Hedman (personal) was activated from long-term injured reserve Tuesday, per the NHL media site. Hedman missed the final 15 games of the 2025-26 regular season and all seven of Tampa Bay's playoff outings. He stepped away from the Lightning to focus on his mental health, but he was back skating with his teammates during the postseason.
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| CENTERS | Shoots | HT | WT | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthony Cirelli 71
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L | 6'1" | 193 | 28 |
Curtis Douglas 42
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L | 6'9" | 242 | 25 |
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Jack Finley 62
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R | 6'6" | 227 | 23 |
Zemgus Girgensons 28
|
L | 6'3" | 197 | 32 |
Gage Goncalves 93
|
L | 6'1" | 189 | 24 |
Yanni Gourde 37
|
L | 5'9" | 173 | 34 |
Jake Guentzel 59
|
L | 5'11" | 176 | 31 |
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Dominic James 17
|
L | 6'0" | 190 | 23 |
Brayden Point 21
|
R | 5'11" | 177 | 29 |
| LEFT WINGS | Shoots | HT | WT | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brandon Hagel 38
|
L | 6'2" | 186 | 27 |
Nick Paul 20
|
L | 6'4" | 234 | 30 |
| RIGHT WINGS | Shoots | HT | WT | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oliver Bjorkstrand 22
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R | 6'0" | 175 | 30 |
Pontus Holmberg 29
|
L | 6'0" | 201 | 26 |
Nikita Kucherov 86
|
L | 6'0" | 173 | 32 |
Scott Sabourin 46
IR
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R | 6'3" | 205 | 33 |
| DEFENSE | Shoots | HT | WT | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Declan Carlile 67
|
L | 6'3" | 190 | 25 |
Erik Cernak 81
IR
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R | 6'4" | 230 | 28 |
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Max Crozier 24
|
R | 6'3" | 204 | 25 |
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Charle-Edouard D'Astous 51
|
L | 6'2" | 211 | 27 |
Victor Hedman 77
IR
|
L | 6'7" | 244 | 35 |
|
Emil Lilleberg 78
IR
|
L | 6'3" | 215 | 24 |
Simon Lundmark 7
|
R | 6'2" | 190 | 25 |
Ryan McDonagh 27
IR
|
L | 6'1" | 216 | 36 |
J.J. Moser 90
|
L | 6'2" | 183 | 25 |
Darren Raddysh 43
|
R | 6'1" | 202 | 29 |
| GOALIES | Shoots | HT | WT | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonas Johansson 31
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L | 6'5" | 220 | 30 |
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Kyle Konin 30
|
L | 6'0" | 185 | 27 |
Andrei Vasilevskiy 88
|
L | 6'4" | 223 | 31 |
Hedman (personal) was activated from long-term injured reserve Tuesday, per the NHL media site. Hedman missed the final 15 games of the 2025-26 regular season and all seven of Tampa Bay's playoff outings. He stepped away from the Lightning to focus on his mental health, but he was back skating with his teammates during the postseason.
Holmberg sustained a fractured clavicle against Buffalo on April 6, per Evan Closky of 10 Tampa Bay News on Tuesday. While an exact timeline for Holmberg's return never materialized, this type of injury can take 6-12 weeks to recover from. He has plenty of time to heal now that Tampa Bay has been eliminated from the playoffs, and he should be available for training camp in the fall. Holmberg had 11 goals, 22 points, 90 shots on net and 66 hits across 70 appearances during the 2025-26 regular season.
D'Astous notched a power-play assist and two hits in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Canadiens in Game 7. D'Astous missed Games 2-5 in the first round due to an undisclosed injury. The 28-year-old went from a relative unknown to a staple in the Lightning's lineup this year, logging 29 points, 80 shots on net, 96 hits, 74 blocked shots and 112 PIM over 70 regular-season outings. D'Astous signed a one-year contract extension in January, so expect him to be in the Opening Night lineup to begin 2026-27.
James scored a power-play goal on four shots and added two hits in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Canadiens in Game 7. James ended the playoffs on a three-game point streak (two goals, one assist). The 23-year-old added 12 shots on net, 10 hits and a minus-4 rating over seven postseason contests. James put up 15 points across 43 regular-season outings and should be in the mix for bottom-six minutes heading into 2026-27.
Vasilevskiy stopped just seven of nine shots in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Canadiens in Game 7. Tampa Bay dominated play and out-shot Montreal 29-9 in the game, but Vasilevskiy got beat twice on shots he had almost no chance at -- one a Nick Suzuki redirection in the first period, and the second in the final frame when Alex Newhook batted the puck out of midair on his backhand from an almost impossible angle and had it deflect home off the netminder's leg. Vasilevskiy will head home and await the results of the Vezina voting after posting a 2.18 GAA and .897 save percentage over seven playoff games, following a regular season in which he had a 39-15-4 record with a 2.31 GAA and .911 save percentage over 58 outings.
Vasilevskiy is expected to patrol the home crease in Game 7 against Montreal on Sunday, per Sports TV host Julie Stewart-Binks. Vasilevskiy is coming off a 30-save shutout in Friday's 1-0 overtime win over the Canadiens in Game 6. He has surrendered 14 goals on 147 shots en route to a 3-3 record this postseason. The winner of Sunday's matchup between Tampa Bay and Montreal will visit Buffalo on Wednesday in Game 1 of the second round of the playoffs.
Goncalves scored the overtime winner Friday in the Lightning's 1-0 victory over the Canadiens in Game 6 of their first-round series. The 25-year-old winger scored the greasiest of goals midway through the first extra period, camping out in front of Jakub Dobes and banging home his own rebound after Dominic James shoveled the puck into the crease. It was Goncalves' first goal and second point of the postseason, and the bottom-six grinder's heroics kept the Lightning's campaign alive and forced a Game 7 on Sunday.
Vasilevskiy made 30 saves Friday in the Lightning's 1-0 overtime win over the Canadiens in Game 6 of their first-round series. The Vezina Trophy finalist simply refused to let Tampa Bay's season end, producing his eighth career playoff shutout and first of this postseason in a dazzling performance. Through six games in the series against the Habs -- four of which have gone to overtime -- Vasilevskiy sports a 2.20 GAA and .905 save percentage, and he may need to come up big again in Game 7 on Sunday if the Bolts are going to get through to the second round.