Tampa Bay Lightning Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	A. CirelliAnthony Cirelli	B. PointBrayden Point	Z. Girgensons Lightning's Zemgus Girgensons: Sweet snipe for hitter Zemgus Girgensons Lightning's Zemgus Girgensons: Sweet snipe for hitter D. James Lightning's Dominic James: Helper in season debut Dominic James Lightning's Dominic James: Helper in season debut Y. Gourde Hip: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 2 Yanni Gourde Hip: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 2
Left Wing	B. Hagel Lightning's Brandon Hagel: Five goals in past three games Brandon Hagel Lightning's Brandon Hagel: Five goals in past three games	J. GuentzelJake Guentzel	I. Mikheyev Lightning's Ilya Mikheyev: Steals puck and scores sweet goal Ilya Mikheyev Lightning's Ilya Mikheyev: Steals puck and scores sweet goal C. GeekieConor Geekie
Right Wing	N. KucherovNikita Kucherov	G. GoncalvesGage Goncalves	P. HolmbergPontus Holmberg J. VielJeffrey Viel S. SabourinScott Sabourin
Left Defenseman	J. MoserJanis Moser	R. McDonaghRyan McDonagh	V. Hedman Lightning's Victor Hedman: First goal since February Victor Hedman Lightning's Victor Hedman: First goal since February C. D'AstousCharle-Edouard D'Astous
Right Defenseman	J. CarlsonJohn Carlson	E. CernakErik Cernak	M. CrozierMaxwell Crozier E. Martinsen LillebergEmil Martinsen Lilleberg
Goalie	A. Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Backstops overtime win Andrei Vasilevskiy Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Backstops overtime win	D. Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Slated for return Dennis Hildeby Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Slated for return	—