Tampa Bay Lightning (30-11-6, second in the Atlantic) vs. Arizona Coyotes (12-31-4, eighth in the Central)
Glendale, Arizona; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST
LINE: Coyotes +243, Lightning -306; over/under is 6
BOTTOM LINE: Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay into a matchup against Arizona. He ranks 10th in the league with 52 points, scoring 20 goals and recording 32 assists.
The Coyotes are 5-16-1 at home. Arizona scores 2.2 goals per game, the least in the league. Clayton Keller leads the team with 17 total goals.
The Lightning are 14-7-2 on the road. Tampa Bay averages 10.2 penalty minutes per game, the second-most in the Eastern Conference. Patrick Maroon leads the team serving 65 total minutes.
In their last matchup on Oct. 28, Tampa Bay won 5-1. Alex Killorn recorded a team-high 3 points for the Lightning.
TOP PERFORMERS: Keller leads the Coyotes with 17 goals and has 39 points. Nick Schmaltz has five goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Arizona.
Stamkos leads the Lightning with 52 points, scoring 20 goals and adding 32 assists. Nikita Kucherov has five goals and seven assists over the last 10 games for Tampa Bay.
LAST 10 GAMES: Coyotes: 3-7-0, averaging 2.2 goals, 3.8 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.6 goals per game with a .900 save percentage.
Lightning: 7-2-1, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.2 assists, 3.7 penalties and 8.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game with a .924 save percentage.
INJURIES: Coyotes: Barrett Hayton: out (hand), Jay Beagle: out (lower body), Johan Larsson: out (lower-body).
Lightning: Erik Cernak: out (lower-body), Zach Bogosian: out (lower body).
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