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
Sebastian AhoC	0	0	1	0	19:43	1:43	1:40	16:20	23	1	21	0	3	0	10	12	45.5	1	1	2
Jackson BlakeRW	0	1	0	1	17:48	1:10	0:00	16:38	21	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
William CarrierLW	1	0	0	-1	9:50	0:00	0:00	9:50	15	0	6	0	2	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Nikolaj EhlersLW	0	0	0	-1	14:58	1:32	0:00	13:26	19	1	15	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Taylor HallLW	0	1	1	2	16:01	0:55	0:00	15:06	20	1	13	1	2	0	1	0	100.0	2	0	0
Mark JankowskiC	1	0	0	0	9:45	0:00	0:02	9:43	13	0	5	1	1	0	5	3	62.5	1	0	0
Seth JarvisC	0	0	1	1	18:21	1:24	1:43	15:14	24	1	26	1	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jordan MartinookRW	0	1	0	0	14:31	0:00	0:23	14:08	21	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Eric RobinsonLW	0	1	0	-1	9:20	0:00	0:00	9:20	13	0	10	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jordan StaalC	1	3	1	0	15:19	0:52	0:23	14:04	23	0	15	0	1	0	6	11	35.3	2	0	0
Logan StankovenC	0	2	1	1	16:02	0:51	0:00	15:11	19	1	11	1	2	0	7	9	43.8	0	0	0
Andrei SvechnikovLW	2	1	0	1	18:36	1:39	0:00	16:57	23	0	21	2	3	2	0	0	0.0	3	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	0	1	20:17	0:10	0:46	19:21	25	1	1	0	0	1
Shayne GostisbehereD	0	3	1	0	18:45	1:48	0:03	16:54	19	9	0	2	1	0
K'Andre MillerD	3	5	0	0	20:42	0:00	1:19	19:23	26	4	1	1	0	2
Alexander NikishinD	4	1	1	0	16:13	0:46	0:01	15:26	19	7	0	4	1	1
Jaccob SlavinD	2	1	0	1	23:31	0:00	2:04	21:27	25	0	0	2	0	0
Sean WalkerD	2	3	0	0	18:12	0:00	0:00	18:12	25	4	0	0	0	0