{"id":502798,"date":"2026-03-14T09:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502798\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:29:15","slug":"hurricanes-game-66-lines-notes-goalies-and-how-to-watch-vs-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502798\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes Game 66: Lines, Notes, Goalies, and How to Watch vs. Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes will take a trip to western Florida to face the Tampa Bay Lightning for their final meeting of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled for 7:00 PM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay is expected to get some reinforcements for the game, as defenseman Erik Cernak is anticipated to return, while forward Nick Paul will be a game-time decision. At this time, it is uncertain which line Cernak will be present on, though Paul will likely center the fourth line if available.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Hurricanes may debut their trade deadline addition, Nicolas Deslauriers, to bring an extra edge in their game against the Lightning, which is one of the rowdiest teams in the league and leads all other teams in the NHL in penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Deslauriers practiced on the fourth line, while left wing William Carrier served as an extra forward. After practice, head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/xbcsq30accd740c9ncswz\/AGScEdGShq3mvSP_0czLxA4?rlkey=mcvsobll78wgw9vaiiyvpotvb&amp;e=1&amp;st=crrgt2vw&amp;dl=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:asked;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;asked&quot;}\" class=\"link \">asked<\/a> if he anticipated putting him into an upcoming game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely want to. Yeah, I do anticipate that because, you know, we don\u2019t want him sitting here too long without getting into the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he then added that he hadn\u2019t decided when he would play the enforcer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Between the Pipes<\/p>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s practice, Frederik Andersen had the starter\u2019s crease and will most likely play against the Lightning. While his career record versus Tampa Bay (9-11-1) hasn\u2019t been favorable, his record with the Hurricanes (4-1-0) has been great. This season, his save percentage is .872, with a goals against average of 3.18 across a 10-11-5 record.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Lightning will likely get an assist from Andrei Vasilevskiy, who has the fourth highest save percentage in the NHL (.913) and the third-best goals against average (2.29).<\/p>\n<p>Expected Carolina Hurricanes Lines<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Svechnikov \u2013 Sebastian Aho \u2013 Seth Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Hall \u2013 Logan Stankoven \u2013 Jackson Blake<\/p>\n<p>Nikolaj Ehlers \u2013 Jordan Staal \u2013 Jordan Martinook<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Deslauriers \u2013 Mark Jankowski \u2013 Eric Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Jaccob Slavin \u2013 Jalen Chatfield<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Andre Miller \u2013 Sean Walker<\/p>\n<p>Mike Reilly \u2013 Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Frederik Andersen \/ Brandon Bussi<\/p>\n<p>Expected Lightning Lines<\/p>\n<p>Gage Goncalves \u2013 Brayden Point \u2013 Nikita Kucherov<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Hagel \u2013 Anthony Cirelli \u2013 Jake Guentzel<\/p>\n<p>Zemgus Girgensons \u2013 Yanni Gourde \u2013 Pontus Holmberg<\/p>\n<p>Corey Perry \u2013 Nick Paul \u2013 Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Victor Hedman \u2013 Darren Raddysh<\/p>\n<p>Ryan McDonagh \u2013 J.J. Moser<\/p>\n<p>Erik Cernak \u2013 Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Vasilevskiy \/ Jonas Johansson<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes power play: 22.2% (11th)<br \/>Carolina Hurricanes penalty kill: 79.6% (14th)<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning power play: 22.2% (12th)<br \/>Tampa Bay Lightning penalty kill: 81.5% (8th)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes will go to Tampa Bay with their mothers in tow for the biennial mothers\u2019 trip. Additionally, Carolina will not play again until Tuesday when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday will be Rod Brind\u2019Amour\u2019s 600th game as head coach, having served as the Hurricanes\u2019 bench boss since the 2018-19 season \u2013 coinciding with their return to the playoffs after a nine-season drought.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Shayne Gostisbehere is expected to miss his fourth game straight since sustaining a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/shayne-gostisbehere-clipped-skate-leaves-053517423.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:lower-body injury;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;lower-body injury&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lower-body injury<\/a> on March 6th.<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch<\/p>\n<p>TV: FanDuel Sports Network South<br \/>Streaming: ESPN+<br \/>Radio: 99.9 The Fan<\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes will take a trip to western Florida to face the Tampa Bay Lightning for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5107],"tags":[28,1742,243,397,19349,97,1332,194,29,5176,230,869,2580,1111,2312,1239,3309,5,195,6714,1238,510,1331,1447,5630,1448,1284,520,1649,12933,4,1334,29698,1335,794,1288,3727,1535,4085,6949,1174,1177,2823,540,92,1110,2822,1498,1109,400,2313],"class_list":["post-502798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-hurricanes","tag-alexander-nikishin","tag-andrei-svechnikov","tag-andrei-vasilevskiy","tag-anthony-cirelli","tag-brandon-bussi","tag-brandon-hagel","tag-brayden-point","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-carolinahurricanes","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-corey-perry","tag-darren-raddysh","tag-eric-robinson","tag-erik-cernak","tag-frederik-andersen","tag-gage-goncalves","tag-hockey","tag-hurricanes","tag-j-j-moser","tag-jaccob-slavin","tag-jackson-blake","tag-jake-guentzel","tag-jalen-chatfield","tag-jonas-johansson","tag-jordan-martinook","tag-jordan-staal","tag-logan-stankoven","tag-mark-jankowski","tag-mike-reilly","tag-nhl","tag-nick-paul","tag-nicolas-deslauriers","tag-nikita-kucherov","tag-nikolaj-ehlers","tag-oliver-bjorkstrand","tag-pontus-holmberg","tag-rod-brindamour","tag-ryan-mcdonagh","tag-sean-walker","tag-sebastian-aho","tag-seth-jarvis","tag-shayne-gostisbehere","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-taylor-hall","tag-the-hurricanes","tag-victor-hedman","tag-william-carrier","tag-yanni-gourde","tag-zemgus-girgensons"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}