NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 3/11/2025

Tampa Bay Lightning (37-22-4, 78 pts) at Carolina Hurricanes (38-22-4, 80 pts)

Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Tuesday, March 11
Time: 7:30 pm EST
TV: ESPN+ / Hulu / Disney+
Radio: 
Tampa Bay Lightning – The Bone 102.5. FM
Carolina Hurricanes – The Fan 99.9 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Tampa Bay Lightning +1.5 ML +110
Carolina Hurricanes -1.5 ML -130
O/U 5.5

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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes: 

The Lightning were shut out 4-0 by the Bruins in their last game but are still 8-2-0 in their last 10 contests. Tampa Bay is 14-14-2 on the road this season but has performed well against Carolina this season. This is the third and final meeting in the regular season between these two clubs, with Tampa winning both of the previous games and outscoring the Hurricanes 7-3. 

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes: 

Carolina enters tonight’s contest winners of four straight and two in a row at home. The Hurricanes are 25-7-1 at home this season and have a +29 goal differential on the season. Carolina is 18-8-1 this season when they stay out of the box more than their opponents. 

Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:

Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Bjorkstrand
Goncalves-Gourde-Paul
Girgensons-Glendening-Chaffee

Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix

Vasilevskiy
Johansson

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines:

Hall-Aho-Blake
Svechnikov-Kotkaniemi-Stankoven
Martinook-Staal-Jarvis
Robinson-Jankowski-Roslovic

Slavin-Burns
Gostisbehere-Walker
Morrow-Chatfield

Andersen
Kochetkov

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Players To Watch:

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov had six points in five games in March and had back-to-back multi-point games before the loss to the Bruins on Saturday. The 31-year-old winger leads the Lightning in scoring with 92 points (28g, 64a) in 60 games. Kucherov is on pace for his 5th 109+ point season and third in a row. 

Carolina Hurricanes

Mark Jankowski scored twice in his Hurricanes debut after being acquired by Carolina from Nashville for a 2025 5th-round draft pick. Jankowski has three goals in three games in March after playing only two games in February. Jankowski is healthy now, and the former 2012 first-round pick is poised to add some scoring to the bottom six. 

Injury Report:

Tampa Bay Lightning

None 

Carolina Hurricanes

D Dmitry Orlov – OUT
LW William Carrier – OUT 
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR 

Next game:

Tampa Bay Lightning – March 13 at Philadelphia Flyers
Carolina Hurricanes – March 14 vs. Detroit Red Wings

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