{"id":194778,"date":"2026-03-17T10:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194778\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:57:15","slug":"nhl-game-preview-tampa-bay-lightning-at-seattle-kraken-with-line-combinations-03-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194778\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 03\/17\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 03\/17\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773745033_98_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 03\/17\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-1-27.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Maddy Grassy<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning (40-21-4, 88 pts) at Seattle Kraken (31-26-9, 71 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Climate Pledge Arena<br \/>Date: Tuesday, March 17<br \/>Time: 10:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0TNT\/HBO Max\/The Spot-MTN<br \/>Radio: 102.5 FM The Bone\/93.3 KJR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning suffered a 4-2 loss to the Hurricanes on Saturday. They\u2019re now 2-5-0 in March, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 4.1 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Kraken picked up their second straight win on Sunday with a 6-2 win over the Panthers. They\u2019re 3-4-0 in March, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 3.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Goncalves-Point-Kucherov<br \/>Hagel-Cirelli-Guentzel<br \/>Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg<br \/>Perry-Paul-Bjorkstrand<\/p>\n<p>Raddysh-Moser <br \/>Hedman-Cernak <br \/>D\u2019Astous-McDonagh <\/p>\n<p>Vasilevskiy<br \/>Johansson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Tampa+Bay&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Tampa Bay Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>B.McMann-Beniers-Eberle<br \/>J.McCann-Stephenson-Tolvanen<br \/>Catton-Wright-Kakko<br \/>Meyers-Gaudreau-Winterton<\/p>\n<p>Dunn-Larsson<br \/>Lindgren-Montour<br \/>Evans-Oleksiak<\/p>\n<p>Daccord<br \/>Grubauer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Seattle&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Seattle Hockey Merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Hagel had two points in each game against Seattle last season. He had three goals and an assist.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken<\/p>\n<p>Shane Wright was a part of each Seattle goal against Tampa Bay last season, finishing with a goal and an assist against them.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>F  Dominic James \u2013 IR<br \/>D Maxwell Crozier \u2013 IR<br \/>F Declan Carlile \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Kraken<\/p>\n<p>F Jaden Schwartz \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773745035_666_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a9 2021-2025 Inside The Rink\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>This website has no affiliation to any of the hockey leagues it reports on. 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