Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Seattle Kraken - NHL Game Preview - March 17, 2026 - CBS Sports

Tampa Bay

TNT

Wed Mar 18

2:00AM

Seattle

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	1	2	3	T
Tampa Bay TB--	-	-	-
Seattle SEA--	-	-	-

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Lightning	3.19 GF AVG	2.62 GA AVG	17.30 Power Play
Kraken	2.44 GF AVG	3.01 GA AVG	19.40 Power Play

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Victor Hedman (D)	Elbow	01-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Ryan McDonagh (D)	Undisclosed	12-17-2025Expected to be out until at least Dec 18
Erik Cernak (D)	Undisclosed	12-30-2025Expected to be out until at least Dec 31
Brandon Hagel (LW)	Upper Body	12-17-2025Day-to-Day
Emil Martinsen Lilleberg (D)	Undisclosed	01-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jan 20

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Jaden Schwartz (LW)	Lower Body	12-31-2025Expected to be out until at least Jan 1
Matt Murray (G)	Lower Body	12-27-2025Expected to be out until at least Dec 28
Brandon Montour (D)	Undisclosed	12-19-2025Expected to be out until at least Dec 20
Jared McCann (C)	Lower Body	01-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Jan 2
Berkly Catton (C)	Upper Body	12-21-2025Expected to be out until at least Dec 22

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