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Lightning's Brayden Point: Suffers injury Sunday
Brayden Point (lower body) is not expected to return to Sunday's game against Winnipeg.Point potted a power-play goal and logged 3:47 of ice time in the first period before leaving the game. The Tampa Bay Lightning should update the star center's status before Tuesday's matchup against St. Louis.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Strikes on power play
Brayden Point scored a power-play goal on three shots in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Wild.Point has found the scoresheet in four straight games, earning three goals and three assists in that span. The center continues to be consistent in a top-line role for the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, offering a finishing touch and playmaking in nearly equal measure. He has seven goals, five assists, 19 shots on net and a plus-9 rating through 11 appearances. Point has exceeded 40 goals and 40 assists on three occasions each over his first eight seasons, and he's well on his way to those marks again in 2024-25.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Delivers two assists
Brayden Point notched two assists and a plus-3 rating in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Avalanche.Point has recorded back-to-back multi-point efforts for the first time this season, and he remains productive as a top-unit forward in one of the most star-studded attacks in the league. Point has cracked the scoresheet in all but one of his last seven appearances, tallying four goals and four assists in that span.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Six goals in nine games
Brayden Point had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Predators on Monday.Point has nine points, including six goals, in nine games, and he's put up points in seven of those contests. That's exactly the kind of consistency you need in fantasy, especially in head-to-head and weekly formats. His 37.5 shooting percentage is going to regress, but that's OK. Point has scored 97 goals in his last two seasons and recorded at least 90 points in each of those campaigns, and that's what we expect for 2024-25.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Scores in Saturday's win
Brayden Point scored a goal Saturday in a 3-0 win over the Capitals.It was a pretty give-and-go with Nikita Kucherov, and Point scored from the edge of the crease to extend the Bolts' lead to 2-0. He has four points, including three goals, in his last five games and seven points, including four tallies, in eight appearances this campaign. Sure, that puts him behind his pace from his previous two seasons, but fantasy managers should be confident in his elite abilities.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Strikes on power play again
Brayden Point scored a power-play goal on two shots in Tuesday's 8-5 win over the Devils.Point has scored on the power play in back-to-back games. The star center is up to four tallies, two assists, 12 shots on net and a plus-5 rating through six appearances. With Jake Guentzel and Nikita Kucherov flanking him on the top line, Point is a consistent and reliable source of offense in fantasy.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Scores power-play goal
Brayden Point scored a power-play goal in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.Point found the back of the net in the latter stages of the third period with a wrister following setups from Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman, but it wasn't enough to even think about a potential comeback. Point has only one multi-point game across five outings this season, but he's been remarkably consistent and has cracked the scoresheet in all but one of those appearances. He has three goals and two assists on five outings so far with two of those goals coming with the man advantage.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Two points including game-winner
Brayden Point scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in Tuesday's 4-1 victory over the Canucks.After helping set up Nikita Kucherov for the game's opening goal in the first period, Point found the back of the net himself in the second on a one-timer from the faceoff dot to the left of Arturs Silovs. Point has two goals and three points through Tampa Bay's first two contests as he looks to record his third straight 40-goal, 90-point campaign.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Scores power-play goal
Brayden Point scored a power-play goal in Friday's 4-1 win over the Hurricanes.Point equalized Friday's game with a power-play goal in the second period with assists from Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman. Point has reached the 90-point plateau in each of the last two seasons. Kucherov will be the primary scoring weapon on the Tampa Bay Lightning roster, but Point should have plenty of opportunities for sustained production again.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Three-point effort in Game 4
Brayden Point scored a goal and added two assists, one on the power play, during Game 4's 6-3 win over the Panthers on Saturday.The 28-year-old center had a hand in both of Steven Stamkos' tallies and fired home his own goal late in the first period to give Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead. Point has two goals and five points through the series' first four games, and the Bolts may need another strong performance from him in Game 5 on Monday to avoid elimination.