13-5-2, 5-4-2 Away

16-3-2, 7-1-1 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Carolina Hurricanes

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	9	5	1	0	2.74	.889
D. Hildeby	4	0	1	0	2.56	.899

Hurricanes

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
P. Kochetkov	12	1	0	2	1.62	.920
B. Bussi	4	2	2	0	2.96	.872

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CAR

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

28PTS

20A

Sebastian AhoC #20

29PTS

12G

17A

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

13G

1PPG

80S

Sebastian AhoC #20

12G

5PPG

58S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

20A

6PPA

10+/-

Sebastian AhoC #20

17A

4PPA

14+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Erik Cernak D	Day-To-Day	Nov 17
Anthony Cirelli C	Day-To-Day	Nov 17
Brayden Point C	IR	Nov 17

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.70	2.90	29.5	25.1	162	14	20.6	15	71.7	0	0
CAR	4.14	2.19	33.3	21.5	172	18	25.4	9	85.9	3	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/14/26	vsDET	L2-0
11/12/26	@CBJ	W3-1
11/11/26	@BUF	W8-3
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT

Hurricanes Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/14/26	vsSEA	W5-1
11/12/26	vsSEA	W4-1
11/7/26	vsCHI	W9-2
11/5/26	@NYI	W5-3
11/3/26	@NSH	L4-1

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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
Tampa Bay	13	5	2	28
Montreal	12	4	4	28
Ottawa	13	6	2	28
Boston	13	6	1	27
Florida	12	7	2	26
Buffalo	8	8	4	20
Detroit	8	10	3	19
Toronto	8	12	2	18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	16	3	2	34
New Jersey	15	6	0	30
NY Rangers	12	8	1	25
NY Islanders	9	6	4	22
Washington	10	8	0	20
Philadelphia	6	10	6	18
Pittsburgh	7	11	2	16
Columbus	7	11	0	14

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Sebastian AhoC #20

Brandon HagelLW #38

Sebastian AhoC #20

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Sebastian AhoC #20

Injury Report

Team Stats

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New York takes on Montreal following Gawdin's 2-goal showing