BREAKING: Tampa Bay Lightning Announce Bad News For Superstar Forward

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been without their star goaltender all season long, but now, they'll have to face the Carolina Hurricanes with perhaps their biggest star to miss the game.

There was speculation swirling that the Lightning would be without Nikita Kucherov for this game, and now on social media, the team have confirmed he'll miss the Saturday Night blockbuster against the Carolina Hurricanes.

In 14 games this year, Kucherov has been perhaps the best player in the NHL, notching 11 goals and 23 points over that time, and now, the team will lineup line this without him.

a look at the #Bolts lines and D pairings *without* Nikita Kucherov, who is out with an illness:

Hagel - Point - Barré-Boulet
Stamkos - Paul - Motte
Jeannot - Cirelli - Eyssimont
Watson - Glendening - Merelä

Hedman - Cernak
Sergachev - Raddysh
de Haan - Perbix

This isn't likely an illness that will keep him out for a while, but with every point meaning so much in the stacked Eastern Conference, the team will be hoping that it's just one game he ends up missing.

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