{"id":523780,"date":"2026-03-26T13:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/523780\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:12:25","slug":"lightning-vs-kraken-time-tv-live-stream-3-26-2026-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/523780\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning vs. Kraken Time, TV &#038; Live Stream \u2013 3\/26\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning (44-21-5) hit the ice against the Seattle Kraken (31-29-10) during Thursday&#8217;s NHL schedule, starting at 7 p.m. ET at Benchmark International Arena and broadcast on ESPN+. The Lightning rank third in the Eastern Conference with 93 points and the Kraken are 10th in the Western Conference with 72 points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968176&amp;cid=A4tUiqEXPx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Kraken: March 26 Viewing Options<\/p>\n<p>Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026<br \/>\nTime: 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nHow to watch on TV: ESPN+<br \/>\nLocation: Tampa, Florida<br \/>\nVenue: Benchmark International Arena<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968183&amp;cid=A4tUiqEXPx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nLightning&#8217;s 2025-26 Stats<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968378&amp;cid=A4tUiqEXPx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightning vs. Kraken Top Players<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>One of Tampa Bay&#8217;s top offensive players this season is Nikita Kucherov, who has put up 120 points in 66 games.<br \/>\nWith 32 goals and 42 assists, Jake Guentzel is one of the most important offensive options for Tampa Bay with his 74 points (1.1 per game).<br \/>\nOn 187 shots (for 33 goals) and 36 assists, Brandon Hagel has contributed 69 points this season.<br \/>\nAcross 49 games played, Andrei Vasilevskiy has a goaltending record of 34-12-3. During those games, he&#8217;s allowed 111 goals while recording 1,151 saves.<br \/>\nKraken<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Eberle has scored 23 goals (0.3 per game) and dished out 28 assists (0.4 per game), fueling the Seattle offense with 51 total points (0.7 per game). He averages 2.2 shots per game, shooting 15.2%.<br \/>\nMatthew Beniers has collected 45 points this season, with 19 goals and 26 assists.<br \/>\nVince Dunn has scored 11 goals on the season, adding 30 assists.<br \/>\nJoey Daccord has a 19-18-6 record this season, with a .900 save percentage (25th in the league). He has 1,075 saves, and has conceded 121 goals (2.9 goals against average).<br \/>\nLightning vs. Kraken Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Declan Carlile: Out (Undisclosed), <\/p>\n<p>Max Crozier: Out (Abdomen), <\/p>\n<p>Dominic James: Out (Leg), <\/p>\n<p>Victor Hedman: Out (Illness)<\/p>\n<p>Kraken<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Winterton: Out (Illness), <\/p>\n<p>Jaden Schwartz: Out (Face), <\/p>\n<p>Jared McCann: Day-To-Day (Lower Body)<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968265&amp;cid=A4tUiqEXPx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Lightning play Kraken.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning&#8217;s Schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Lightning (44-21-5) hit the ice against the Seattle Kraken (31-29-10) during Thursday&#8217;s NHL schedule, starting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5105],"tags":[833,5,189,835,4,37137,834,234,540,92,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-523780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-ds-sports","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-lightning","11":"tag-men","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-nhl-preview","14":"tag-professional","15":"tag-seattle-kraken","16":"tag-tampa-bay","17":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","18":"tag-tampabay","19":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116295653548828545","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}