Carolina Hurricanes @ Tampa Bay Lightning: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

What - Game 41 (24-14-2)
When - 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 7
Where - Amalie Arena; Tampa Bay, FL
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South

The Carolina Hurricanes have made a short road trip down south to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning (20-15-2).

Originally, there was no game scheduled on this date, but due to Hurricane Milton postponing the game between the two teams in October, this one was added to the schedule.

The Canes are coming off of a 4-3 overtime win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, which was perhaps the best game of the season for Sebastian Aho.

The team battled through some adversity and looked the better all night, but the key will be for them to not continue on the roller coaster of inconsistency they've been on for the past two months.

The Lightning have found themselves in a rut having lost their last four in a row including losses to Anaheim, San Jose and Montreal.

The Bolts though are still just an extremely top-heavy team and if you give those top guys time and space, they're going to make you pay.

Streaks

• None

Milestone Watch

• Brent Burns will match Steve Larmer tonight for the sixth-longest iron man streak in NHL history.

• Jack Roslovic is three goals shy of 100 career goals.

• Seth Jarvis registered his 100th career assist Sunday night against the Penguins.

• Sebastian Aho picked up his 600th career point on Sunday by scoring the overtime game winner.

Game Notes

• Carolina is 0-1-0 against Tampa Bay this season, having lost 4-1 in their season opener.

Key Matchups

Starting Goalies

• Pyotr Kochetkov: 15-8-1; 0.901 Sv%; 2.48 GAA

• Andrei Vasilevskiy: 16-12-1; 0.914 Sv%; 2.37 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Jack Roslovic (17) / Brayden Point (23)

• Points - Martin Necas (47) / Nikita Kucherov (55)

Power Play

• Carolina - 23.6% (9th)

• Tampa Bay - 26.4% (3rd)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 85.4% (2nd)

• Tampa Bay - 82.2% (11th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Jack Roslovic - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Eric Robinson - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Andrei Svechnikov
Juha Jaaska - Jack Drury - Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Ty Smith - Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski

Injuries and Scratches: William Carrier (LBI), Tyson Jost (LBI), Shayne Gostisbehere (UBI), Frederik Andersen (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Lightning Projected Lineup

Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Conor Geekie
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nikita Kucherov
Mitchell Chaffee - Nick Paul - Michael Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Gage Goncalves

Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Injuries and Scratches: Cam Atkinson, JJ Moser (LBI)