Hurricanes at Lightning preview

HURRICANES (4-1-1) at LIGHTNING (2-1-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; SUN, FS-CR, NHL.TV

A win would give them 11 points, the same total the Hartford Whalers had in going 5-1-1 (one tie) to begin the 1991-92 season.
The Hurricanes lead the NHL with an average of 42.3 shots per game. They had 57 shots in a 5-4 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday and 43 in a 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.
Goalie Louis Domingue will make his first start of the season for the Lightning, who defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-2 on Saturday. The eight goals were the most Tampa Bay scored in a game since an 8-5 victory against the Florida Panthers on Oct. 30, 2017.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) during a six-game scoring streak to start the season.
Lightning forward Brayden Point scored two goals Saturday. He leads Tampa Bay with four points (three goals, one assist).

They said it

"[The Lightning] are a super-skilled team and they like to play fast. We have to continue to play our game and it's going to be a challenge." -- Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho
"I notice they are a big shot volume team, obviously we've seen it. It's actually sometimes better for us to stay sharp but you never know how they are going to come out. The game plan doesn't change." -- Lightning goalie Louis Domingue

Hurricanes projected lineup

Micheal Ferland -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Brock McGinn -- Martin Necas -- Valentin Zykov
Jordan Martinook -- Lucas Wallmark -- Andrei Svechnikov
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Brett Pesce
Petr Mrazek
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched:Phillip Di Giuseppe, Haydn Fleury
Injured:Scott Darling (lower body), Victor Rask (hand)

Lightning projected lineup

Yanni Gourde -- Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point
Ondrej Palat -- Tyler Johnson -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
Adam Erne -- Cedric Paquette -- J.T. Miller
Victor Hedman -- Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh -- Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn -- Mikhail Sergachev
Louis Domingue
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched:Slater Koekkoek, Danick Martel, Cory Conacher
Injured: Ryan Callahan (shoulder)

Status report

The Lightning held an optional skate. ... Killorn practiced with the first power-play unit Monday replacing Point, who will center the second unit.

Stat pack

Williams has seven points (one goal, six assists) in his past four games. ... Ferland has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past five games. … Gourde has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past two games.