Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning 3/29/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 03/28/2022 at 9:02 PM ET

Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning 3/29/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Carolina Hurricanes will continue a road trip on Tuesday night as they travel to Tampa Bay Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Carolina comes into Tuesday 43-15-7 on the year after winning two of the last three games played including a 7-2 blowout win against the St. Louis Blues. Anti Raanta led the way for the Carolina defense posting a .938 save percentage after stopping 30 of 32 shots against in 60 minutes on the ice.

Seth Jarvis and Andrei Svechnikov led the way for the Carolina offense scoring two goals each. Martin Necas and Brett Pesce posted one goal and one assist each, while Nino Niederreoter chipped in one goal as well to round out the Carolina scoring.

The Tampa Bay Lightning go back home Tuesday night riding a two game win streak following a win over the New York Islanders. Tampa Bay beat New York 4-1 after goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy strapped the team to his back pushing a .958 save percentage after allowing one goal on 24 shots.

Offensively this season Tampa Bay has been one of the better teams in the NHL averaging 3.28 goals per game on 30.2 shots as a team. Steven Stamkos is the offensive leader for Tampa Bay posting a team high 70 points to go along with a team leading 29 goals on 186 shots.

This is the third matchup of the year between these two teams as Carolina leads the series two games to none. Look for Tampa Bay to bounce back Tuesday night using their home crowd to overpower Carolina. Take Tampa Bay to extend their win streak to three games with a win on Tuesday. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay wins 3-1.