Tampa Bay Lightning Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	B. Point Lightning's Brayden Point: Won't return to Sunday's game Undisclosed: Day-to-Day Brayden Point Lightning's Brayden Point: Won't return to Sunday's game Undisclosed: Day-to-Day	A. CirelliAnthony Cirelli	Z. GirgensonsZemgus Girgensons C. GeekieConor Geekie
Left Wing	J. Guentzel Lightning's Jake Guentzel: Big three-point outburst in OT win Jake Guentzel Lightning's Jake Guentzel: Big three-point outburst in OT win	B. HagelBrandon Hagel	I. MikheyevIlya Mikheyev J. VielJeffrey Viel G. GoncalvesGage Goncalves
Right Wing	N. Kucherov Lightning's Nikita Kucherov: Gets game winner in overtime Nikita Kucherov Lightning's Nikita Kucherov: Gets game winner in overtime	Y. Gourde Lightning's Yanni Gourde: Activated off injured reserve Yanni Gourde Lightning's Yanni Gourde: Activated off injured reserve	P. HolmbergPontus Holmberg M. CrozierMaxwell Crozier S. SabourinScott Sabourin
Left Defenseman	C. D'Astous Lightning's Charle-Edouard D'Astous: First three-point game in NHL Charle-Edouard D'Astous Lightning's Charle-Edouard D'Astous: First three-point game in NHL	R. McDonaghRyan McDonagh	V. HedmanVictor Hedman E. Martinsen LillebergEmil Martinsen Lilleberg
Right Defenseman	J. Carlson Lightning's John Carlson: Contributes pair of helpers John Carlson Lightning's John Carlson: Contributes pair of helpers	E. CernakErik Cernak	J. MoserJanis Moser
Goalie	A. Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: In net Sunday Andrei Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: In net Sunday	D. Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Gets third win this season Dennis Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Gets third win this season	—