Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily overview of the games on the NHL schedule. There are eight games scheduled for Monday, including one that will be nationally televised in the United States and Canada:

Games of the day

Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning (7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, TVAS)

Steven Stamkos returns to Tampa for the first time since signing with Nashville as an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Selected by the Lightning with the No. 1 pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, Stamkos played 16 seasons for Tampa Bay, winning the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 2021 and serving as captain from 2014-2024. The forward is the franchise’s all-time leader in goals (555), points (1,137) and games played (1,082), but he has one goal in eight games for the Predators (3-5-0), who have three have won in a row after opening the season with five consecutive defeats. The Lightning (5-3-0) have won two of their last three.

Toronto Maple Leafs at Winnipeg Jets (7:30 p.m. ET; Prime)

The Jets (8-0-0), the NHL’s only undefeated team, could become the fifth team to open a season with at least nine straight wins. 07 Buffalo Sabers (10-0-0), the 2015-16 Montreal Canadiens (9-0-0) and the 2021-22 Carolina Hurricanes (9-0-0). Kyle Connor has 10 points (six goals, four assists) on an opening eight-game streak, tying Blake Wheeler, who had 11 points (four goals, seven assists) through the first eight games of 2015-16, for the longest set of opening points in franchise history. The Maple Leafs (4-4-1) will be tough, though; Toronto has won five in a row against Winnipeg. Auston Matthews led the Maple Leafs in those games with nine points (five goals, four assists).

Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights (10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SNW, TVAS)

Mark Stone leads the NHL with 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) in nine games, and the Golden Knights (6-2-1) lead the NHL in goals per game (4.67). Stone returned from a back injury last season to lead Vegas with 53 points (16 goals, 37 assists) in 56 games before suffering a ruptured spleen. Rasmus Andersson has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in eight games for the Flames (5-2-1), who have lost two straight games in the regular season after opening the season on a six-game streak (5 -0-1). ). No Flames defenseman has recorded 10 points in fewer games since Phil Housley did so in six games in 1995.