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Anthony Cirelli - Fills empty cage Cirelli scored an empty-net goal on two shots in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Avalanche.

Impact Cirelli has three goals and three assists over his last seven outings. The 28-year-old center is up to 12 goals, 25 points, 73 shots on net and a plus-22 rating through 38 appearances this season. He's close to the pace needed to earn his second straight 50-point campaign, and he should also top the 20-goal mark if he can stay healthy and productive.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

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JANUARY 7 • YOUTUBE

Zemgus Girgensons - Gets first goal in 19 games Girgensons scored a goal Tuesday in a 4-2 win over Colorado.

Impact It was his first goal in 19 games. Girgensons has just six goals, two assists and 98 hits in 35 games. He leads the Bolts in hits and has put up hits in all but one of those games. Girgensons plays an important on-ice role in the Bolts' bottom six, but his fantasy value is limited.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Lightning rally past Avalanche, win 8th in row | NHL.com Hagel breaks tie in 3rd period, Kucherov runs point streak to 8 for Tampa Bay

JANUARY 7 • NHL.COM

Jake Guentzel - Three-game, five-point streak Guentzel scored a power-play goal in a 4-2 win over Colorado on Tuesday.

Impact Guentzel is on a three-game, five-point scoring streak (one goal, four assists), and he has put up a power-play point in each of those games (one goal, two assists). He sits second in team scoring with 44 points (19 goals, 25 assists) in 42 games, which puts him on pace for a potential 86-point season. That would be a career mark for Guentzel, whose best year came in Pittsburgh in 2021-22.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Darren Raddysh - Among NHL's top scoring defenders Raddysh had two assists in a 4-2 win over the Avalanche on Tuesday.

Impact Raddysh has put up four straight multi-point games (four goals, five assists), and he has 13 shots and a plus-6 rating in that span. He has put up 36 points in as many games in hiis pinch-me-I'm-dreaming season. That's enough to put Raddysh in a tie with Miro Heiskanen for fifth overall from the blue line. His 12 goals put him in a three-way tie with Cale Makar and Matthew Schaefer for third overall. There's no-one who would have predicted this output from the 29-year-old undrafted defender, but he has stepped up large in the absence of Victor Hedman (elbow), who will be out until at least February.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Andrei Vasilevskiy - Six-game winning streak Vasilevskiy made 31 saves in a 4-2 Tuesday over Colorado.

Impact It was a tight contest until the mid-point of the third when the Bolts scored the go-ahead goal. Vasilevskiy has won six straight starts and has a .903 save percentage. His 17 wins are second-most in the NHL behind Scott Wedgewood and Karel Vejmelka, both of whom have 18.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Brandon Hagel - Streak at four games, seven points Hagel scored a goal and added an assist in a 4-2 win over Colorado on Tuesday.

Impact Hagel put the Bolts ahead at 8:31 of the third period with a sweet one-timer; the goal stood as the game winner. He's riding a four-game, seven-point streak with two goals and five assists on 13 shots. Hagel has five game-winning goals, which puts him in a multi-player tie for second in the NHL. Overall, he has 20 goals, 18 assists, five game-winning goals, 109 shots and a plus-22 rating.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Nikita Kucherov - First star of week again Kucherov put up two assists in a 4-2 victory over the Avalanche on Tuesday.

Impact The points extended Kucherov's streak to eight games (19 points; seven goals, 12 assists) and his multipoint streak to seven. His streak has helped propel the Lightning to eight consecutive wins. On Monday, Kucherov earned the NHL's First Star for the second consecutive week (week ending Jan. 4) and is already off to a running start on a potential third honor.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Brandon Hagel scores winner as Lightning beat Avalanche 4-2

Brandon Hagel snapped a third-period tie with his 20th goal of the season to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to their eighth consecutive win with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Avala...

JANUARY 7 • Associated Press

Lightning celebrates Cooper's 1,000th NHL game with special pregame ceremony | NHL.com Head coach joined by family on ice, presented with silver stick

JANUARY 7 • NHL.COM

Andrei Vasilevskiy - Tending twine versus Avalanche Vasilevskiy will guard the home goal versus the Avalanche on Tuesday, Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com reports.

Impact Vasilevskiy has won his last five outings despite an .893 save percentage in that span. The 31-year-old will have a big challenge ahead against the league-leading Avalanche. Colorado comes into this game after just its third regulation loss of the season -- the team has scored 23 goals over the last six games.

JANUARY 6 • ROTOWIRE

Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning odds, picks and predictions The Colorado Avalanche face the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m....

JANUARY 6 • NEWS-JOURNALONLINE.COM

Simon Lundmark - Called up from minors Lundmark was recalled from AHL Syracuse on Tuesday.

Impact Lundmark's figures to serve as an emergency depth option for the Bolts ahead of Tuesday's matchup with the Avalanche. With the 25-year-old Swede's promotion to the NHL roster, fantasy managers can likely expect Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed) to remain on injured reserve. If Lundmark were to get into a game for Tampa, it would mark his NHL debut.

JANUARY 6 • ROTOWIRE

Avalanche vs. Lightning Prediction: Odds, Picks, Best Bets - Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - Bleacher Nation The Colorado Avalanche are slight favorites (-118) against the Tampa Bay Lightning (-102) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET, at Benchmark Internationa...

JANUARY 6 • BLEACHERNATION.COM

Avalanche vs. Lightning NHL Best Bets, Odds, Prediction and Pick – Jan. 6 - Bleacher Nation The Colorado Avalanche meet the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET, and we have best bets suggesti...

JANUARY 6 • BLEACHERNATION.COM

NHL-leading Avalanche, red-hot Lightning brace for midseason showdown | NHL.com MacKinnon, Makar roll into Tampa to face Kucherov, Cirelli

JANUARY 6 • NHL.COM

Avalanche vs. Lightning Prediction, Odds, Picks - Jan. 6

Preview the Jan. 6 matchup between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning with betting odds over/under, game spread, moneyline, pred...

JANUARY 5 • Data Skrive

Avalanche vs. Lightning Prediction, Odds, Picks - Jan. 6

Maxim Groshev - Dropped to minors Groshev was demoted to AHL Syracuse on Monday.

Impact Groshev has been a healthy scratch for seven of his eight games on the NHL roster, tallying an assist in his lone appearance for the Bolts this year. While the team could bring another defenseman up from the minors ahead of Tuesday's clash with Colorado, the decision to reassign Groshev could be an indication that Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed) is close to returning.

JANUARY 5 • ROTOWIRE

Lightning host the Avalanche after Raddysh's hat trick

The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Colorado Avalanche after Darren Raddysh's hat trick against the San Jose Sharks in the Lightning's 7-3 win

JANUARY 5 • Associated Press

NHL EDGE stats behind Raddysh's breakout season for Lightning | NHL.com Defenseman had highest combined shot speed on hat trick in tracking era, thriving in Hedman’s absence

JANUARY 4 • NHL.COM

Postgame Media vs SJS | Point, Raddysh, Cooper

JANUARY 4 • YOUTUBE

Andrei Vasilevskiy - Cementing spot among NHL's best Vasilevskiy made 19 saves in a 7-3 win over the Sharks on Saturday.

Impact The game was never in doubt -- the Bolts were up 3-0 by the 6:46 mark of the first period. Pavol Regenda was Vasilevskiy's kryptonite, though -- the 26-year-old journeyman winger with 23 career NHL games scored all of the San Jose goals. It was his first career hattie. The talented netminder is on a 5-0-0 run, and he is on a personal 16-4-0 run since Oct. 26. Vasilevskiy has been excellent since he got his skates under him following a 0-3-2 run with 17 goals allowed to start the season. Overall, Vasy's 2.36 GAA and .912 save percentage are both sixth among NHL netminders with at least 16 appearances.

JANUARY 4 • ROTOWIRE

Jake Guentzel - Four assists in last two games Guentzel put up two assists in a 7-3 victory over San Jose on Saturday.

Impact Guentzel has four assists in his last two games. He has 15 points, including 11 assists, in his last 12 games. Seven of those points (one goal, six assists) have come with the man advantage. Guentzel has 18 goals, 25 assists, 15 power-play points and 106 shots in 41 games so far, and he's on pace for his second-straight 80-plus point seasons.

JANUARY 4 • ROTOWIRE

Oliver Bjorkstrand - Four assists in last four games Bjorkstrand picked up two assists in a 7-3 win over the Sharks on Saturday.

Impact He had three shots. Bjorkstrand has two, two-assist games in his last four outings, but he's simply not doing enough to warrant fantasy consideration. He has struggled in Tampa Bay, and he has just 20 points, including 14 helpers, in 41 games. He's on their fourth line. Fantasy managers had high hopes for Bjorkstrand this season after he delivered 59 points in 2023-24 and four consecutive 20-plus goal seasons (six in his last seven years).

JANUARY 4 • ROTOWIRE

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