Ben Bishop is back

[sedwards86]

He's making his first start after being injured for a bit. Vasilesky isn't in net tonight. Probably worth considering when/if betting this game. Brian Boyle (forward) and Braydon Coburn (defenseman) are back also.

Semyon Varlamov is back for the Avalanche. No Calvin Pickard tonight.

[darrendice]

Im leaning towards the over on the Tampa game. Sabres were effective against the flyers last outing with a really efficient 2nd period. Tampa have been dreadful since Christmas.... both teams last 4 games have been high scoring games..... cue the 1-0 game!!!!

[sedwards86]

Yea, I could see this being a 4-3 OT game or it could be a 2-1 type game. There's no doubt that Lightning defense has been God-awful here lately. Coburn and Bishop combined could turn that around, but how likely is it that they do it their first game back? I'm still remembering Lightning playing the Penguins very well in last year's conference finals. I thought Lightning would prevail, but Matt Murray proved to be ready for the moment.

[ZdenoK]

Getzlaugh is also back for Anaheim.