The Tampa Bay Lightning enter tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes in third place, two points behind the ‘Canes in the Central Division. It’s the first of a back-to-back series against Carolina and one of just twelve games left on their regular season schedule overall. It’s time for them to buckle down and start gearing up for the postseason.
The good news is that their remaining schedule, outside of the next two games, isn’t too taxing. They only have one more back-to-back after this one with Carolina and they have three two-day rest periods sprinkled throughout the rest of the season.