Game

Lightning at Hurricanes

Hurricanes 5, Lightning 4 · first star Logan Stankoven (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 5

Lightning TBL

4 FINAL 5

Hurricanes CAR

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Lightning	2	2	0	4	28
Hurricanes	3	1	1	5	33

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Lightning attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: TBL 28, CAR 33.

TBL in red CAR in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Lightning 28 shots on goal (4 goals, 12 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 33 shots on goal (5 goals, 8 missed, 21 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	TBL SOG	TBL G	TBL ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	11	2	18	13	3	21
2nd	11	2	20	10	1	17
3rd	6	0	19	10	1	24
Total	28	4	57	33	5	62

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	TBL SOG	TBL G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	25	3	27	4
Power play	2	1	6	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 52.1% of the shot attempts, and 51.1% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Hurricanes and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Lightning hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Lightning at Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	53.9	54.5
2nd	46.0	46.1
3rd	55.8	50.0
Game	52.1	50.6

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

01:43 Nikolaj Ehlers (15) K'Andre Miller (20), Jordan Martinook (12) · snap 0–1
02:56 Logan Stankoven (11) Taylor Hall (16), Jalen Chatfield (13) · snap 0–2
06:41 Taylor Hall (13) Jackson Blake (18), Logan Stankoven (16) · wrist 0–3
16:30 Brandon Hagel (28) Scott Sabourin (3), Jake Guentzel (35) · snap 1–3
17:05 Nikita Kucherov (31) Brayden Point (21), J.J. Moser (15) · snap 2–3

2nd period

01:58 Dominic James (6) Jake Guentzel (36), Ryan McDonagh (7) · snap 3–3
07:21 Seth Jarvis (26) Andrei Svechnikov (29), Mark Jankowski (9) · wrist 3–4
14:02 Brayden Point (14) PP Jake Guentzel (37), Darren Raddysh (36) · snap 4–4

3rd period

07:17 Sebastian Aho (21) PP Seth Jarvis (19), Andrei Svechnikov (30) · slap 4–5

Three stars

Logan Stankoven CAR · C #22 · 1 G, 1 A
Taylor Hall CAR · L #71 · 1 G, 1 A
Seth Jarvis CAR · C #24 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	13:56	CAR	Sebastian Aho	holding the stick	2	Nikita Kucherov
2nd	15:33	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	slashing	2	Andrei Svechnikov
3rd	02:34	CAR	Jackson Blake	holding	2	Declan Carlile
3rd	06:43	TBL	Gage Goncalves	tripping	2	K'Andre Miller

Boxscore

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jake Guentzel #59	C	0	3	3	+1	4	1	1	0	62.5	22:03
Brayden Point #21	C	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	22:06
Dominic James #17	C	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	81.8	16:55
Brandon Hagel #38	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	20:42
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0.0	25:07
Scott Sabourin #46	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	05:00
Darren Raddysh #43	D	0	1	1	-1	4	0	5	0	0.0	26:01
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	19:42
Ryan McDonagh #27	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0.0	15:43
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	14:55
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	0	0	-2	3	4	0	0	50.0	16:04
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	40.0	14:53
Oliver Bjorkstrand #22	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.0	13:01
Pontus Holmberg #29	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	14:01
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0	0.0	13:19
Declan Carlile #67	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	11:04
Erik Cernak #81	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	15:26
Victor Hedman #77	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0.0	14:21

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jonas Johansson #31	L	33	28	5	.848	23/27	5/6	57:03

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Logan Stankoven #22	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	0	43.8	16:02
Taylor Hall #71	L	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	100.0	16:01
Seth Jarvis #24	R	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	18:21
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	2	2	+1	3	1	2	0	0.0	18:36
Sebastian Aho #20	C	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	45.5	19:43
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:58
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	14:31
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	62.5	09:45
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	0.0	17:48
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	20:17
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	1	1	0	1	5	3	0	0.0	20:42
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	35.3	15:19
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	09:20
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	09:50
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0.0	16:13
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	0.0	23:31
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.0	18:12
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	18:45

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Brandon Bussi #32	W	28	24	4	.857	22/25	1/2	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.