11-4-2, 3-4-2 Away

14-3-2, 6-1-1 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Carolina Hurricanes

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	4	1	0	2.85	.883
D. Hildeby	3	0	1	0	2.95	.880

Hurricanes

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
P. Kochetkov	11	1	0	2	1.67	.920
B. Bussi	3	2	2	0	3.23	.869

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7:00 PM, February 27, 2027

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CAR

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Sebastian AhoC #20

26PTS

10G

16A

Goals

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Logan StankovenC #22

11G

1PPG

55S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

Sebastian AhoC #20

16A

3PPA

14+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.71	3.06	29.9	24.7	140	12	19.4	13	72.9	0	0
CAR	4.11	2.32	33.3	22.4	164	14	22.2	9	85.0	3	0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

Carolina Hurricanes

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
William Carrier LW	Day-To-Day	Nov 12
Jordan Staal C	IR	Dec 3

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO

Hurricanes Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	vsCHI	W9-2
11/5/26	@NYI	W5-3
11/3/26	@NSH	L4-1
11/1/26	vsWPG	W7-0
10/29/26	vsCBJ	W3-2

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/25

Hurricanes
Lightning

Game 1

11/25

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Lightning
Hurricanes

Game 2

12/28

Lightning
Hurricanes

Game 3

2/27

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	3	2	30
New Jersey	13	5	0	26
NY Rangers	10	8	1	21
Washington	9	6	0	18
NY Islanders	7	6	4	18
Philadelphia	5	10	5	15
Columbus	7	8	0	14
Pittsburgh	6	10	2	14

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Kevin Fiala is expected to make his season debut this week, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan, with the Kings also slated to get Mats Zuccarello back Tuesday night.

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Connor Hellebuyck talks a little bit about why he wanted out of Winnipeg.

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds

Alex Ovechkin didn't weigh in on CAS' decision to allow Russian players back in hockey worlds, but said they just want to represent their country.

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Sebastian AhoC #20

Jake GuentzelC #59

Logan StankovenC #22

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Sebastian AhoC #20

Team Stats

Injury Report

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds