The Lighting were prepared to dress all 18 healthy skaters, but a team rule states that any player who misses a meeting will be benched for the next game. When Point arrived late to TD Garden Tuesday morning, Tampa Bay summoned Finley from Syracuse to fill the empty forward spot.

The Lightning recalled forward prospect Jack Finley on Tuesday afternoon, just hours before their game against the Bruins in Boston. Whether Finley, 22, makes his NHL debut at TD Garden remains to be seen,

The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-assigned forward Jack Finley to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today. Finley, 22, made his NHL debut January 14 at Boston,

BOSTON — Jack Finley started Tuesday in Syracuse, waking up and preparing for another practice with the Lightning’s AHL affiliate. He never would have predicted the day would end with him making his NHL debut.