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Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Carolina Hurricanes
24-15-2
Final
2 - 3
Tampa Bay Lightning
21-15-2

Brayden Point scores with 52 seconds to play to lift Lightning to 3-2 win over Hurricanes

Brayden Point nets the game winner for the Lightning

Brandon Hagel and Nick Paul also scored for Tampa Bay while Darren Raddysh finished with two assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots in the victory.

Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina. Pytor Kochetkov finished with 31 saves.

Nikita Kucherov found Point cutting to the slot where he received the pass and spun around to his forehand to snap a shot past Kochetkov on the winning goal.

Takeaways Hurricanes: Defenseman Brent Burns appeared in his 884th consecutive game to tie Steve Larmer for the sixth-longest iron man streak in league history. Carolina has not won consecutive games since Dec. 14 and Dec. 17.

Lightning: Paul became the sixth Tampa Bay player to score at least 10 goals this season. Vasilevskiy recorded his 310th career victory to tie Kari Lehtonen for 33rd on the career list.

Key moment Just after the Lightning were turned aside late, Victor Hedman collected the puck in the neutral zone and re-entered the zone with a pass to prevent Carolina from a late change right before Tampa Bay’s winning goal.

Key stat Tampa Bay improved to 21-5-1 when scoring at least three goals.

Up Next The Penguins host Toronto while the Lightning welcome Boston, both on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

TB leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 16:38 Brandon Hagel Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Darren Raddysh (12)
Goal 2nd Period 6:31 Andrei Svechnikov Goal (13) Backhand, assists: Jordan Staal (13)
Goal 2nd Period 9:17 Nick Paul Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Darren Raddysh (13), Conor Geekie (6)
Goal 3rd Period 9:56 Jordan Staal Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Brent Burns (10)
Goal 3rd Period 19:08 Brayden Point Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (39), Jake Guentzel (19)

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 14
24 Hits 19
2 Takeaways 3
31 Shots 33
0 Power Play Goals 1
1 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
45 Faceoffs Won 33
57.7 Faceoff Win Percent 42.3
13 Giveaways 11
5 Total Penalties 3
10 Penalty Minutes 6
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Connor Kurth, RW Day-To-Day Sep 13
Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW Day-To-Day Jul 28
Brandon Hagel, LW Day-To-Day Jul 28
Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Sean Walker, D Day-To-Day Jul 28
Jalen Chatfield, D Day-To-Day Jul 28

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 0 0 0 0
NY Islanders 0 0 0 0
NY Rangers 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0
Washington 0 0 0 0
Columbus 0 0 0 0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Boston 0 0 0 0
Buffalo 0 0 0 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0
Montreal 0 0 0 0
Ottawa 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0
Toronto 0 0 0 0
Florida 0 0 0 0
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