Game-day facts

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TONIGHT

LIGHTNING (13-17-1) at JETS (16-14-2)

MTS Centre, 7 p.m.

TV: TSN Jets

Radio: TSN 1290

About the Lightning:

— Tampa rolls into Winnipeg on a two-game slide, including a 5-3 loss in Ottawa Saturday afternoon in which the Senators built a 4-0 lead in the first period.

— With Anders Lindback injured, veteran Mathieu Garon got the start in net for the Bolts on Saturday, but was yanked after giving up three goals on 11 shots.

— Tampa’s injured list features Lindback, captain Vinny Lecavalier and forwards Benoit Pouliot and Ryan Malone. This note from Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: With all the injuries the Lightning iced a roster featuring seven rookies and 10 players who appeared in the minors this season.

— Defenceman Brian Lee, placed on waivers Friday by the Lightning, cleared on Saturday. The club has signed U.S. college free-agent defenceman Andrej Sustr.

— For all their woes, Tampa Bay is 8-2-0 vs. the Southeast this season.

— Steven Stamkos leads the NHL with 21 goals. He scored his 200th career NHL goal on Mar. 18, making him the fourth youngest player in NHL history to reach that plateau at 23 years old, 41 days. Only Wayne Gretzky (21 years, 256 days), Mario Lemieux (22/148) and Jet icon Dale Hawerchuk (22/266) were younger.

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

35 Al Montoya

4 Paul Postma

5 Mark Stuart

6 Ron Hainsey

7 Derek Meech

8 Alex Burmistrov

9 Evander Kane

12 Olli Jokinen

13 Kyle Wellwood

16 Andrew Ladd

17 James Wright

18 Bryan Little

20 Antti Miettinen

22 Chris Thorburn

23 Arturs Kulda

24 Grant Clitsome

26 Blake Wheeler

27 Eric Tangradi

28 Patrice Cormier

33 Dustin Byfuglien

39 Toby Enstrom

44 Zach Bogosian

80 Nik Antropov

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

30 Cedrick Desjardins

32 Mathieu Garon

2 Eric Brewer

3 Keith Aulie

6 Sami Salo

11 Tom Pyatt

16 Teddy Purcell

17 Alex Killorn

19 B.J. Crombeen

25 Matt Carle

26 Martin St. Louis

42 Dana Tyrell

44 Nate Thompson

47 Marc-Andre Bergeron

63 Tyler Johnson

71 Richard Panik

74 Ondrej Palat

75 Radko Gudas

76 Pierre-Cedric Labrie

77 Victor Hedman

89 Cory Conacher

91 Steven Stamkos

(Lineups subject to change)

— Ed Tait