WHO: New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning
WHEN/WHERE: 7:30 p.m.; St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa
TV/RADIO: Sun Sports/620 AM
INJURIES: Islanders - RW Tim Jackman (broken orbital bone) and D Jack Hillen (jaw), out; C/LW Josh Bailey (upper body), doubtful. Lightning - D Paul Ranger (personal leave), out.
NEED TO KNOW: This is the third of four meetings this season between teams battling for an Eastern Conference playoff berth. The Lightning notched December wins of 4-0 and 4-2. ... Tampa Bay is 14-6-6 at home, and the Islanders are 9-15-6 on the road. ...Lightning C Steven Stamkos has four goals and six assists during a seven-game scoring streak, while RW Marty St. Louis has a goal in each of his past four games. ... Tampa Bay's power play experienced a rare outage in Tuesday's win at Atlanta, going 0-for-3 after converting 12 of 37 (32.4 percent) the previous 10 games. ... Islanders winger John Tavares, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 draft, is in a scoring slump with two goals and four assists in his past 24 games.
A staff report
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