Game

Hurricanes at Lightning

Hurricanes 4, Lightning 2 · first star Andrei Svechnikov (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.

Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Hurricanes CAR

4 FINAL 2

Lightning TBL

Saturday, March 14, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena, Tampa

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	2	0	2	4	35
Lightning	0	2	0	2	19

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Hurricanes attack left, Lightning 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; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CAR 35, TBL 19.

CAR in red TBL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Hurricanes 35 shots on goal (4 goals, 17 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Lightning 19 shots on goal (2 goals, 8 missed, 11 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT	TBL SOG	TBL G	TBL ATT
1st	13	2	20	10	0	13
2nd	11	0	21	7	2	13
3rd	11	2	26	2	0	12
Total	35	4	67	19	2	38

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CAR SOG	CAR G	TBL SOG	TBL G
Even strength	33	4	16	2
Power play	2	0	3	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 63.8% of the shot attempts, and 64.3% of the 84 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 Lightning and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Hurricanes hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Hurricanes at Lightning
Period	TBL CF%	TBL FF%
1st	39.4	37.9
2nd	38.2	42.3
3rd	31.6	20.8
Game	36.2	34.2

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:36 Andrei Svechnikov (24) Sebastian Aho (44), Sean Walker (15) · snap 1–0
17:28 Sebastian Aho (24) Andrei Svechnikov (34), K'Andre Miller (26) · wrist 2–0

2nd period

14:10 Yanni Gourde (8) Victor Hedman (16), Pontus Holmberg (10) · snap 2–1
15:31 Charle-Edouard D'Astous (4) Brayden Point (27), Gage Goncalves (14) · tip-in 2–2

3rd period

09:18 Jordan Martinook (9) Nikolaj Ehlers (32), Mike Reilly (8) · wrist 3–2
18:29 Logan Stankoven (13) EN Taylor Hall (22) · snap 4–2

Three stars

Andrei Svechnikov CAR · R #37 · 1 G, 1 A
Sebastian Aho CAR · C #20 · 1 G, 1 A
Charle-Edouard D'Astous TBL · D #51 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	06:27	CAR	Andrei Svechnikov	slashing	2	Zemgus Girgensons
1st	10:40	TBL	Yanni Gourde	hooking	2	William Carrier
1st	14:29	CAR	Seth Jarvis	roughing	2	Zemgus Girgensons
1st	14:29	CAR	Seth Jarvis	fighting (major)	5	Zemgus Girgensons
1st	14:29	TBL	Zemgus Girgensons	fighting (major)	5	Seth Jarvis
2nd	04:32	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	roughing	2	Sebastian Aho
2nd	04:32	CAR	Sebastian Aho	roughing	2	Pontus Holmberg
2nd	09:05	CAR	Sean Walker	hooking	2	Nikita Kucherov
2nd	09:20	TBL	Brandon Hagel	hooking	2	Jalen Chatfield

Boxscore

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sebastian Aho #20	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	2	40.0	20:28
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	1	1	2	+1	6	4	0	2	0.0	19:24
Logan Stankoven #22	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100.0	14:51
Jordan Martinook #48	L	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:45
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:19
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	14:17
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	0	0.0	24:05
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	12:31
Sean Walker #26	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	3	2	0.0	20:13
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	57.1	13:35
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	10:13
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	50.0	09:53
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	09:13
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0.0	17:56
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	7	100.0	16:14
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:03
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	24:16
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0.0	23:10

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	W	19	17	2	.895	14/16	3/3	59:34

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Yanni Gourde #37	C	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	60.0	15:20
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	1	0	1	+1	1	4	2	0	0.0	18:03
Brayden Point #21	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50.0	17:35
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0.0	15:40
Pontus Holmberg #29	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	12:03
Victor Hedman #77	D	0	1	1	-1	1	1	4	0	0.0	18:27
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	35.7	18:30
Jake Guentzel #59	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	16:13
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	33.3	08:20
Brandon Hagel #38	L	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	0.0	19:22
Nick Paul #20	L	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	55.6	09:57
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:02
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	0	0	0	-1	5	2	0	0	0.0	20:00
Oliver Bjorkstrand #22	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0.0	14:19
Darren Raddysh #43	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	23:14
Erik Cernak #81	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	0.0	16:01
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:55
Ryan McDonagh #27	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0.0	18:11

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88	L	34	31	3	.912	29/32	2/2	58:48

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.