8-2-2, 6-1-1 Away

7-2-0, 5-0-0 Home

Carolina Hurricanes @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Hurricanes

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
B. Bussi	2	2	2	0	3.27	.865
P. Kochetkov	6	0	0	0	1.98	.899

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	5	2	0	0	2.46	.898
D. Hildeby	2	0	0	0	2.01	.920

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7:00 PM, November 25, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV

Tampa, FL

CAR

Points

Sebastian AhoC #20

16PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

13PTS

Goals

Sebastian AhoC #20

3PPG

37S

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

41S

Assists

Jackson BlakeRW #53

10A

4PPA

6+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

3PPA

4+/-

Carolina Hurricanes

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Mark Jankowski C	Day-To-Day	Oct 27
Taylor Hall LW	IR	Nov 7
Jordan Staal C	IR	Dec 3
Alexander Nikishin D	IR-NR	Nov 1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Anthony Cirelli C	Day-To-Day	Oct 23
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CAR	3.92	2.67	33.5	22.3	113	11	23.9	7	83.3	2	0
TB	3.44	2.56	29.8	24.2	76	4	12.9	5	79.2	0	0

Hurricanes Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/22/26	@EDM	L6-5 SO
10/20/26	@VAN	W6-3
10/18/26	@CGY	L3-2
10/17/26	@WPG	W3-2
10/13/26	vsWSH	W4-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/20/26	@VGK	W6-2
10/17/26	vsVAN	W4-2
10/15/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT
10/13/26	@NYR	L4-1
10/10/26	@NYI	W5-3

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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
Carolina	8	2	2	18
NY Rangers	7	4	1	15
NY Islanders	5	3	2	12
New Jersey	6	4	0	12
Washington	5	4	0	10
Pittsburgh	4	6	1	9
Philadelphia	3	6	3	9
Columbus	3	5	0	6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	8	2	1	17
Tampa Bay	7	2	0	14
Ottawa	7	4	0	14
Toronto	6	4	2	14
Florida	5	4	2	12
Detroit	4	3	3	11
Montreal	4	3	2	10
Buffalo	4	4	2	10

Devils acquire 3-time Vezina winner Connor Hellebuyck from Jets

The Devils made a major move Friday, acquiring goalie and 3-time Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck from the Jets in return for several players and draft picks.

Caps' Vincent Desharnais out 4-6 weeks after appendectomy

The Capitals announced veteran defenseman Vincent Desharnais had an appendectomy on Thursday and will be sidelined for the next four to six weeks.

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The Hurricanes hang on to the No. 1 spot, with some major jumbles in the poll thereafter.

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Carolina Hurricanes @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Sebastian AhoC #20

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Sebastian AhoC #20

Brandon HagelLW #38

Jackson BlakeRW #53

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

Team Stats

Devils acquire 3-time Vezina winner Connor Hellebuyck from Jets

Caps' Vincent Desharnais out 4-6 weeks after appendectomy

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