INJURIES: Hurricanes - D Casey Borer (broken neck/IR), W/C Michael Ryan (concussion/IR), Erik Cole (broken left leg), out; D Joni Pitkanen (lower body), probable. Lightning - D Kurtis Foster (lower body) probable.
NEED TO KNOW: Carolina comes to town 2-2 following Friday's home win against Florida. The Hurricanes beat the Lightning 2-1 in a shootout Tuesday in Raleigh. ... Ex-Bolt Jussi Jokinen scored the Hurricanes' only goal in regulation against Tampa Bay. ... The Lightning have played better than their 0-1-2 record indicates, particularly in the past two games. Case in point: their 44 shots in Thursday night's 4-3 shootout loss to the Devils. ... Tampa Bay's 25 shots in the second period Thursday night tied the franchise record for shots in a period. ... Marty St. Louis (2-2-4) and Steven Stamkos (2-2-4) have recorded at least a point in each of the first three games. ... Rookie D Victor Hedman continues to look like the real deal. He recorded his first career multipoint game with two assists against the Devils. He also was a plus-2 and had three shots on goal, while logging a game-high 26:38. ... On the negative side, Tampa Bay is 0-2 in shootouts after going 3-10 in them last year. ... Carolina won all six meetings between the teams last year. ... Coach Rick Tocchet gave his team a "recovery day" Friday, with no practice.
NEED TO KNOW: Carolina comes to town 2-2 following Friday's home win against Florida. The Hurricanes beat the Lightning 2-1 in a shootout Tuesday in Raleigh. ... Ex-Bolt Jussi Jokinen scored the Hurricanes' only goal in regulation against Tampa Bay. ... The Lightning have played better than their 0-1-2 record indicates, particularly in the past two games. Case in point: their 44 shots in Thursday night's 4-3 shootout loss to the Devils. ... Tampa Bay's 25 shots in the second period Thursday night tied the franchise record for shots in a period. ... Marty St. Louis (2-2-4) and Steven Stamkos (2-2-4) have recorded at least a point in each of the first three games. ... Rookie D Victor Hedman continues to look like the real deal. He recorded his first career multipoint game with two assists against the Devils. He also was a plus-2 and had three shots on goal, while logging a game-high 26:38. ... On the negative side, Tampa Bay is 0-2 in shootouts after going 3-10 in them last year. ... Carolina won all six meetings between the teams last year. ... Coach Rick Tocchet gave his team a "recovery day" Friday, with no practice.
