Tampa Bay faces off against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, after a dominating 8-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Lightning host the red hot Carolina Hurricanes at Amalie Arena on Tuesday night. 

Carolina has gotten off to a fast start this year, recording points in five of their first six games. This will be the finale of a three-game trip for the Hurricanes after stops in Minnesota and Winnipeg last weekend. 

TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning announced today that they will be teaming up with PODS® Moving & Storage and Feeding Tampa Bay to host donation drives that will benefit those impacted by Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle. A PODS Container will be on Ford Thunder Alley prior to the Bolts games on Tuesday and Thursday for fans to donate items. 

Two games into the 2018-19 season, Tampa Bay Lightning fans wanted to know:

What's wrong with the power play?

After recording a total of two goals and going a combined 0-8 on the power play in their first two games, the Lightning erupted for eight goals (including four on the power play) against Columbus.

After scoring just two combined goals in their first two games, the Tampa Bay Lightning exploded offensively Saturday night versus Columbus, the Bolts putting up an eight spot in an 8-2 demolition of the Blue Jackets.

TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Hanna Weber as the third Lightning Community Hero this season during the first period of tonight's game versus the Columbus Blue Jackets. Weber, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, will donate half to Tampa Museum of Art, while the other half will go towards a scholarship for her own education.

A season after leading the NHL for scoring with 290 goals, more than any team in the league has netted in a season since the Washington Capitals scored 313 in 2009-10, the Tampa Bay Lightning are struggling to recreate that same scoring proficiency.

Through two games of the 2018-19 season, the Lightning have netted just two goals, one each in a 2-1 shootout victory Opening Night versus Florida and a 4-1 loss to Vancouver in game two. They rank next-to-last in the NHL for goals per game.

But the goals are coming Lightning head coach Jon Cooper feels, it's just a matter of getting a bounce or a break to open the floodgates.

For any Tampa Bay fans panicking after the Lightning let a one-goal lead slip away in the third period during Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, remember this:

The Lightning were extremely inconsistent in their first two games of the 2017-18 season, splitting a home-and-home back-to-back with the Florida Panthers and allowing a combined eight goals in the process. There were a number of defensive breakdowns in those opening two games, and Lightning head coach Jon Cooper stated his team was lucky to come out of the back-to-back with two points.

The Bolts will hope to continue the success they had against the Blue Jackets last year as the two teams meet at Amalie Arena on Saturday night. 

Tampa Bay swept last season's three-game series versus Columbus, outscoring the Blue Jackets 11-4 in those games.