Tampa Bay Lightning (13-11-5, fifth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (18-9-1, second in the Pacific Division)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Vancouver Canucks after Nikita Kucherov scored two goals in the Lightning's 4-3 overtime win against the Seattle Kraken.
Vancouver is 18-9-1 overall and 10-3-1 at home. The Canucks have a 16-4-1 record when scoring at least three goals.
Tampa Bay has gone 5-8-2 on the road and 13-11-5 overall. The Lightning are 13-2-3 in games they score three or more goals.
Tuesday's game is the second time these teams square off this season. The Lightning won the last matchup 4-3. Kucherov scored two goals in the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Quinn Hughes has nine goals and 27 assists for the Canucks. Brock Boeser has five goals and six assists over the past 10 games.
Brayden Point has 12 goals and 19 assists for the Lightning. Kucherov has six goals and 13 assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 6-4-0, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.8 assists, 3.7 penalties and 9.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.
Lightning: 4-5-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.5 assists, 4.3 penalties and 14 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game.
INJURIES: Canucks: Pius Suter: out (lower body), Guillaume Brisebois: out (upper-body), Carson Soucy: out (foot), Tucker Poolman: out (head).
Lightning: Conor Sheary: out (upper-body), Steven Stamkos: day to day (illness).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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