Tampa Bay played strong hockey in the final two periods against Carolina in their opener and get to have their delayed home opener here after Saturday’s postponement. The Canucks are still hoping to get Thatcher Demko back in the mix in net as he tries to recover from popliteus tendinopathy but he isn’t expected to return before sometime in November at best. Silovs was solid filling in during the postseason last year but he and Lankinen aren’t going to carry this team to a deep postseason run. Tampa Bay, despite losing key contributors from their Cup winning teams, is still dangerous and has a proven commodity in net in Vasilevskiy. That, plus being at home, gives the upper hand to the Lightning.