Hintz received the weekly honor with Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy (first star) and Montreal’s Nick Suzuki (third star).

Johansson (lower body) expects to dress as the backup netminder for Thursday's home game against the Flames, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Although Andrei Vasilevskiy will operate as the starter for Thursday's matchup,

The Lightning pushed their winning streak to seven consecutive games on Thursday with a 3-0 shutout victory over the Calgary Flames at AMALIE Arena. Tampa Bay improved to 34-20-4 with the win, which closed a near perfect February in which the Lightning posted a 7-0-1 record.

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz and Montreal Canadiens center Nick Suzuki have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” presented by GEICO for the week ending March 2.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday night. Nikita Kucherov, Luke Glendening and Nick Paul scored in the third period and Brandon Hagel added his third short-handed goal of the season as the Lightning improved to 6-0-1 in their last seven games.

With the East-leading Capitals attempting a surge, Tampa Bay’s Gage Goncalves scored on a shot through traffic to give Tampa Bay a two-goal lead with 13:52 left in what finished as a 3-1

The Tampa Bay Lightning are the hottest team in the NHL. They've won eight games in a row sandwiched around the 4 Nations Face-Off and last lost on Feb. 1.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 38th of his career in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Rumours of Andrei Vasilevskiy’s demise have been greatly exaggerated as the former Vezina Trophy winner looks rejuvenated of late. Michael Amato gives his thoughts on the Lightning netminder and others in his latest edition of 20 Fantasy Thoughts.