The New Jersey Devils will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight in Florida. ​ The Devils enter the third game of their five-game road trip with a 13-4-1 record. They are 4-0-1 in their last five games, despite a growing injury list. ​ Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Lightning enter the matchup with a 9-7-2 record. ​

The Devils have been, dare I say, one of the hottest teams in the NHL in the first month of the season. Thanks to a strong combination of scoring, defense and excellent goaltending, the team from the Garden State has placed itself near the top of the league standings.

Jake Guentzel scored a hat-trick and the Lightning scored twice on the power play to carry the home team over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. The Lightning built a 3-0 lead behind a pair of goals by Guentzel and another for Nikita Kucherov before the Devils scored a late goal in the second period.

Nikita Kucherov is expected to be available tonight as the Tampa Bay Lightning host the injury-hit New Jersey Devils. With several New Jersey stars sidelined, Kucherov’s offensive impact becomes crucial for Tampa Bay’s game plan,

Anthony Cirelli, one of the Lightning’s most reliable two-way forwards, is expected to return Tuesday as Tampa Bay hosts the New Jersey Devils at Benchmark International Arena. Cirelli has been sidelined with an upper-body injury since Nov.

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