The Lightning will close out their first back-to-back of the week on Tuesday, before heading to Chicago and Detroit to complete one more. Tampa Bay is coming off a 5-3 loss on Monday to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Lightning begin the first night of their four-game roadtrip in a Monday night game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Three of the Lightning’s next four games are Atlantic Division matchups, and with a 3-6-0 divisional record thus far,

Anthony Cirelli and Michael Eyssimont scored second-period goals as the host Tampa Bay Lightning beat Boston 4-1 on Thursday to extend the Bruins' season-worst losing streak to six games.

Detroit Red Wings (21-19-4, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (24-16-3, in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Detroit Red Wings after the Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout.

Anaheim Ducks (18-21-5, in the Pacific Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning ... Nikita Kucherov has 20 goals and 42 assists for the Lightning. Anthony Cirelli has four goals and two assists over ...

Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel are inseparable on the ... For the Lightning, it set the tone for a stretch in which they’re facing six Atlantic Division opponents over 10 games, including another meeting with the Bruins Tuesday in Boston.

Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist, Michael Eyssimont and Anthony Cirelli scored goals 5:03 apart in the ... The Lightning moved past the Bruins into third place in the Atlantic Division. Mason Lohrei scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made 27 ...

Anaheim opened the scoring 6:03 into the game on a redirection by forward Troy Terry, but the Lightning tied the score eight minutes later on the power play. Hedman got the puck at the left point and fed forward Brandon Hagel in the right corner, where the latter passed the puck to Anthony Cirelli at the back post for a tap-in and a tie game.

While the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to move up the Eastern Conference standings, their captain Victor Hedman keeps checking off milestones. The Lightning and their hulking defenseman will finish a two-game homestand Saturday night against the sizzling Detroit Red Wings in the opener of four matchups between the Atlantic Division foes.

Special teams and defensive responsibility served as the bedrock to the Tampa Bay Lightning's fine first half in the immediate post-Steven Stamkos era.

Detroit has been on a bit of a hot streak as of late, winning 8 of their last 10 games. The Lightning have had a jam-packed month of January with sixteen games on the schedule. There's no doubt they'd like to see their divisional record improve and they'll have a chance to do it tonight.

With an impressive win over the Lightning, Samuel Montembeault reaffirmed his position as the No. 1 goalie for the Canadiens.