 forward lines, 3 defense pairings and 2 power-play units, updated whenever a new pre-game lineup is reported.
As of Nov 3, 2026, the top line projected for the Tampa Bay Lightning is left wing Jake Guentzel, center Brayden Point and right wing Nikita Kucherov.
These projected lines are drawn from Daily Faceoff's pre-game reporting, typically beat writers covering morning skates and warmups before puck drop. They reflect the coaching staff's intended deployment rather than shift-by-shift tracking collected once a game is already underway, and can still shift between a morning skate and the opening faceoff.
Lines can change from game to game, and sometimes within a single game, as a coaching staff reacts to matchups, injuries, scoring droughts or chemistry. Check back before each Tampa Bay Lightning game for the latest projected combinations, or browse the historical lines archive to see how often this team's lines have shifted recently.
