Tampa Bay Lightning Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	B. PointBrayden Point	A. CirelliAnthony Cirelli	Z. GirgensonsZemgus Girgensons J. Harkins Lightning's Jansen Harkins: Tallies twice in preseason loss Jansen Harkins Lightning's Jansen Harkins: Tallies twice in preseason loss D. James Lightning's Dominic James: Placed on non-roster injured reserve Hand: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 13 Dominic James Lightning's Dominic James: Placed on non-roster injured reserve Hand: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 13 Y. Gourde Lightning's Yanni Gourde: Lands on non-roster list Hip: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 2 Yanni Gourde Lightning's Yanni Gourde: Lands on non-roster list Hip: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 2
Left Wing	I. MikheyevIlya Mikheyev	B. HagelBrandon Hagel	J. VielJeffrey Viel G. GoncalvesGage Goncalves
Right Wing	N. Kucherov Lightning's Nikita Kucherov: Closing in on franchise record Nikita Kucherov Lightning's Nikita Kucherov: Closing in on franchise record	J. GuentzelJake Guentzel	P. HolmbergPontus Holmberg C. GeekieConor Geekie S. SabourinScott Sabourin
Left Defenseman	J. MoserJanis Moser	R. McDonaghRyan McDonagh	V. HedmanVictor Hedman E. Martinsen LillebergEmil Martinsen Lilleberg
Right Defenseman	J. CarlsonJohn Carlson	E. CernakErik Cernak	C. D'AstousCharle-Edouard D'Astous M. CrozierMaxwell Crozier
Goalie	A. Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Team provides no support in loss Andrei Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Team provides no support in loss	D. Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Comes out on top in preseason shootout Dennis Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Comes out on top in preseason shootout	—