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Final · December 20, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Carolina Hurricanes4
Tampa Bay Lightning6

Shots on goal : CAR 22 — TBL 29 · Benchmark International Arena

Three stars

CARGame statsTBL

22Shots on goal29
42 %Faceoff win %58 %
2/5Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes14
23Hits19
15Blocked shots15
13Giveaways14
6Takeaways1

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
CAR106622
TBL614929

Season seriesCAR 2 – 1 TBL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← CAR 4 / 22 / 356 / 29 / 45 TBL →
Missed shot — Nick Paul (TBL), P1 08:12 · snapMissed shot — Nick Paul (TBL), P1 08:18 · tip-inMissed shot — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P1 10:12 · wristMissed shot — Sebastian Aho (CAR), P1 11:22 · tip-inMissed shot — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P1 11:33 · slapMissed shot — Jalen Chatfield (CAR), P1 16:54 · snapMissed shot — Declan Carlile (TBL), P1 19:34 · wristMissed shot — Max Crozier (TBL), P2 00:25 · snapMissed shot — K'Andre Miller (CAR), P2 00:55 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 02:15 · tip-inMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 02:21 · slapMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P2 05:30 · wristMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P2 05:42 · tip-inMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 07:50 · wristMissed shot — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P2 08:20 · wristMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 12:11 · wristMissed shot — Sean Walker (CAR), P2 13:17 · wristMissed shot — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P2 13:26 · slapMissed shot — Logan Stankoven (CAR), P2 15:01 · deflectedMissed shot — Bradly Nadeau (CAR), P2 17:16 · wristMissed shot — Sean Walker (CAR), P3 01:38 · slapMissed shot — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P3 01:39 · slapMissed shot — Nick Paul (TBL), P3 03:37 · slapMissed shot — Nick Paul (TBL), P3 06:29 · tip-inMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 11:38 · wristMissed shot — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P3 13:01 · wristMissed shot — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P3 13:11 · wristMissed shot — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P3 18:47 · slapMissed shot — Mike Reilly (CAR), P3 19:42 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 01:53 · wristShot on goal — Eric Robinson (CAR), P1 03:25 · pokeShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 05:16 · wristShot on goal — Nick Paul (TBL), P1 05:18 · wristShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (TBL), P1 05:39 · tip-inShot on goal — Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR), P1 08:39 · slapShot on goal — Jalen Chatfield (CAR), P1 08:59 · wristShot on goal — Logan Stankoven (CAR), P1 11:41 · snapShot on goal — Taylor Hall (CAR), P1 11:48 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 15:33 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 18:07 · wristShot on goal — K'Andre Miller (CAR), P1 18:43 · wristShot on goal — Taylor Hall (CAR), P1 19:08 · slapShot on goal — Sean Walker (CAR), P2 00:13 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 02:42 · wristShot on goal — Sebastian Aho (CAR), P2 02:53 · wristShot on goal — Sean Walker (CAR), P2 03:13 · backhandShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 04:05 · slapShot on goal — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P2 05:28 · wristShot on goal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P2 05:29 · wrap-aroundShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 06:40 · wristShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 06:41 · wristShot on goal — Eric Robinson (CAR), P2 07:03 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 11:10 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 11:22 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 11:33 · snapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 12:09 · wristShot on goal — Bradly Nadeau (CAR), P2 14:12 · wristShot on goal — Jack Finley (TBL), P2 16:34 · wristShot on goal — Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR), P2 17:25 · slapShot on goal — Sean Walker (CAR), P3 01:27 · wristShot on goal — Bradly Nadeau (CAR), P3 01:28 · batShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P3 06:36 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P3 10:45 · wristShot on goal — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P3 11:00 · wristShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 11:37 · wristShot on goal — Declan Carlile (TBL), P3 12:08 · wristShot on goal — Bradly Nadeau (CAR), P3 12:33 · tip-inShot on goal — Logan Stankoven (CAR), P3 14:15 · wristShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 16:53 · wristShot on goal — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P3 19:01 · slapGoal — Eric Robinson (CAR), P1 02:42 · slapGoal — Jackson Blake (CAR), P1 04:00 · tip-inGoal — Bradly Nadeau (CAR), P1 12:27 · wristGoal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 00:30 · snapGoal — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 01:20 · tip-inGoal — Jack Finley (TBL), P2 16:36 · wristGoal — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P3 02:47 · backhandGoal — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P3 03:13 · wristGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 06:38 · backhandGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 19:33 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 03:27TBLDeclan Carlile — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Eric Robinson
  • 06:00CARAndrei Svechnikov — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Zemgus Girgensons
  • 10:35TBLJack Finley — High sticking double minor (4 min) · drawn by Mike Reilly
  • 14:36TBLZemgus Girgensons — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Bradly Nadeau

2nd period

  • 02:07TBLNick Paul — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mark Jankowski
  • 02:07CARMark Jankowski — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Nick Paul
  • 02:07CARJesperi Kotkaniemi — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Declan Carlile
  • 02:07TBLDeclan Carlile — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Jesperi Kotkaniemi
  • 02:07CARJesperi Kotkaniemi — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Declan Carlile
  • 18:07TBLDarren Raddysh — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Logan Stankoven

3rd period

  • 14:32CARAndrei Svechnikov — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Oliver Bjorkstrand

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. StaalC01-10415:08
S. AhoC00-31121:19
L. StankovenC01-12016:22
N. EhlersL01-31019:36
W. CarrierL0000309:50
B. NadeauL10-24413:06
A. SvechnikovR10-12218:12
E. RobinsonL1003113:50
J. BlakeR10-31019:25
T. HallL00-22015:52
M. JankowskiL0110110:55
J. KotkaniemiC0110110:06
S. GostisbehereD01-21018:11
J. ChatfieldD00-21019:59
M. ReillyD00-20013:45
K. MillerD00-11221:28
A. NikishinD0010219:45
S. WalkerD00-13218:05
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
F. Andersen0/0—00:00
P. Kochetkov(L)23/2882.1 %59:06

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
D. JamesC0220010:44
N. PaulL0101212:50
B. PointC1003018:25
O. BjorkstrandR0000113:01
Z. GirgensonsC0011313:44
P. HolmbergR0112012:26
Y. GourdeC0112116:13
J. GuentzelC2015119:19
J. FinleyC1022108:19
A. CirelliC0021222:30
N. KucherovR0112019:25
G. GoncalvesC1011110:18
M. CrozierD0100116:42
R. McDonaghD1131119:34
D. RaddyshD0013123:06
C. D'AstousD0220116:42
D. CarlileD0001015:22
J. MoserD0124322:55
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson0/0—00:00
A. Vasilevskiy(W)18/2281.8 %60:00

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