Tampa Bay Lightning Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	B. Point Lightning's Brayden Point: Seven-game, 10-point streak Brayden Point Lightning's Brayden Point: Seven-game, 10-point streak	A. CirelliAnthony Cirelli	Z. Girgensons Lightning's Zemgus Girgensons: Logs helper in return Zemgus Girgensons Lightning's Zemgus Girgensons: Logs helper in return C. GeekieConor Geekie Y. Gourde Hip: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 12 Yanni Gourde Hip: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 12
Left Wing	J. Guentzel Lightning's Jake Guentzel: Big three-point outburst in OT win Jake Guentzel Lightning's Jake Guentzel: Big three-point outburst in OT win	B. HagelBrandon Hagel	I. MikheyevIlya Mikheyev J. VielJeffrey Viel
Right Wing	N. Kucherov Lightning's Nikita Kucherov: Gets game winner in overtime Nikita Kucherov Lightning's Nikita Kucherov: Gets game winner in overtime	G. GoncalvesGage Goncalves	P. HolmbergPontus Holmberg S. SabourinScott Sabourin
Left Defenseman	R. McDonaghRyan McDonagh	V. HedmanVictor Hedman	C. D'Astous Lightning's Charle-Edouard D'Astous: First three-point game in NHL Charle-Edouard D'Astous Lightning's Charle-Edouard D'Astous: First three-point game in NHL E. Martinsen LillebergEmil Martinsen Lilleberg
Right Defenseman	E. Cernak Lightning's Erik Cernak: Three assists in last two games Erik Cernak Lightning's Erik Cernak: Three assists in last two games	J. MoserJanis Moser	J. Carlson Lightning's John Carlson: Contributes pair of helpers John Carlson Lightning's John Carlson: Contributes pair of helpers M. CrozierMaxwell Crozier
Goalie	A. Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Game never in doubt Andrei Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Game never in doubt	D. Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Gets third win this season Dennis Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Gets third win this season	—