Lightning at Hurricanes preview

LIGHTNING (1-1-0) at HURRICANES (2-0-0)
5 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SUN, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Jake Gardiner's overtime goal Saturday. James Reimer made 32 saves in his Carolina debut.
Goalie Curtis McElhinney will debut for the Lightning against his former team after Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves in a 4-3 loss at the Florida Panthers on Saturday. McElhinney signed a two-year contract July 1 after going 20-11-2 with a 2.58 goals-against average, .912 save percentage and two shutouts for the Hurricanes last season after he was claimed off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 2, 2018.

Players to watch

Lightning center Tyler Johnson has 20 points (12 goals, eight assists) in 20 games against the Hurricanes.
Hurricanes forward Erik Haula has scored a goal in each of his first two games.

They said it

"The mistakes aren't effort mistakes. They aren't lazy plays or anything like that. It's maybe some miscommunication, guys not being on the same page. It takes time. It's something we will grow through and obviously improve as we go along." -- Lightning defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk
"It's definitely not what we're going to want for the rest of the year. Playing with the lead is a lot easier. But it just shows a lot (about) our group. Guys stepped up and we had a nice comeback." -- Hurricanes defenseman Jake Gardiner on Carolina's third-period comebacks in each of the first two games

Lightning projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Tyler Johnson -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Carter Verhaeghe -- Yanni Gourde -- Mathieu Joseph
Pat Maroon -- Gemel Smith -- Luke Witkowski
Victor Hedman -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Braydon Coburn -- Mikhail Sergachev
Curtis McElhinney
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched:Jan Rutta
Injured:Cedric Paquette (upper body), Brayden Point (hip surgery)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Brock McGinn
Ryan Dzingel -- Erik Haula -- Martin Necas
Warren Foegele -- Lucas Wallmark -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Joel Edmundson -- Brett Pesce
Jake Gardiner -- Haydn Fleury
Petr Mrazek
James Reimer
Scratched:None
Injured:Trevor van Riemsdyk (shoulder)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

Tampa Bay is completing the first of 15 back-to-back sets and Carolina the first of 16 this season. … The Lightning went 3-0-0 against the Hurricanes last season, outscoring them 13-6. … Sergachev has three assists in two games this season. … Hamilton, Svechnikov and Teravainen each has two assists in two games.