TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have assigned forward Jack Finley to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League on a conditioning stint, Vice President and General Manager Julien BriseBois announced today.

The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the New Jersey Devils on December 11, 2025. The game starts at 7:00 PM ET and will be broadcast on ESPN+ and Fubo. Both teams are looking to improve their Eastern Conference standings.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nick Paul, Darren Raddysh and Pontus Holmberg each scored in the opening eight minutes to chase Jacob Markstrom, and the injury-depleted Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the New Jersey Devils 8-4 on Thursday night.

Tampa Bay’s recent setbacks all have been close, including Saturday’s game, which was scoreless for the first 52 minutes.

After a short 2 game road trip, the Devils head back to New Jersey for game 1 of a 3 game home stand.

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning, on a four-game losing streak, take on the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal has a 15-10-3 record overall and a 5-3-0 record in Atlantic Division play. The Canadiens have committed 125 total penalties (4.5 per game) to rank fifth in the league.

The Devils, fresh off snapping a brutal five-game losing streak, ran into a buzzsaw tonight at the Prudential Center, absorbing a tough 8-4 loss against the scorching-hot Tampa Bay Lightning.

New Jersey will welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Prudential Center Thursday night. Puck drop is 7:08 p.m. ET. Read below for your game preview presented by Cuttler Produce and check back for the pre-game story.