Carolina Hurricanes (3-3, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (2-2-2, fifth in the Atlantic Division)
Tampa, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Carolina Hurricanes after Nikita Kucherov's two-goal game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Lightning's 4-3 overtime loss.
Tampa Bay had a 46-30-6 record overall and a 28-8-8 record at home last season. The Lightning averaged 3.4 goals on 32.0 shots per game last season.
Carolina went 52-21-9 overall and 27-15-6 in road games a season ago. Goalies for the Hurricanes averaged 23.5 saves per game last season while giving up 2.6 goals per game.
INJURIES: Lightning: Tyler Motte: out (upper body), Andrei Vasilevskiy: out (back).
Hurricanes: Ryan Suzuki: out (undisclosed), Brett Pesce: day to day (lower body), Vasiliy Ponomarev: out (undisclosed), Sebastian Aho: day to day (upper-body), Frederik Andersen: day to day (upper body), Andrei Svechnikov: out (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
