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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Carolina Hurricanes: game summary

Final · February 26, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Tampa Bay Lightning4
Carolina Hurricanes5

Shots on goal : TBL 28 — CAR 33 · Lenovo Center

Three stars

TBL

Game stats

CAR
28Shots on goal33
55 %Faceoff win %45 %
1/2Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits23
20Blocked shots16
20Giveaways20
6Takeaways7

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
TBL1111628
CAR13101033

Season series TBL 1 – 2 CAR

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← TBL 4 / 28 / 405 / 33 / 41 CAR →
Missed shot — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P1 00:45 · wristMissed shot — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P1 07:17 · snapMissed shot — Dominic James (TBL), P1 07:43 · backhandMissed shot — Eric Robinson (CAR), P1 08:49 · tip-inMissed shot — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P1 11:54 · wristMissed shot — William Carrier (CAR), P1 12:54 · wristMissed shot — Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR), P1 14:28 · snapMissed shot — Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR), P1 15:30 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McDonagh (TBL), P1 18:57 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P2 00:49 · snapMissed shot — William Carrier (CAR), P2 06:56 · snapMissed shot — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P2 08:22 · tip-inMissed shot — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P2 09:54 · slapMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 11:53 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 03:35 · wristMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 03:50 · snapMissed shot — Declan Carlile (TBL), P3 05:52 · wristMissed shot — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 11:29 · wristMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 15:55 · snapMissed shot — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P3 19:00 · snapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P1 03:30 · wristShot on goal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P1 03:40 · snapShot on goal — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P1 04:11 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 05:17 · wristShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P1 05:22 · wristShot on goal — Eric Robinson (CAR), P1 05:34 · snapShot on goal — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P1 05:44 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 08:31 · snapShot on goal — Jaccob Slavin (CAR), P1 08:56 · snapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 11:23 · slapShot on goal — Mark Jankowski (CAR), P1 12:52 · tip-inShot on goal — Logan Stankoven (CAR), P1 15:10 · wristShot on goal — Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR), P1 15:20 · wristShot on goal — Sebastian Aho (CAR), P1 17:56 · tip-inShot on goal — Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR), P1 18:02 · slapShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P1 18:47 · snapShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P1 18:49 · wristShot on goal — Erik Cernak (TBL), P1 19:24 · wristShot on goal — Erik Cernak (TBL), P1 19:31 · slapShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 00:25 · slapShot on goal — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P2 02:47 · snapShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 03:58 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 04:58 · tip-inShot on goal — Jordan Martinook (CAR), P2 09:11 · backhandShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 10:03 · snapShot on goal — William Carrier (CAR), P2 10:53 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 13:13 · slapShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P2 13:23 · wristShot on goal — K'Andre Miller (CAR), P2 14:36 · snapShot on goal — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P2 14:48 · snapShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P2 15:14 · wristShot on goal — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P2 16:03 · slapShot on goal — Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR), P2 16:15 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 16:24 · snapShot on goal — Sebastian Aho (CAR), P2 16:35 · backhandShot on goal — Alexander Nikishin (CAR), P2 16:54 · snapShot on goal — Pontus Holmberg (TBL), P2 19:02 · backhandShot on goal — Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR), P3 01:15 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 04:15 · snapShot on goal — William Carrier (CAR), P3 04:57 · tip-inShot on goal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P3 07:04 · slapShot on goal — Jaccob Slavin (CAR), P3 08:35 · snapShot on goal — Taylor Hall (CAR), P3 10:38 · snapShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 11:28 · wristShot on goal — Eric Robinson (CAR), P3 11:55 · backhandShot on goal — Andrei Svechnikov (CAR), P3 12:34 · snapShot on goal — Jordan Staal (CAR), P3 12:45 · slapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P3 13:34 · tip-inShot on goal — Jackson Blake (CAR), P3 14:16 · snapShot on goal — Brayden Point (TBL), P3 17:10 · backhandShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P3 17:14 · slapShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P3 18:39 · tip-inGoal — Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR), P1 01:43 · snapGoal — Logan Stankoven (CAR), P1 02:56 · snapGoal — Taylor Hall (CAR), P1 06:41 · wristGoal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 16:30 · snapGoal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 17:05 · snapGoal — Dominic James (TBL), P2 01:58 · snapGoal — Seth Jarvis (CAR), P2 07:21 · wristGoal — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 14:02 · snapGoal — Sebastian Aho (CAR), P3 07:17 · slap

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

2nd period

  • 13:56CARSebastian Aho — Holding the stick (2 min) · drawn by Nikita Kucherov
  • 15:33TBLNikita Kucherov — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Andrei Svechnikov

3rd period

  • 02:34CARJackson Blake — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Declan Carlile
  • 06:43TBLGage Goncalves — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by K'Andre Miller

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
D. JamesC1004016:55
B. PointC1102122:06
O. BjorkstrandR0000013:01
Z. GirgensonsC00-10214:53
P. HolmbergR00-11114:01
Y. GourdeC00-23416:04
B. HagelL1002020:42
S. SabourinR0100205:00
J. GuentzelC0314122:03
N. KucherovR1002025:07
G. GoncalvesC0002114:55
R. McDonaghD0120015:43
D. RaddyshD01-14026:01
C. D'AstousD00-30013:19
D. CarlileD00-10211:04
V. HedmanD00-10014:21
E. CernakD0022015:26
J. MoserD0102119:42
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson(L)28/3384.8 %57:03
A. Vasilevskiy0/0—00:00

Carolina Hurricanes

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. StaalC0001315:19
S. AhoC1003019:43
L. StankovenC1112216:02
S. JarvisR1113018:21
N. EhlersL10-13014:58
W. CarrierL00-12009:50
A. SvechnikovR0213118:36
J. MartinookL0101114:31
E. RobinsonL00-12109:20
J. BlakeR0111117:48
T. HallL1122116:01
M. JankowskiL0101009:45
S. GostisbehereD0002318:45
J. ChatfieldD0110020:17
K. MillerD0101520:42
A. NikishinD0004116:13
S. WalkerD0000318:12
J. SlavinD0012123:31
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
F. Andersen0/0—00:00
B. Bussi(W)24/2885.7 %60:00

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