Minnesota Wild @ Tampa Bay Lightning

18-15-3, 8-11-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	0	0	0	0
Lightning TB	0	0	3	3

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

26-7-2, 15-2-1 Home

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Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Wild
0
Lightning
3

Game 1

24/12

Lightning
2
Wild
5

Game 2

21/1

Benchmark International Arena

8:00 AM, 24 December 2017

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Jon McIsaac

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Pierre Racicot

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	55	16	11	121
Dallas	50	20	12	112
Minnesota	46	24	12	104
Utah	43	33	6	92
St. Louis	37	33	12	86
Nashville	38	34	10	86
Winnipeg	35	35	12	82
Chicago	29	39	14	72

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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Minnesota Wild @ Tampa Bay Lightning

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