Projected Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos - Anthony Cirelli - Alex Killorn
Tanner Jeannot - Nick Paul - Corey Perry
Michael Eyssimont - Ross Colton - Pat Maroon
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev - Darren Raddysh
Ian Cole - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Sunday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Hurricanes are playing the second of three matchups this season and the first of two meetings at PNC Arena...The Bolts are 0-0-1 against CAR this season after following a 4-3 shootout loss Nov. 3 at AMALIE Arena...Seth Jarvis opened the scoring with the lone goal of the first period at the 8:29 mark...The Lightning responded on the power play with 14:10 left in the second period when Ross Colton deflected a shot from Mikhail Sergachev to tie the game 1-1...Nick Paul gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead 3:29 after Colton tied the game at one...Martin Necas made it a 2-2 game with a power-play goal at the 14:01 mark of the second...Nikita Kucherov scored a power-play goal at the 19-minute mark of the second to put the Lightning up 3-2...Brady Skjei scored shorthanded at the 13:34 mark of the third to tie the game at three...Colton scored the only shootout goal for the Bolts...Sebastian Aho scored the game-winning shootout goal in the sixth round...Andrei Vasilevskiy got the start for Tampa Bay and made 52 saves on 55 shots against...Kucherov has picked up points in five straight games vs. CAR (1-7-8) and eight of the last nine meetings (1-10-11)...Kucherov has pointed in six of his 10 career games at CAR (2-6-8)...Alex Killorn has points in four straight games vs. CAR (2-2-4) and five of the last six meetings (3-3-6)...Paul has picked up points in four of his last five games vs. CAR (3-1-4)...In eight career starts at CAR, Vasilevskiy is 4-3-1 with a .935 SV% and 2.27 GAA...The Lightning are 4-3-3 in their last 10 games at CAR and 5-3-2 in the last 10 meetings overall...The Bolts are 68-50-11 with 10 ties all-time vs. CAR, including a road record of 26-29-8 with seven ties...Martin St. Louis (38- 48-86) holds the Lightning franchise records for career goals, assists and points vs. CAR.
Sunday's Storylines
Tampa Bay is playing the second game of a two-game road trip tonight...The Bolts will play eight of their 16 games in March on the road...The Lightning are 7-5-2 against Metropolitan Division opponents and 17-13-3 against the Eastern Conference this season...Tampa Bay is 3-6-2 in the second game of back-to-back sets this season...The Bolts are 15- 15-1 on the road this season...The Lightning have scored three or more goals in 11 of their last 13 road games (39 total)...Tampa Bay has scored a power-play goal in seven of their last eight contests.
Injuries
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 96
Current Injuries:
Erik Cernak (Lower-body injury; Day-to-day) 1 Game
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Pride Night Collection - Tee
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The Road Ahead
Tuesday, March 7 vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Thursday, March 9 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Saturday, March 11 vs. Chicago Blackhawks
