The Tampa Bay Lightning take the ice in a home opener Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Lightning are 1-2 starting the season and currently sit sixth place in the Atlantic Division. Tampa Bay is coming off a 6-2 road loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.'
In the loss to the Penguins, Tampa Bay gave starting goalie Andrei Vasilevsky the night off and started Brian Elliott in net. Elliott made 39 saves on 44 shots allowed, giving up 5 goals and ending the game with a .886 save percentage. The Lightning center Steven Stamkos leads the team in scoring with 4 goals and 1 assist so far this season. Tampa looks to find themselves a win at home, where they went 35-10-7 a season ago.
The Philadelphia Flyers visit Tampa Bay for their first road game of the season after a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks at home. The Flyers are now 2-0 to start the season and are currently second place in the Metropolitan Division.'