Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes

Thu, Feb 26, 2026 · Lenovo Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Tampa Bay Lightning

4 – 5

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 on Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at Lenovo Center. Andrei Svechnikov led the way with 2 points. Brandon Bussi made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	2	2	0	4	28
CAR	3	1	1	5	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:43	CAR	EV	Nikolaj Ehlers (15) · snap	K'Andre Miller (20), Jordan Martinook (12)	0–1
1st	02:56	CAR	EV	Logan Stankoven (11) · snap	Taylor Hall (16), Jalen Chatfield (13)	0–2
1st	06:41	CAR	EV	Taylor Hall (13) · wrist	Jackson Blake (18), Logan Stankoven (16)	0–3
1st	16:30	TBL	EV	Brandon Hagel (28) · snap	Scott Sabourin (3), Jake Guentzel (35)	1–3
1st	17:05	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (31) · snap	Brayden Point (21), J.J. Moser (15)	2–3
2nd	01:58	TBL	EV	Dominic James (6) · snap	Jake Guentzel (36), Ryan McDonagh (7)	3–3
2nd	07:21	CAR	EV	Seth Jarvis (26) · wrist	Andrei Svechnikov (29), Mark Jankowski (9)	3–4
2nd	14:02	TBL	PP	Brayden Point (14) · snap	Jake Guentzel (37), Darren Raddysh (36)	4–4
3rd	07:17	CAR	PP	Sebastian Aho (21) · slap	Seth Jarvis (19), Andrei Svechnikov (30)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	13:56	CAR	Sebastian Aho	holding the stick	2
2nd	15:33	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	slashing	2
3rd	02:34	CAR	Jackson Blake	holding	2
3rd	06:43	TBL	Gage Goncalves	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TBL 3.63 · CAR 2.86 · xG% TBL 55.9

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	3	3	+1	0	4	1	1	62.5	22:03	23
21	Brayden Point	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	22:06	25
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	5		26:01	26
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1		25:07	27
38	Brandon Hagel	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		20:42	22
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		19:42	25
17	Dominic James	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	81.8	16:55	18
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		15:43	21
46	Scott Sabourin	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		5:00	8
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	4	0	50.0	16:04	20
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	1		15:26	21
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		14:55	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	40.0	14:53	20
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		14:21	18
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		14:01	19
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2		13:19	15
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		13:01	17
67	Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		11:04	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Jonas Johansson	L	33	28	5	.848	57:03

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	2		18:36	23
24	Seth Jarvis	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0		18:21	24
22	Logan Stankoven	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	0	43.8	16:02	19
71	Taylor Hall	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	0	100.0	16:01	20
19	K'Andre Miller	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	3		20:42	26
5	Jalen Chatfield	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		20:17	25
20	Sebastian Aho	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	45.5	19:43	23
53	Jackson Blake	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0		17:48	21
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0		14:58	19
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		14:31	21
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		23:31	25
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		18:45	19
26	Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		18:12	25
21	Alexander Nikishin	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4		16:13	19
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	35.3	15:19	23
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		9:50	15
77	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	62.5	9:45	13
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		9:20	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Brandon Bussi	W	28	24	4	.857	60:00