4 Carolina 1st Metropolitan53-22-3-4

6 Tampa Bay 2nd Atlantic50-26-4-2

FINAL 4 FINAL 6 7:00PM ET · Dec 20, 2025

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Hurricanes vs Lightning Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
CAR Carolina	3	0	1	4	Pyotr Kochetkov
TB Tampa Bay	0	3	3	6	Andrei Vasilevskiy

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
CAR Carolina	+110	5.5o (4.5)	-1.5
TB Tampa Bay	-132	5.5u	+1.5 (3.5)

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
2:42		E. Robinson Assisted by: J. Staal ,
4:00		J. Blake (PP) Assisted by: S. Gostisbehere , N. Ehlers
12:27		B. Nadeau (PP) Assisted by: L. Stankoven ,
Scoring - Period 2
0:30		G. Goncalves Assisted by: M. Crozier , D. James
1:20		B. Point Assisted by: C. D'Astous , N. Kucherov
16:36		J. Finley Assisted by: D. James , Y. Gourde
Scoring - Period 3
2:47		A. Svechnikov Assisted by: J. Kotkaniemi , M. Jankowski
3:13		R. McDonagh Assisted by: P. Holmberg , C. D'Astous
6:38		J. Guentzel Assisted by: J. Moser , N. Paul
19:33		J. Guentzel (EN) Assisted by: R. McDonagh ,

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
3:27		D. Carlile (2:00) Holding
6:00		A. Svechnikov (2:00) Interference
10:35		J. Finley (4:00) High Sticking
14:36		Z. Girgensons (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Period 2
2:07		J. Kotkaniemi (2:00) Roughing
2:07		D. Carlile (2:00) Roughing
2:07		J. Kotkaniemi (2:00) Roughing
2:07		M. Jankowski (2:00) Roughing
2:07		N. Paul (2:00) Roughing
18:07		D. Raddysh (2:00) Roughing
Penalties - Period 3
14:32		A. Svechnikov (2:00) Tripping

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Carolina	10	6	6	22
Tampa Bay	6	14	9	29

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Carolina	4	22	18.18	40.00	100.00	22	5	10
Tampa Bay	6	29	20.69	0.00	60.00	30	6	14

Goaltending

Carolina

Carolina Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
P. Kochetkov	28	23	5	.821	0	59:06

Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
A. Vasilevskiy	22	18	4	.818	0	60:00

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	S. Gostisbehere	0	1	1	-2	0	1	23	18:11	12:53	4:58	0:20	0	-	-	-
5	D	J. Chatfield	0	0	0	-2	0	1	24	19:59	16:58	0:12	2:49	0	-	-	-
6	D	M. Reilly	0	0	0	-2	0	0	19	13:45	13:34	0:00	0:11	0	-	-	-
11	C	J. Staal	0	1	1	-1	0	0	21	15:08	11:12	1:13	2:43	0	7	11	39
19	D	K. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	1	22	21:28	17:50	0:20	3:18	0	-	-	-
20	C	S. Aho	0	0	0	-3	0	1	23	21:19	12:30	5:18	3:31	0	3	6	33
21	D	A. Nikishin	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	19:45	13:27	3:15	3:03	0	-	-	-
22	C	L. Stankoven	0	1	1	-1	0	2	19	16:22	13:16	3:06	0:00	0	6	6	50
26	D	S. Walker	0	0	0	-1	0	3	22	18:05	15:46	0:00	2:19	0	-	-	-
27	LW	N. Ehlers	0	1	1	-3	0	1	22	19:36	14:17	5:19	0:00	0	-	-	-
28	LW	W. Carrier	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	9:50	9:22	0:00	0:28	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Nadeau	1	0	1	-2	0	4	17	13:06	10:21	2:45	0:00	1	-	-	-
37	RW	A. Svechnikov	1	0	1	-1	4	2	21	18:12	12:54	5:18	0:00	0	-	-	-
50	LW	E. Robinson	1	0	1	E	0	3	16	13:50	10:23	0:00	3:27	0	-	-	-
53	RW	J. Blake	1	0	1	-3	0	1	20	19:25	13:47	5:28	0:10	1	-	-	-
71	LW	T. Hall	0	0	0	-2	0	2	20	15:52	12:44	3:08	0:00	0	-	-	-
77	C	M. Jankowski	0	1	1	1	2	0	18	10:55	9:14	0:00	1:41	0	6	5	55
82	C	J. Kotkaniemi	0	1	1	1	4	0	15	10:06	8:21	1:45	0:00	0	-	2	0
52	G	P. Kochetkov	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	59:06	44:41	8:25	6:00	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
17	C	D. James	0	2	2	2	0	0	13	10:44	10:17	0:27	0:00	1	1	50
20	LW	N. Paul	0	1	1	E	2	1	17	12:50	9:46	0:32	2:32	10	5	67
21	C	B. Point	1	0	1	E	0	3	20	18:25	13:52	4:33	0:00	2	4	33
22	RW	O. Bjorkstrand	0	0	0	E	0	0	16	13:01	9:24	3:37	0:00	-	-	-
24	D	M. Crozier	0	1	1	E	0	0	19	16:42	13:41	0:00	3:01	-	-	-
27	D	R. McDonagh	1	1	2	3	0	1	25	19:34	14:58	0:09	4:27	-	-	-
28	C	Z. Girgensons	0	0	0	1	2	1	20	13:44	11:20	0:02	2:22	-	-	-
29	RW	P. Holmberg	0	1	1	1	0	2	16	12:26	12:23	0:03	0:00	-	-	-
37	C	Y. Gourde	0	1	1	1	0	2	23	16:13	12:30	0:06	3:37	2	2	50
43	D	D. Raddysh	0	0	0	1	2	3	19	23:06	16:55	5:05	1:06	-	-	-
51	D	C. D'Astous	0	2	2	2	0	0	20	16:42	15:06	0:57	0:39	-	-	-
59	C	J. Guentzel	2	0	2	1	0	5	18	19:19	10:21	5:26	3:32	-	-	-
62	C	J. Finley	1	0	1	2	4	2	13	8:19	8:19	0:00	0:00	2	4	33
67	D	D. Carlile	0	0	0	E	4	1	17	15:22	12:50	0:00	2:32	-	-	-
71	C	A. Cirelli	0	0	0	2	0	1	29	22:30	14:38	3:04	4:48	13	6	68
86	RW	N. Kucherov	0	1	1	1	0	2	21	19:25	13:55	5:30	0:00	-	-	-
90	D	J. Moser	0	1	1	2	0	4	22	22:55	17:51	0:00	5:04	-	-	-
93	C	G. Goncalves	1	0	1	1	0	1	12	10:18	9:49	0:29	0:00	-	-	-
88	G	A. Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	45:35	6:00	8:25	-	-	-

Game Info

Location Benchmark International Arena

Referees Justin Kea , Garrett Rank

Linesmen Kyle Flemington, Jesse Marquis

Attendance 19,092 attendance

CAR vs TBRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
CAR	22-9-3	14-20-0	17-17-0	11-4-2	11-5-1
TB	18-13-3	16-18-0	16-18-0	10-4-3	8-9-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

3-6-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Mar 11, '25	CAR	4 - 1	CAR -112	u5.5	31	24	0-5	0-1
Jan 07, '25	TB	3 - 2	TB +100	u6.0	33	31	1-3	0-1
Oct 11, '24	CAR	4 - 1	TB +134	u6.0	21	23	0-4	2-6
Nov 24, '23	CAR	8 - 2	TB +140	o6.5	24	14	1-6	4-5
Nov 11, '23	TB	4 - 0	CAR -132	u6.5	22	32	0-3	1-3
Oct 24, '23	TB	3 - 0	TB +119	u6.5	23	32	1-4	0-4
Mar 28, '23	CAR	4 - 0	TB +124	u6.0	31	21	0-2	0-1
Mar 05, '23	CAR	6 - 0	CAR -166	P6.0	38	14	4-5	0-2
Nov 03, '22	TB	4 - 3 (SO)	CAR +109	o6.0	26	55	2-5	1-6
Mar 29, '22	TB	4 - 3 (OT)	TB -138	o6.0	32	19	3-4	0-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-2-0-1

Over / Under

3-7-0

$68

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 19, '25	@ FLA	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L -134	o6.0	29	41	1-3	0-2
Dec 17, '25	@ NAS	W 4 - 1	W -176	u6.0	37	26	1-4	0-3
Dec 14, '25	PHI	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -245	u5.5	32	26	1-6	0-4
Dec 13, '25	@ PHI	W 4 - 3 (SO)	W -182	o6.0	21	18	0-2	0-0
Dec 11, '25	@ WAS	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -113	u5.5	39	25	0-2	0-1
Dec 09, '25	CLB	W 4 - 1	W -230	u6.5	32	24	1-4	1-3
Dec 07, '25	SJ	L 1 - 4	L -330	u6.5	29	22	1-3	1-2
Dec 06, '25	NAS	W 6 - 3	W -230	o6.0	40	22	2-6	1-3
Dec 04, '25	TOR	L 1 - 5	L -200	u6.5	33	23	0-3	0-2
Nov 30, '25	CAL	W 1 - 0 (OT)	W -245	u6.5	17	16	0-1	0-1

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 23, '25	FLA	W 9-1	W -178	o6.0
Dec 27, '25	DET	L 3-4 (OT)	L -150	o6.0
Dec 29, '25	NYR	W 3-2 (OT)	W -178	u5.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

3-6-0-1

Over / Under

4-6-0

-$432

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 18, '25	LA	L 1 - 2	L -225	u5.5	32	20	1-5	0-1
Dec 15, '25	FLA	L 2 - 5	L -126	o6.0	28	24	0-5	1-4
Dec 13, '25	@ NYI	L 2 - 3 (SO)	L -137	u6.0	34	17	1-4	1-4
Dec 11, '25	@ NJ	W 8 - 4	W -138	o6.0	35	37	2-3	1-3
Dec 09, '25	@ MON	W 6 - 1	W -110	o6.5	27	27	1-3	1-4
Dec 08, '25	@ TOR	L 0 - 2	L -125	u6.5	29	24	0-1	0-2
Dec 06, '25	NYI	L 0 - 2	L -144	u6.0	32	18	0-2	1-3
Dec 04, '25	PIT	L 3 - 4	L -156	o6.5	40	31	1-6	2-4
Dec 02, '25	@ NYI	L 1 - 2	L -120	u6.0	31	24	0-3	0-3
Nov 29, '25	@ NYR	W 4 - 1	W +104	u6.5	35	13	0-2	0-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 22, '25	STL	L 2-3 (SO)	L -205	u5.5
Dec 27, '25	@ FLA	W 4-2	W -118	o5.5
Dec 28, '25	MON	W 5-4 (SO)	W -134	o6.5

CAR vs TB Preview

Carolina at

Tampa Bay

Last Meeting ( Sep 26, 2025 ) Carolina 5, Tampa Bay 6

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been one of the Eastern Conference's streakiest teams this season.

Dragging around a three-game losing skid (0-2-1) and a home record that is now on the south side of .500 (8-9-0), the Lightning will host the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night in the first meeting between the clubs this season.

Coach Jon Cooper's group went a dismal 1-4-2 out of the gate before winning 15 of the next 18 games to reach the top spot in the Atlantic Division.

However, Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings dropped the Lightning to 2-6-1 in their past nine and 0-2-0 in their four-game homestand that wraps up with a matchup with the St. Louis Blues on Monday.

"For a massive part of the year, we were on a pretty darn good streak," Cooper said. "Like winning 15 of 18 or something like that with basically the same lineup. ... We have done that, but for whatever reason it's not going our way right now. But we know it can, and we've proven that. "

The Lightning saw top points producer Nikita Kucherov (13 goals, 29 assists in 30 games) take himself out of the lineup because of illness after the pregame skate, reducing the forward group to 11.

That dwindled to 10 when Anthony Cirelli went down hard and headed to the tunnel with 13:45 left in the third period after the forward stopped, pivoted to get back on defense and crashed hard into the Kings' unsuspecting Kevin Fiala.

Cirelli, who has played in 68 or fewer games in three of the past six seasons due to injuries, did not return.

When asked what it was like losing players seemingly every game, Cooper replied, "It's an opportunity for other guys is what it is."

On an Eastern Conference-best five-game winning streak, Carolina traveled to Sunrise for Friday night's matchup with the Panthers in the first of back-to-back games.

When it was over, coach Rod Brind'Amour did not like what he saw: His club squandered a two-goal lead in the final 10:16 of the third period. The Panthers scored two goals with goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky on the bench and an extra skater on the ice.

Florida won 4-3 in the shootout, with Evan Rodrigues potting the game-winner in the fourth round.

"I didn't really love the game," Brind'Amour said. "Obviously, you should've won the game when you have a two-goal lead there. But at the end, two 6-on-5 goals. The details weren't very good. We were kind of cheating for that next one instead of just doing it right. It cost us a point."

Sebastian Aho scored twice, once on the power play, to give him 13 goals on the season.

Captain Jordan Staal added his 10th goal of the season.

However, Carolina top goal scorer Seth Jarvis was injured in overtime after he crashed at full speed into the left goal post, smacking it with his rib area and grimacing in pain.

"It's not good, so he's going to be out for a while," Brind'Amour said.

In the crease, rookie sensation Brandon Bussi (11-1-1, 2.11 goals-against average, .913 save percentage) lost in his effort to break Cam Ward's record of nine consecutive wins.

-Field Level Media

CAR vs TBInjury report

Carolina's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
N. Ehlers	LW	Day To Day - Lower-body( Apr 30, '26)	Apr 30, '26
Ehlers is progressing in his recovery ahead of Saturday's (May 2) Game 1 versus the Flyers, per Ryan Henkel of The Hockey News.

Carolina Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	11	Jordan Staal
C	20	Sebastian Aho
C	22	Logan Stankoven
C	24	Seth Jarvis
LW	27	Nikolaj Ehlers
LW	28	William Carrier
RW	37	Andrei Svechnikov
LW	44	Nicolas Deslauriers
LW	48	Jordan Martinook
LW	50	Eric Robinson
RW	53	Jackson Blake
LW	71	Taylor Hall
LW	77	Mark Jankowski
C	82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	4	Shayne Gostisbehere
D	5	Jalen Chatfield
D	6	Mike Reilly
D	19	K'Andre Miller
D	21	Alexander Nikishin
D	26	Sean Walker
G	31	Frederik Andersen
G	32	Brandon Bussi
G	52	Pyotr Kochetkov
D	74	Jaccob Slavin

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
P. Holmberg	RW	Out - Upper-Body( Apr 21, '26)	Apr 21, '26
The Lightning said on Wednesday (Apr. 22) that Holmberg isn't expected to be an option during the team's first-round series against the Canadiens, per Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times.
V. Hedman	D	Out - Personal( Apr 21, '26)	Apr 21, '26
The Tampa Bay Lightning said on Wednesday (Apr. 22) that Hedman is unlikely to return during the first round series versus the Canadiens.

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Corey Perry
C	14	Conor Geekie
C	17	Dominic James
LW	20	Nick Paul
C	21	Brayden Point
RW	22	Oliver Bjorkstrand
C	28	Zemgus Girgensons
RW	29	Pontus Holmberg
C	37	Yanni Gourde
LW	38	Brandon Hagel
RW	46	Scott Sabourin
C	59	Jake Guentzel
C	71	Anthony Cirelli
RW	86	Nikita Kucherov
C	93	Gage Goncalves

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	24	Max Crozier
D	27	Ryan McDonagh
G	31	Jonas Johansson
D	43	Darren Raddysh
D	51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
D	67	Declan Carlile
D	78	Emil Lilleberg
D	81	Erik Cernak
G	88	Andrei Vasilevskiy
D	90	J.J. Moser

GoaltendersLast 5

Carolina
Tampa Bay

W/L

4-0-0-1

GAA

2.20

Save %

.913

Carolina Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
B.Bussi	Dec 19, 2025	FLA 4 - CAR 3 (SO)	-	3	41	.927	-	L -134	o6.0
P.Kochetkov	Dec 17, 2025	NAS 1 - CAR 4	W	1	26	.962	-	W -176	u6.0
B.Bussi	Dec 14, 2025	CAR 3 - PHI 2 (SO)	W	2	26	.923	-	W -245	u5.5
P.Kochetkov	Dec 13, 2025	PHI 3 - CAR 4 (SO)	W	3	18	.833	-	W -182	o6.0
B.Bussi	Dec 11, 2025	WAS 2 - CAR 3 (SO)	W	2	25	.920	-	W -113	u5.5

W/L

2-2-0-1

GAA

2.33

Save %

.738

Tampa Bay Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Vasilevskiy	Dec 18, 2025	TB 1 - LA 2	L	2	20	.900	-	L -225	u5.5
J.Johansson	Dec 15, 2025	TB 2 - FLA 5	L	5	24	.792	-	L -126	o6.0
J.Johansson	Dec 13, 2025	NYI 3 - TB 2 (SO)	-	2	17	.882	-	L -137	u6.0
B.Halverson	Dec 13, 2025	NYI 3 - TB 2 (SO)	-	0	0	.000	-	L -137	u6.0
J.Johansson	Dec 11, 2025	NJ 4 - TB 8	W	4	37	.892	-	W -138	o6.0
J.Johansson	Dec 9, 2025	MON 1 - TB 6	W	1	27	.963	-	W -110	o6.5

CAR vs TBStats

Offense vs Defense

CARCarolina Offense
TBTampa Bay Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.38	Total	2.65
1.06	1st Period	0.79
0.85	2nd Period	0.85
1.24	3rd Period	0.91
0.12	OT	0.06

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
33.03	Total	26.82
10.76	1st Period	9.00
11.76	2nd Period	8.62
9.97	3rd Period	8.91
0.53	OT	0.29

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.10	Total	0.90
0.10	1st Period	0.91
0.07	2nd Period	0.90
0.12	3rd Period	0.90
0.22	OT	0.80

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
17 - 106	G/Att vs. GA/Att	16 - 108
16.04	PP % vs. PK %	85.19

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Carolina Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Frederik Andersen	351	307	0.875	5-7-2
Brandon Bussi	322	294	0.913	11-1-1
Pyotr Kochetkov	161	147	0.913	6-1-0

Hurricanes vs Lightning Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

CAR vs TBRecords

CAR vs TBRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

CAR vs TB Preview

CAR vs TBInjury report

Carolina's Injuries

Carolina Starters Last Game

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

CAR vs TBStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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