{coyotes} COYOTES (3-3-1) at LIGHTNING (5-3-1)

Monday 27 October 2014

{coyotes} COYOTES (3-3-1) at LIGHTNING (5-3-1)

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COYOTES (3-3-1) at LIGHTNING (5-3-1)

TV: FS-A, SUN

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

7:30 PM ET

Season series: The Arizona Coyotes went 2-0-0 against the Tampa Bay Lightning last season. Martin Hanzal's goal and three assists, and Connor Murphy's first NHL goal, sparked Arizona to a 6-3 win on Nov. 16, 2013. Radim Vrbata's shootout goal lifted the Coyotes past the Lightning 4-3 on March 10.

Coyotes team scope: Arizona begins a five-game road trip after snapping an 0-2-1 slide Saturday with a 2-1 overtime win against the Florida Panthers. Center Justin Hodgman made his NHL debut and tied the game in the third period to set up Oliver Ekman-Larsson's game winner in the extra period. Goalie Mike Smith made 23 saves and has allowed two goals in his past two games after giving up 16 in his first three. Hanzal (lower body) has missed the past three games but made the trip and could return Tuesday, according to the Coyotes website. Right wing Dave Moss (upper body) is expected to be out at least a week.

Lightning team scope: Despite a 7-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, the Lightning earned six of a possible 10 points during their five-game road trip. "Overall, we're pretty happy with how we played in the five games in general," associate coach Rick Bowness told the Lightning website. Forwards Alex Killhorn (upper body) and J.T. Brown (upper body) each practiced Monday and are expected to play. "Felt pretty good [Monday]," Brown said. "Obviously, it's a little bit faster than riding the bike, tempo-wise, but it was good. I didn't think it was something that would be long term, but at the same time, you've got to worry about taking the right steps and making sure everything's safe." Tampa Bay remains without forwards Ryan Callahan (lower body) and Brett Connolly (lower body), and defenseman Victor Hedman (broken finger). The Lightning reassigned forwards Mike Blunden and Jonathan Marchessault to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League.

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