{"id":167405,"date":"2026-02-24T20:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/167405\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:31:06","slug":"nuts-bolts-back-from-the-olympic-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/167405\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuts &#038; Bolts: Back from the Olympic Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning&#8217;s matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>When: Wednesday, February 25 &#8211; 7:30\u00a0p.m. ET<br \/>Where:\u00a0Benchmark International Arena &#8211; Tampa, FL<br \/>TV Coverage: TNT<br \/>Pregame Coverage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tblightning.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TampaBayLightning<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tblightning.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">.com\/StreamNow<\/a><br \/>Radio coverage:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboneonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">102.5 MHz-FM<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/22073.live.streamtheworld.com\/LIGHTNING_RADIO_24_7.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lightning Radio 24\/7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lines from February 5th&#8217;s game (subject to change)<br \/>Forwards<br \/>Brandon Hagel &#8211; Jake Guentzel &#8211; Nikita Kucherov<br \/>Oliver Bjorkstrand &#8211; Dominic James &#8211; Gage Goncalves<br \/>Zemgus Girgensons &#8211; Yanni Gourde &#8211; Pontus Holmberg<br \/>Curtis Douglas\u00a0&#8211; Scott Sabourin<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<br \/>JJ Moser &#8211; Darren Raddysh<br \/>Ryan McDonagh &#8211; Erik Cernak<br \/>Victor Hedman &#8211; Declan Carlile<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<br \/>Andrei Vasilevskiy<br \/>Jonas Johansson<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s\u00a0Matchup<br \/>The Lightning return from the 2026 Olympic break with an Atlantic Division game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Benchmark International Arena on Wednesday&#8230;Tampa Bay is 47-56-13 all-time against the Maple Leafs, including 24-27-6 on home ice&#8230;Toronto won the first\u00a0matchup between the teams this season by a 2-0 score on Dec. 8 despite goalie Jonas Johansson stopping 23 of 24 shots on goal. 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