It's backup Jonas Johansson (3.15 GAA) in net for Tampa Bay and superstar Nikita Kucherov is apparently out with an illness that per my local former Tampa Trib peeps is going around the locker room. The Bolts have gone cold in a two-game skid with just one goal scored. When scoring the first goal of a game, the Flyers are 18-9-8 this season and if they score first here, we are in good shape.

Goals have suddenly dried up for the Lightning, blanked by Boston and losing 4-1 at Carolina on Tuesday. But Jon Cooper doesn't seem fazed and apparently has picked tonight to give Andrei Vasilevskiy a rest in goal, with Jonas Johansson slated to make a rare start in the nets. Perhaps it's because the Flyers have faded with losses in six straight amid their own goal-scoring woes, just five of those across the last four games. Emblematic of the downturn has been top scorer Travis Konecny going goal-less across the last ten games. Samuel Ersson is also having a tough go of it in goal for Philly, peppered for a 5.11 GAA and just .828 saves in three losing March starts. Play Lightning on Puck Line.