Preview: Lightning at Hurricanes

LIGHTNING (14-11-1) at HURRICANES (9-10-5)
5 p.m. ET; SUN, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Lightning team scope

Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will likely start for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who ended a four-game losing streak with a 2-1 shootout win against the Washington Capitals on Saturday. The four-game slide was the first for Tampa Bay since 2012-13. Goalie Ben Bishop made 34 saves and stopped three of four in the shootout. Forwards Brayden Point and Brian Boyle scored in the shootout, and Nikita Kucherov scored his team-high 13th goal during a second-period power play. "That's the way we want to play," defenseman Victor Hedman told the Lightning website, who had the primary assist on the goal. "We'll keep building on this."

Hurricanes team scope

Goalie Cam Ward will start for the Carolina Hurricanes, who have lost three straight and four of their past six, including a 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday. The Hurricanes have scored two goals or fewer in six of their past seven games (2-4-1). "Especially when you get a few injuries, you need guys to step up," coach Bill Peters told the Hurricanes website. "Three (goals) is the magic number. You've got to be able to get to three." Carolina's struggles come after a five-game winning streak. "We've got to be desperate for a win," forward Lee Stempniak said. "We're not in a position where we can let some games slip away. [Tampa Bay is] a team that skates very well. They've got good goaltending. We've got to fight through and get more than two goals. It takes more than two goals to win in this league." Carolina is completing its third back-to-back of the season.

Lightning projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Tyler Johnson -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Valtteri Filppula -- Brayden Point
Joel Vermin -- Cedric Paquette -- Jonathan Drouin
Michael Bournival -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Brian Boyle
Victor Hedman -- Anton Stralman
Luke Witkowski -- Braydon Coburn
Andrej Sustr - Slater Koekkoek
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Ben Bishop
Scratched:Nikita Nesterov
Injured:Steven Stamkos (knee surgery), Ryan Callahan (lower body), Jason Garrison (lower body), JT Brown (upper body)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Victor Rask -- Phil Di Giuseppe
Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen -- Lee Stempniak
Brock McGinn -- Derek Ryan -- Andrej Nestrasil
Joakim Nordstrom -- Jay McClement -- Viktor Stalberg
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Ron Hainsey -- Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin -- Matt Tennyson
Cam Ward
Michael Leighton
Scratched:Klas Dahlbeck
Injured:Jordan Staal (concussion), Elias Lindholm (lower body), Eddie Lack (concussion) Bryan Bickell (illness)

Status report

Lindholm received treatment for his lower-body injury Friday, but was unable to play against the Rangers.

Who's hot

Kucherov has two goals and an assist in his past two games. ... Drouin has three assists in his past two games. … Hedman has points in six of his past seven games. ... Stalberg has four goals in his past four games. ... Ryan has a goal and two assists in the past four games.