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Lightning announce opening night roster

Lightning fans will be able to catch the defending Stanley Cup champs kick off their season Tuesday night in Amalie Arena.

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FILE - In this July 7, 2021, file photo, the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate their series win over the Montreal Canadiens to clinch the Stanley Cup in Game 5 of the NHL hockey finals in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

TAMPA, Fla. — Can Champa Bay go back-to-back-to-back?

That question won't be answered any time soon. But Lightning fans will have a chance to see what their defending Stanley Cup champs have in store this year when the team kicks off the season Tuesday night in Amalie Arena.

Heading into their season opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team announced their roster would include 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders.

Those include:

Forwards

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Anthony Cirelli
Ross Colton
Mathieu Joseph
Boris Katchouk
Alex Killorn
Nikita Kucherov
Pat Maroon
Ondrej Palat
Corey Perry
Brayden Point
Taylor Raddysh
Gemel Smith
Steven Stamkos

Defenseman

Zach Bogosian
Erik Cernak
Cal Foote
Victor Hedman
Ryan McDonagh
Jan
Rutta
Mikhail
Sergachev

Goaltenders

Brian Elliott
Andrei Vasilevskiy

The puck drop for the start of the 2021-2022 season is 7 p.m.