NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12/22/2025 | Inside The Rink
HomeNHLNHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12/22/2025
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St. Louis Blues (14-15-8) at Tampa Bay Lightning (19-13-3)
Venue: Benchmark International Arena
Date: Monday, December 22
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: The Spot, ESPN+, FDSMW
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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:
The Blues defeated the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Saturday night. St. Louis allows 3.38 goals per game.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Tampa Bay has the NHL’s third-ranked penalty kill at 84.1 percent.
St. Louis Blues Projected Lines
Berggen-Thomas-Buchnevich
Neighbours-Schenn-Stenberg
Suter-Dvorsky-Fabbri
Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Joseph
Broberg-Parayko
Tucker-Faulk
Fowler-Mailloux
Hofer
Binnington
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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:
Point-Cirelli-Kucherov
Guentzel-Paul-Bjorkstrand
Holmberg-Gourde-Girgensons
Finley-James-Goncalves
Moser-Raddysh
McDonagh-D’astous
Carlile-Crozier
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
St. Louis Blues
Robert Thomas leads the Blues with 27 points. Jake Neighbours leads the club with 10 goals.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 43 points. Jake Guentzel has chipped in with 36 points.
Injury Report:
St. Louis Blues
F Dylan Holloway – IR
F Jimmy Snuggerud – IR
F Nick Bjugstad – IR
F Jordan Kyrou – IR
D Torey Krug – IR
Tampa Bay Lightning
D Erik Cernak – OUT
D Emil Lilleberg – OUT
D Victor Hedman – IR
LW Brandon Hagel – Day to day
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