The Carolina Hurricanes and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in NHL action from Amalie Arena on Tuesday night.

Hurricanes Fall To Avalanche

The Carolina Hurricanes come into this game on the heels of back-to-back losses after a 6-4 defeat at the hands of Colorado last time out. Seth Jarvis, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jaccob Slavin each have a team-high 7 points, with Jarvis logging 4 goals and 3 assists while Kotkaniemi and Slavin each have 3 goals and 4 assists. Martin Necas, Brady Skjei and Stefan Noesen each have 6 points with Necas logging 2 goals and 4 assists and Skjei and Noesen each logging 5 assists. Teuvo Teravainen has 4 goals as part of his 5 points and Michael Bunting has 5 points with 2 goals and 3 assists as well this season. In goal, Frederik Andersen has gone 2-0 with a 4.14 GAA and an .855 save percentage while Antti Raanta is 1-1 with a 4.41 GAA and an .818 save percentage and Pyotr Kochetkov is 0-2 with a 5.13 GAA and an .818 save percentage.

Carolina Hurricanes Team Facts

• The Hurricanes have lost four of their last six games as favorites against Atlantic Division opponents.
• The Hurricanes have covered the puck line in each of their last six night games at Amalie Arena.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in each of the Hurricanes’ last five games.
• The Hurricanes have won the third period in each of their last three games following a road loss.

Carolina Hurricanes Player Prop Facts

• Andrei Svechnikov has recorded a point in each of his six previous appearances with the Hurricanes as favorites against the Lightning.
• Sebastian Aho has recorded at least one assist in five of the Hurricanes’ last six games at Amalie Arena.
• Seth Jarvis ranks T1st in the league for Power Play Goals (3) this season.

Lightning Struck By Toronto

The Tampa Bay Lightning come into this game fresh off of a 4-3 OT loss to Toronto last time out, losing 4 of their last 5 games. Nikita Kucherov leads the Bolts in scoring with 9 points including a team-high 6 goals along with 3 assists while Brayden Point has a team-high 7 assists. Brandon Hagel has 6 points with 4 goals and 2 assists while Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman each have 6 points as well. Jonas Johansson has seen the bulk of the action in goal for Tampa Bay so far this season, going 2-1-2 with a 3.58 GAA and a .902 save percentage while Matt Tomkins is 0-1 with a 4.10 GAA and an .892 save percentage this season.

Tampa Bay Lightning Team Facts

• The Lightning have lost eight of their last nine games against Eastern Conference opponents.
• The Lightning have covered the puck line in 12 of their last 13 games as underdogs against the Hurricanes.
• The Lightning have won the third period in seven of their last eight home games against Metropolitan Division opponents.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3’ market has hit in each of the Lightning’s last nine home games against opponents on a losing streak.

Tampa Bay Lightning Player Prop Facts

• Brayden Point has recorded at least one point in each of the Lightning’s last 12 Tuesday games.
• Nikita Kucherov has scored two goals in each of the Lightning’s last three home games.
• Nikita Kucherov has recorded at least one assist in 10 of his last 11 home appearances against the Hurricanes after playing less than 20 minutes in the Lightning’s last game.
• Nikita Kucherov ranks T1st in the league for multi-point games (4) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Tampa Bay Lightning ranks 4th in the league in power play percentage this season (35.00%).
• The Tampa Bay Lightning ranks T28th in the league for goals against per game this season (4.00).
• The Carolina Hurricanes ranks 32nd in the league for goals against per game this season (5.00).
• The Carolina Hurricanes ranks 2nd in the league for goals per game this season (4.50).

Chris’ Pick

I’m looking at the over here. I mean how could you not after we’ve seen so many high-scoring games from the Hurricanes up to this point in the year. Tampa Bay’s got a lot of talented forwards but the goaltending is still going to be iffy until Andrei Vasilevskiy comes back. I think this one’s going to be another offensive clinic, so give me the over here.