Carolina Hurricanes (41-18-6, 88 pts)
vs.
Tampa Bay Lightning (40-20-4, 86 pts)
When: Saturday, 7 p.m.
Where: Benchmark International Arena
Tampa Bay got back on the winning track with Thursday’s 4-1 win over Detroit.
Lightning head coach Jon Cooper became just the third coach in NHL history to win 700 games with one franchise, joining Al Arbour (859 w/ NY Islanders) and Lindy Ruff (704 w/ Buffalo).
Andrei Vasilevskiy became the second goaltender in NHL history with nine straight 30-win seasons — Martin Brodeur did it with the New Jersey Devils from 1996-2008.
Vasy improved to 30-11-3 on the season.
Carolina has won seven of their last ten games. They enter the weekend in first place overall in the Eastern Conference.
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