Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

Lightning

38-15-4, 80 PTS

4-5

Final

Hurricanes

37-15-6, 80 PTS

Lenovo Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

TB shoots leftCAR shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TB	11	11	6	28
CAR	13	10	10	33

In net

Jonas Johansson28/33 SV, .848

Brandon Bussi24/28 SV, .857

Team	1	2	3	T
TB	2	2	0	4
CAR	3	1	1	5

Who won: Hurricanes 5-4

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The series is tied 1-1. Taylor Hall led the Hurricanes in goals (1). Brayden Point led the Lightning in goals (1).

CAR

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oliver BjorkstrandRW	4	0	0	0	13:01	2:06	0:00	10:55	17	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zemgus GirgensonsC	1	2	0	-1	14:53	0:00	0:59	13:54	20	0	7	0	0	0	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	1	0	14:55	0:00	0:00	14:55	22	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2
Yanni GourdeC	0	4	0	-2	16:04	0:00	0:57	15:07	20	0	7	0	3	0	7	7	50.0	1	0	0
Jake GuentzelC	1	1	0	1	22:03	2:06	1:41	18:16	23	0	26	3	4	2	5	3	62.5	0	0	0
Brandon HagelLW	1	0	1	0	20:42	0:00	1:31	19:11	22	1	28	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Pontus HolmbergRW	0	1	0	-1	14:01	0:00	0:00	14:01	19	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Dominic JamesC	0	0	2	0	16:55	0:00	0:00	16:55	18	1	6	0	4	1	9	2	81.8	0	0	0
Nikita KucherovRW	1	0	0	0	25:07	2:06	0:00	23:01	27	1	31	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	3	1	2
Brayden PointC	0	1	1	0	22:06	2:06	0:00	20:00	25	1	14	1	2	2	13	13	50.0	0	0	0
Scott SabourinRW	0	2	0	0	5:00	0:00	0:00	5:00	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Declan CarlileD	1	2	0	-1	11:04	0:00	0:00	11:04	17	1	0	0	1	1
Erik CernakD	1	0	0	2	15:26	0:00	1:34	13:52	21	1	0	2	0	1
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	2	0	0	-3	13:19	0:00	0:00	13:19	15	3	0	0	0	2
Victor HedmanD	3	0	0	-1	14:21	0:00	0:59	13:22	18	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	2	15:43	0:00	1:35	14:08	21	4	1	0	2	3
J.J. MoserD	0	1	1	0	19:42	0:00	1:00	18:42	25	5	1	2	0	4
Darren RaddyshD	5	0	0	-1	26:01	2:06	0:00	23:55	26	17	1	4	0	1