NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 11/4/2025

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Tampa Bay Lightning (6-4-2, 14 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (6-1-5, 17 pts)

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Tuesday, November 4
Time: 9:30 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/ALT/HBO Max/TNT/truTV
Radio: 102.5 The Bone/KKSE 950 AM

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning picked up their fifth straight win on Sunday with a 4-2 win over the Mammoth. They’re averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game during their winning streak.

Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche had their two-game winning streak snapped with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Sharks. They’re currently on a four-game point streak, averaging 4.3 goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game during their streak.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:

Hagel-Point-Kucherov
Guentzel-Cirelli-Douglas
Bjorkstrand-James-Goncalves
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg

Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
D’Astous-Lilleberg

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Colton-Nelson-Nichushkin
Landeskog-Drury-Olofsson
Makar-Bardakov-Kelly

Toews-Makar
Manson-Burns
Solovyov-Malinski

Wedgewood
Blackwood

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jake Guentzel has faced the Avalanche 13 times in his career, recording 15 points on eight goals and seven assists; in two meetings last season, he scored four goals.

Colorado Avalanche

Cale Makar has faced the Lightning eight times in his career, recording eight points on two goals and six assists; in two meetings last season, he scored a goal and added an assist.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

LW Nick Paul – IR

Colorado Avalanche

RW Logan O’Connor – Out
D Samuel Girard – Out
LW Joel Kiviranta – Out

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