The Bolts open up and it should be emotional and electric after what that region has been through. Plus, Tampa is an older team. Older teams get beat up as the season go on, but you wanna play them early when they are relatively fresh

Long trip for Vancouver (and early Pacific time start) after losing its first two games at home. Hulking defenseman Tyler Myers is in question. The Bolts are well rested as their home opener scheduled for Saturday was postponed due to Hurricane Milton. Probably a little more emotion in the building tonight, then, as it's the home opener and after that community was on the verge of being badly damaged but largely escaped. Tampa Bay looked great in its season opener last Friday at Carolina in a 4-1 win. Nikita Kucherov had a hat trick in that one and also has nine goals and 11 assists in 17 career games vs. the Canucks. The Lightning are 7-1 in the past eight meetings.