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Tampa Bay Lightning (38-17-4) at Winnipeg Jets (24-26-10)
Venue: Canada Life Centre
Date: Tonight – Thursday, March 5
Time: 7:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Tampa Bay Lightning are rolling into Winnipeg in the midst of a slump. They’ll look to get back in the win column against the Winnipeg Jets, all with the help of Manitoba local Conor Geekie. Tampa Bay is currently on a three-game losing streak and is 6-4-0 in their last 10 games played.
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets are coming off their fourth consecutive game in overtime. They’ll look to pick up some points tonight against the suddenly slumping Tampa Bay Lightning. It is not clear if Winnipeg is going to hold any players out of the lineup tonight for roster management purposes ahead of tomorrow’s trade deadline. Winnipeg has just picked up a win to start the home stand, and they are 4-3-3 in their last 10 games played.
Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines
Guentzel – Point – Kucherov
Hagel – Guentzel – Björkstrand
Girgensons – Gourde – Holmberg
Sabourin – Geekie
Moser – Raddysh
D’Astous – Hedman
McDonagh – Cernak
Lilleberg
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Iafallo
Perfetti – Lowry – Vilardi
Nyquist – Toews – Duehr
Koepke – Barron – Pearson
Stanley – Salomonsson
Samberg – DeMelo
Fleury – Schenn
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Players To Watch:
Tampa Bay Lightning
Jake Guentzel has been a driving factor for the Tampa Bay Lightning’s second line, and he’ll look to be just one of many contributing factors to the Lightning seeking a win over the Jets tonight.
Winnipeg Jets
Connor Hellebuyck aims to be the difference in this game versus the Tampa Bay Lightning. His play in the 2026 Winter Olympics showed just what Hellebuyck can do, and he’ll now look to carry that over to another game for the Winnipeg Jets.
Next game
Tampa Bay Lightning – March 7 vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Winnipeg Jets – March 7 vs Vancouver Canucks
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Conrad Jack is a Manitoba-based media credentialed sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He also covers league-wide news in his weekly series ‘Saturday’s notebook’ and through individual articles.