Tampa Bay Lightning (1-1-0, fifth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (1-0-0, third in the Metropolitan Division)
Pittsburgh; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Penguins -135, Lightning +113; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Pittsburgh Penguins after Steven Stamkos’ two-goal game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Lightning’s 5-2 win.
Pittsburgh went 46-25-11 overall and 25-14-5 at home a season ago. The Penguins had a +47 goal differential last season, scoring 269 goals while allowing 222.
Tampa Bay had a 51-23-8 record overall and a 30-20-3 record in road games last season. The Lightning allowed 2.8 goals per game while scoring 3.5 last season.
INJURIES: Penguins: Teddy Blueger: day to day (upper body).
Lightning: Ian Cole: out (suspension), Zach Bogosian: out (shoulder), Mikhail Sergachev: day to day (undisclosed), Anthony Cirelli: out (shoulder).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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