NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders with Line Combinations 12/2/2025

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Tampa Bay Lightning (16-7-2, 34 pts) at New York Islanders (13-10-3, 29 pts) 

Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Tuesday, December 2
Time: 7:00 pm ET
TV: NHL Network/The Spot/MSGSN
Radio: 102.5 The Bone/103.9 FM LI News

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning won their seventh straight on Saturday in a 4-1 win over the Rangers. They wrapped up November going 11-3-0, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.

New York Islanders News & Notes:

The Islanders dropped their third straight on Sunday, 4-1 to the Capitals. They finished November going 8-5-2, averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 2.5 goals per game.

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:

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

Moser-Raddysh
D’Astous-Lilleberg
Carlile-Santini

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Jake Guentzel scored in all three games against the Islanders last season, finishing with three goals and two assists against them.

New York Islanders

Tony DeAngelo scored a goal in two of the three games against the Lightning last season.

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

C Brayden Point – DTD
D Ryan McDonagh – IR
D Erik Cernak – DTD
D Victor Hedman – IR

New York Islanders

F Pierre Engvall – IR
G Semyon Varlamov – IR
D Alexander Romanov – IR
D Ethan Bear – IR
F Kyle Palmieri – IR
F Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Out

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