Arena: RBC Center
Time: Mon, January 18, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Lightning 5-4-1; Hurricanes 5-4-1
Tampa Bay’s Martin St. Louis currently holds the sixth-longest active consecutive games played streak in the NHL at 356 games. … St. Louis has two 11-game point streaks this season. … Malone and Steven Stamkos of the Lighting are fourth in the NHL among teammates in goals with 44. … Ward is one win shy of tying the Carolina franchise record for wins (Arturs Irbe, 130). This is the fourth of six meetings. On Oct. 6, the Lightning lost in Carolina for the seventh straight time after Sergei Samsonov’s game-deciding shootout goal gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 win. Jussi Jokinen also scored and Cam Ward earned the win in net. Four nights later, Ryan Malone gave Tampa Bay revenge with a hat trick en route to a 5-2 win. The Lightning broke a 12-game losing streak. They last met on Nov. 21, a 3-1 home win for Carolina. Jokinen scored the winner, and Tuomo Ruutu and Chad LaRose had goals to give the Hurricanes their third win in four games. Manny Legace made 20 saves for the win.
For the Lightning, Lecavalier has a goal and 4 assists in three games, Tanguay has a goal and 3 assists in three games, and Jeff Halpern has 2 goals and an assist in three games. For the Hurricanes, Brandon Sutter has a goal and 2 assists in four games, and Jiri Tlusty has 3 assists in four games.
For the Lightning, Todd Fedoruk (lower body) is on injured reserve and Matt Smaby (upper body) and Smith (strained neck) are day-to-day. For the Hurricanes, Casey Borer (neck), Joe Corvo (leg), Scott Walker (shoulder), and LaRose (lower-body) are on injured reserve, and Ruutu (upper body), Samsonov (upper body), and Erik Cole (upper body) are day-to-day. We will post live score and results of this match, as soon as posible.. stay tuned.