2020–21 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2020–21 Tampa Bay Lightning season is the 29th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991.[1] The Lightning entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions. In a joint announcement from the NHL and NHLPA on October 6, 2020, a target date of January 1, 2021 was set for the start of the season.[2] It was reported December 18, 2020 that the two parties had tentatively agreed to a 56-game season scheduled to begin on January 13, 2021.[3]

2020–21 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	1st Central
2020–21 record	7–1–1
Home record	6–0–0
Road record	1–1–1
Goals for	32
Goals against	18
Team information
General manager	Julien BriseBois
Coach	Jon Cooper
Captain	Steven Stamkos
Alternate captains	Victor Hedman Ryan McDonagh
Arena	Amalie Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Ondrej Palat Brayden Point Steven Stamkos (4)
Assists	Victor Hedman (7)
Points	Victor Hedman Brayden Point Steven Stamkos (10)
Penalty minutes	Patrick Maroon (17)
Plus/minus	Callan Foote Mikhail Sergachev (+7)
Wins	Andrei Vasilevskiy (7)
Goals against average	Andrei Vasilevskiy (1.88)

Because the COVID-19 pandemic was still ongoing prior to the season, as part of the league's return to play protocols, the divisions were realigned and the Lightning were put into the Central Division. This new configuration retained Chicago, Dallas, and Nashville, while it added Detroit and Florida from the Atlantic Division, as well as Carolina and Columbus from the Metropolitan Division. The regular season schedule was announced on December 23, 2020. Opponents in each game during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs are from within the new division.[4]

Off-season

September

The Lightning's off-season began after the team captured its second Stanley Cup in franchise history in a 4–2 series win over the Dallas Stars.[5]

October

On October 7, 2020, the Lightning re-signed forwards Mitchell Stephens and Gemel Smith to contract extensions. Stepehens was signed to a two-year extension after being part of the 2020 Stanley Cup championship roster. Smith signed a one-year deal after appearing in 3 regular season games for the Lightning and spending the majority of the season with the Syracuse Crunch.[6]

At the 2020 NHL Entry Draft the Lightning selected Jack Finley, Gage Goncalves, Maxim Groshev, Jack Thompson, Eamon Powell, Jaydon Dureau, Nick Capone, Amir Miftakhov and Declan McDonnell.[7]

Later in the evening the Lightning announced that it had issued qualifying offers to Anthony Cirelli, Erik Cernak, Ross Colton, Mathieu Joseph, Dominik Masin, Mikhail Sergachev, Ben Thomas and Alex Volkov. The team did not issue qualifying offers to Devante Stephens, Carter Verhaeghe and Dennis Yan.[8]

On October 9, 2020, the Lightning placed Tyler Johnson on waivers after being unable to trade him prior to free agency. Johnson has a $5 million cap hit with 4-years remaining on his current contract with the Lightning.[9] Johnson cleared waivers the following day after going unclaimed by another team.[10]

That same day the Lightning announced that it had signed forward Patrick Maroon to a two-year contract extension. Maroon skated in all of the Lightning's playoff games on their way to winning their second Stanley Cup in Franchise history.[11]

Around the same time Lightning re-signed defenseman Luke Schenn to a one-year contract extension. Scheen appeared in 25 regular season games and 11 playoff games during the Lightning's championship run. Schenn's contract will count only $800k against the salary cap.[12]

The Lightning also made a series of depth signings that day. The Lightning signed defenseman Andreas Borgman and goaltender and Christopher Gibson.[13] The Lightning also re-signed Spencer Martin to a one-year contract extension.[14] Martin had spent the previous season with the Lightning's AHL affiliate the Syracuse Crunch. Borgman played in 53 games this past season for the San Antonio Rampage. Gibson appeared in net in 25 games for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers this past season.

On October 12, 2020, the Lightning announced the re-signing of defensemen prospect Ben Thomas. Thomas has been with the Syracuse Crunch for the past 4-seasons where he has appeared in over 200 career games. Thomas was originally drafted by Lightning in the 4th-round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.[15]

On October 14, 2020, the Lightning announced that it had re-signed forward prospect Ross Colton. Colton had spent the last 2-years playing in the AHL for the Syracuse Crunch. Colton was drafted by the Lightning in the 4th-round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.[16]

On October 23, 2020, it was announced that assistant coach Todd Richards was leaving the Lightning to take an assistant coaching job with the Nashville Predators. Richards spent the past four seasons with the Lightning and helped the team capture its second Stanley Cup.[17]

November

On November 25, 2020, the Lightning announced the re-signing of defenseman Mikhail Sergachev to a three-year contract extension. The contract carries a $4.8 million cap hit. Since coming over to the Lightning via trade, Sergachev has produced three straight seasons of 30+ points and helped the franchise to its second Stanley Cup.[18]

December

On December 7, 2020, the Lightning announced the hiring of assistant coach Rob Zettler. Zettler was previously an assistant of Lightning head coach Jon Cooper when he was the head coach of the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League. Zettler took over as head coach of the Crunch after Cooper was promoted to be the Lightning's bench boss. Zettler was released by the team after three seasons. Zettler went on to spend 2 seasons as an assistant coach with the San Jose Sharks and a season of prospect coaching for Adam Oates and the Oates Sports Group. Zettler will fill in the vacancy left by the departure of Todd Richards. Richards worked with the Lightning defensemen and handled the team's penalty kill.[19][20]

On December 12, 2020, the Lightning announced the signing of 2020 NHL draft pick, Jack Finley. Finley has spent the past three seasons with the Spokane Chiefs where he has skated in 131 career games. In those games he recorded 28 goals and 77 points.[21]

On December 13, 2020, the Lightning announced the signing of another 2020 NHL draft pick. The Lightning signed center Gage Goncalves to a three-year entry level contract. Goncalves was originally an undrafted camp invite by the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League before being drafted by the Lightning. Gonclaves has appeared in 128 career games, recording 34 goals, 52 assists and 86 points.[22]

On December 22, 2020, the Lightning announced the re-signing of defenseman Erik Cernak to a three-year contract extension. Cernak played in 67 games last season and lead the team in hits (172). In the Lightning's championship run, Cernak appeared in all 25 games, which he averaged over 20 minutes of ice time per game. That was the fourth highest among the Lightning's defensemen.[23]

On December 23, 2020, the Lightning announced the re-signing of forwards Mathieu Joseph and Alexander Volkov. Joseph was signed to a two-year extension and Volkov was signed to a one-year extension. Both forwards split the season between the Lightning and their AHL affiliate. Joseph played in 37 regular season games with the Lightning, scoring 4 goals and 3 assists. Volkov appeared in 9 regular season games, recording 1 assist. Volkov also drew into the Lightning's cup clinching game win over the Dallas Stars.[24]

The Lightning also announced the re-signing of defenseman Jan Rutta to a two-year extension. Rutta played in 33 regular season games, recording a goal and six assists. Rutta also plated in 6 playoffs, recording a lone assist during the Lightning's cup run. Rutta was originally acquired by the Lightning via trade from the Chicago Blackhawks in 2019.[25]

On December 24, 2020, the Lightning announced the re-signing of forward Anthony Cirelli to a 3-year contract extension. Cirelli had 16 goals and 28 assists over 68 games in the regular season. Cirelli picked up 6 assists in the Lightning's 25-playoff games.[26] Along with winning the Stanley Cup, Cirelli finished the past season 4th in Selke Trophy voting. The Selke is awarded to the best defensive forward in the NHL.[27]

On December 27, 2020, the Lightning announced that it had traded Braydon Coburn, Cedric Paquette and their 2021 2nd-round pick to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Anders Nilsson and Marian Gaborik. Both Nilsson and Gaborik will be placed on long term injured reserve for additional salary cap space to allow the Lightning to become cap compliant for the upcoming season.[28]

Training camp

January

On January 1, 2021, the Lightning announced its training camp roster for the 2020-2021 season. The roster consists of 25 forwards, 14 defensemen and 4 goaltenders.[29] The notable absence from this group is forward Nikita Kucherov. Kucherov will miss at least all of the regular season after having hip surgery. The team remains optimistic that he will be able to return to action in the playoffs.[30]

The forward group consists of Alex Barre-Boulet, Anthony Cirelli, Ross Colton, Blake Coleman, Jack Finley, Gage Goncalves, Barclay Goodrow, Yanni Gourde, Jimmy Huntington, Tyler Johnson, Mathieu Joseph, Boris Katchouk, Alex Killorn, Ryan Lohin, Patrick Maroon, Christoval Nieves, Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point, Taylor Raddysh, Gemel Smith, Steven Stamkos, Mitchell Stephens, Alexander Volkov and Daniel Walcott.

The defensemen group consists of Andreas Borgman, Erik Cernak, Sean Day, Cal Foote, Alex Green, Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh Jan Rutta, Luke Schenn, Dmitry Semykin, Mikhail Sergachev, Devante Stephens, Ben Thomas and Luke Witkowski.

The goaltending group consists of Christopher Gibson, Spencer Martin, Curtis McElhinney and Andrei Vasilevskiy.

On January 8, 2021, the Lightning announced its first roster cuts for the upcoming season. The team assigned Ryan Lohin and Devante Stephens to Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL. There were 41-players remaining after the first round of roster cuts.[31][32]

On January 11, 2021, the Lightning announced the final round of roster moves for the start of the season. The Lightning assigned Alex Barre-Boulet, Ross Colton, Sean Day, Jack Finley, Gage Goncalves, Alex Green, Jimmy Huntington, Boris Katchouk, Taylor Raddysh and Dmitry Semykin to the Syracuse Crunch. The Lightning placed Spencer Martin, Daniel Walcott and Luke Witkowski on waivers for purposes of assignment to Syracuse.[33]

The Lightning also announced that it had placed Andreas Borgman, Christopher Gibson, Tyler Johnson, Luke Schenn, Gemel Smith and Ben Thomas.[33][34] If the players clear waivers they are likely destined for the team's taxi squad. The taxi squad was created for the coming season as a result of the complexities of the COVID-19 virus.[35]

The following day all the players that were placed on waivers pervious day had cleared without being claimed by another team. Those not destined for Syracuse were set to be assigned to the taxi squad on opening night the following day.[36]

Latter that day the Lightning also announced that it had signed forward Boo Nieves to a one-year contract after joining the team on a PTO contract for training camp. Nieves had previously played in the New York Rangers system for the past 4-seasons. It remains to be seen if the team will use Nieves on its taxi squad or if he will be assigned to Syracuse at a later date.[37][38]

With the completion of these moves the team set up its opening night roster. The forward group consists of Anthony Cirelli, Blake Coleman, Barclay Goodrow, Yanni Gourde, Mathieu Joseph, Alex Killorn, Patrick Maroon, Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Mitchell Stephens and Alexander Volkov. The defensemen group consists of Erik Cernak, Cal Foote, Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh, Jan Rutta and Mikhail Sergachev. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Curtis McElhinney round out the roster in net.[39]

The taxi squad roster consists of Tyler Johnson (C), Gemel Smith (C), Luke Schenn (RD), Andreas Borgman (LD), Ben Thomas (RD) and Christopher Gibson (G).[39] Lightning General Manager Julien BriseBois stated that Johnson would be added to the active roster after the first game due to cap reasons.[40] It remains to be seen what the team will do with Boo Nieves. Due to the timing of the signing Nieves is unable to be assigned to taxi squad until after the first game.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tampa Bay Lightning	9	7	1	1	6	32	18	+14	15
2	Florida Panthers	8	6	0	2	3	29	23	+6	14
3	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	5	4	3	4	31	37	−6	13
4	Carolina Hurricanes	8	6	2	0	3	26	19	+7	12
5	Chicago Blackhawks	12	4	4	4	4	35	39	−4	12
6	Dallas Stars	8	5	2	1	4	32	21	+11	11
7	Nashville Predators	11	5	6	0	2	29	36	−7	10
8	Detroit Red Wings	12	2	8	2	1	22	43	−21	6

Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[41]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

2020–21 Regular season game log
January: 4–1–1, 9 Points (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 January 13 Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena Held without fans 1–0–0 2 [42] 2 January 15 Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena Held without fans 2–0–0 4 [43] — January 17 Dallas Stars Postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests of Dallas Stars players and staff. Makeup date: May 4.[44][45] — January 19 Dallas Stars Postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests of Dallas Stars players and staff. Makeup date: May 10.[45] 3 January 21 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 OT Vasilevskiy Nationwide Arena Held without fans 3–0–0 6 [46] 4 January 23 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 2–5 Vasilevskiy Nationwide Arena Held without fans 3–1–0 6 [47] — January 26 @ Carolina Hurricanes Postponed due to multiple Carolina Hurricanes players placed in COVID-19 protocol. Makeup date: February 22.[48] 5 January 28 @ Carolina Hurricanes 0–1 OT Vasilevskiy PNC Arena Held without fans 3–1–1 7 [49] 6 January 30 Nashville Predators 4–3 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena Held without fans 4–1–1 9 [50]
February: 3–0–0, 6 Points (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 7 February 1 Nashville Predators 5–2 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena Held without fans 5–1–1 11 [51] 8 February 3 Detroit Red Wings 5–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena Held without fans 6–1–1 13 [52] 9 February 5 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Vasilevskiy Amalie Arena Held without fans 7–1–1 15 [53] 10 February 8 @ Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 11 February 9 @ Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 12 February 11 @ Florida Panthers BB&T Center 13 February 13 @ Florida Panthers BB&T Center 14 February 15 Florida Panthers Amalie Arena 15 February 18 @ Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 16 February 20 @ Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 17 February 22 @ Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 18 February 24 Carolina Hurricanes Amalie Arena 19 February 25 Carolina Hurricanes Amalie Arena 20 February 27 Dallas Stars Amalie Arena
March Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 21 March 1 Dallas Stars Amalie Arena 22 March 4 @ Chicago Blackhawks United Center 23 March 5 @ Chicago Blackhawks United Center 24 March 7 @ Chicago Blackhawks United Center 25 March 9 @ Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 26 March 11 @ Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 27 March 13 Nashville Predators Amalie Arena 28 March 15 Nashville Predators Amalie Arena 29 March 16 Florida Panthers Amalie Arena 30 March 18 Chicago Blackhawks Amalie Arena 31 March 20 Chicago Blackhawks Amalie Arena 32 March 23 @ Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 33 March 25 @ Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 34 March 27 @ Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 35 March 28 @ Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 36 March 30 Columbus Blue Jackets Amalie Arena
April Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 37 April 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Amalie Arena 38 April 3 Detroit Red Wings Amalie Arena 39 April 4 Detroit Red Wings Amalie Arena 40 April 6 @ Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 April 8 @ Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 42 April 10 @ Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 43 April 12 @ Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 44 April 15 Florida Panthers Amalie Arena 45 April 17 Florida Panthers Amalie Arena 46 April 19 Carolina Hurricanes Amalie Arena 47 April 20 Carolina Hurricanes Amalie Arena 48 April 22 Columbus Blue Jackets Amalie Arena 49 April 25 Columbus Blue Jackets Amalie Arena 50 April 27 @ Chicago Blackhawks United Center
May Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 May 1 @ Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 52 May 2 @ Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 53 May 4 Dallas Stars Amalie Arena 54 May 6 @ Florida Panthers BB&T Center 55 May 8 @ Florida Panthers BB&T Center 56 May 10 Dallas Stars Amalie Arena
Lightning score listed first;   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Player stats

February 3, 2021[54]

Skaters

Regular season[55] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Brayden Point 9 4 6 10 5 2 Steven Stamkos 9 4 6 10 3 4 Victor Hedman 9 3 7 10 2 4 Anthony Cirelli 9 2 6 8 6 2 Barclay Goodrow 9 2 4 6 6 6 Alex Killorn 9 2 5 7 5 6 Ondrej Palat 9 4 2 6 2 4 Mikhail Sergachev 9 0 5 5 7 8 Yanni Gourde 9 3 2 5 4 5 Blake Coleman 8 2 3 5 5 4 Ryan McDonagh 9 1 3 4 3 4 Tyler Johnson 8 1 3 4 1 0 Mathieu Joseph 9 2 1 3 2 2 Jan Rutta 9 0 2 2 2 8 Cal Foote 7 1 0 1 7 0 Patrick Maroon 9 1 0 1 1 17 Erik Cernak 7 0 1 1 5 4 Luke Schenn 7 0 1 1 -2 7 Alexander Volkov 4 0 1 1 -1 0 Mitchell Stephens 4 0 1 1 -2 0 Goaltenders Regular season[56] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Andrei Vasilevskiy 9 9 541 7 1 1 17 1.88 248 .931 0 0 0 0 Curtis McElhinney – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Tampa Bay. Stats reflect time with Tampa Bay only. ^‡Traded from Tampa Bay mid-season. Bold/italics denotes franchise record Players and personnel Current roster Updated January 31, 2021[57][58] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 5 Andreas Borgman D L 25 2020 Stockholm, Sweden 81 Erik Cernak D R 23 2017 Košice, Slovakia 71 Anthony Cirelli C L 23 2015 Woodbridge, Ontario 20 Blake Coleman C L 29 2020 Plano, Texas 52 Callan Foote D R 22 2017 Englewood, Colorado 12 Marian Gaborik  LW L 38 2020 Trenčin, Czechoslovakia 33 Christopher Gibson G L 28 2020 Karkkila, Finland 19 Barclay Goodrow C/RW L 27 2020 Toronto, Ontario 37 Yanni Gourde LW L 29 2014 Saint-Narcisse, Quebec 77 Victor Hedman (A) D L 30 2009 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 9 Tyler Johnson C R 30 2011 Spokane, Washington 7 Mathieu Joseph RW L 23 2017 Laval, Quebec 17 Alex Killorn C L 31 2007 Halifax, Nova Scotia 86 Nikita Kucherov  RW L 27 2011 Maykop, Russia 14 Patrick Maroon LW L 32 2019 St. Louis, Missouri 27 Ryan McDonagh (A) D L 31 2018 St. Paul, Minnesota 35 Curtis McElhinney G L 37 2019 London, Ontario 30 Spencer Martin G L 25 2019 Oakville, Ontario 31 Anders Nilsson  G L 30 2020 Luleå, Sweden 18 Ondrej Palat LW L 29 2011 Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia 21 Brayden Point C R 24 2014 Calgary, Alberta 44 Jan Rutta D R 30 2019 Písek, Czechoslovakia 2 Luke Schenn D R 31 2019 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 98 Mikhail Sergachev D L 22 2017 Nizhnekamsk, Russia 46 Gemel Smith C L 26 2019 Toronto, Ontario 91 Steven Stamkos (C) C/RW R 30 2008 Markham, Ontario 67 Mitchell Stephens  C R 24 2015 Peterborough, Ontario 88 Andrei Vasilevskiy G L 26 2012 Tyumen, Russia 92 Alexander Volkov LW L 23 2017 Moscow, Russia Awards and honours Awards Regular season Player Award Awarded Steven Stamkos NHL Third Star of the Week[59] January 18, 2021 Milestones Regular season Player Milestone Reached Cal Foote 1st career NHL game January 13, 2021 Ryan McDonagh 300th career NHL point January 21, 2021 Ondrej Palat 500th career NHL game January 23, 2021 Brayden Point 300th career NHL game January 28, 2021 Cal Foote 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point January 30, 2021 Anthony Cirelli 100th career NHL point January 30, 2021 Blake Coleman 100th career NHL point February 3, 2021 Transactions The Lightning have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season. Trades Date Details Ref October 7, 2020 To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021 To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 2020 [60] October 7, 2020 To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2020 To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2020 5th-round pick in 2020 [60] December 27, 2020 To Ottawa Senators Cedric Paquette Braydon Coburn 2nd-round pick in 2022 To Tampa Bay Lightning Anders Nilsson Marian Gaborik [61] Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref October 9, 2020 Kevin Shattenkirk to Anaheim Ducks 3-year [62] October 9, 2020 Carter Verhaeghe to Florida Panthers 1-year [63] October 9, 2020 Andreas Borgman from San Antonio Rampage 1-year [64] October 9, 2020 Christopher Gibson from Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1-year [64] October 11, 2020 Zach Bogosian to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [65] October 11, 2020 Scott Wedgewood to New Jersey Devils 1-year [66] January 12, 2021 Boo Nieves from New York Rangers 1-year [67] Waivers Date Player Team Ref Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Retirement Date Player Ref Signings Date Player Contract term Ref October 7, 2020 Mitchell Stephens 2-year [6] October 7, 2020 Gemel Smith 1-year [6] October 9, 2020 Patrick Maroon 2-year [68] October 9, 2020 Luke Schenn 1-year [69] October 14, 2020 Ross Colton 1-year [70] November 25, 2020 Mikhail Sergachev 3-year [71] December 12, 2020 Jack Finley 3-year [72] December 13, 2020 Gage Goncalves 3-year [73] December 22, 2020 Jan Rutta 2-year [74] December 22, 2020 Erik Cernak 3-year [75] December 23, 2020 Alexander Volkov 1-year [76] December 23, 2020 Mathieu Joseph 2-year [77] December 24, 2020 Anthony Cirelli 3-year [78] Draft picks Below are the Tampa Bay Lightning's selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on October 6 and 7, 2020, via video conference call due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 2 57^1 Jack Finley C  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 2 62 Gage Goncalves C  Canada Everett Silvertips (WHL) 3 85^2 Maxim Groshev RW  Russia HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL) 3 93 Jack Thompson D  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 4 116^3 Eamon Powell D  United States USA Hockey National Team Development Program 5 147^3 Jaydon Dureau LW  Canada Portland Winterhawks (WHL) 6 157^4 Nick Capone RW  United States University of Connecticut (Hockey East) 6 186 Amir Miftakhov G  Russia Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 7 217 Declan McDonnell RW  United States Kitchener Rangers (OHL) Notes: The St. Louis Blues' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020 that sent a fourth-round pick in 2020 (124th overall) and a second-round pick in 2021 to Montreal in exchange for this pick. Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 18, 2020 that sent Marco Scandella to St. Louis in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2021 and this pick.[79] The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on February 24, 2020 that sent Anthony Greco and a first-round pick in 2020 to San Jose in exchange for Barclay Goodrow and this pick.[80] San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 18, 2019 that sent Justin Braun to Philadelphia in exchange for a second-round pick in 2019 and this pick.[81] The Philadelphia Flyers' forth and fifth-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020 that sent Detroit's fourth-round pick in 2020 (94th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020 (116th overall) and fifth-round pick in 2020 (147th overall) for this pick. 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