NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 1/20/2026 | Inside The Rink
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San Jose Sharks (25-20-3, 53 pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (30-13-4, 64 pts)
Venue: Benchmark International Arena
Date: Tuesday, January 20
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:Â NHL Network/NBCSCA/The Spot
Radio: 97.7 ESPN Radio/96.5 FM/102.5 FM The Bone
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San Jose Sharks News & Notes:
The Sharks got back in the win column with a 4-1 win over the Panthers last night. They’re 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging 3.2 goals while allowing 3.6 goals per game.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning got back in the win column with a 4-1 win over the Stars on Sunday. They’re currently riding a 13-game point streak, averaging 4.5 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game.
San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:
Graf-Celebrini-Smith
Eklund-Wennberg-Toffoli
Regenda-Misa-ChernyshovÂ
Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Reaves
Orlov-Klingberg
Ferraro-Liljegren
Dickinson-Desharnais
Askarov
Nedeljkovic
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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:
Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov
Goncalves-James-Guentzel
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Bjorkstrand-Paul-Finley
Moser-Raddysh
D’astous-Cernak
Carlile-Crozier
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
San Jose Sharks
Pavol Regenda had all three San Jose goals in their loss to the Lightning just 17 days ago.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov had five points in the first meeting against San Jose, with a goal and four assists.
Injury Report:
San Jose Sharks
D Shakir Mukhamadullin – IR
G Carey Price – LTIR
F Philipp Kurashev – IR
F Ty Dellandrea – IR
Tampa Bay Lightning
D Victor Hedman – IR
RW Scott Sabourin – IR
D Ryan McDonagh – IR
C Brayden Point – IR
D Emil Lilleberg – IR
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