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Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Aho, Svechnikov lead Hurricanes over Lightning to hand coach Rod Brind’Amour a win in his 600th game

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour coached his 600th career game for the franchise and picked up his 367th career win, the most for a head coach at the 600-game mark, besting Tampa Bay’s Jon Cooper, who set the previous record of 364.

Jordan Martinook broke a third period tie and Frederik Andersen stopped 17 shots. Logan Stankoven added an empty-net goal.

Yanni Gourde and Charle-Edouard D’Astous scored for Tampa Bay, which fell to 3-7 since the Olympic break. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves.

Martinook broke the tie when he swept a puck from outside the left circle toward the net that hit the inside of the pants of Victor Hedman and hit the inside of the far post at 9:18 of the third period.

The Hurricanes scored on the opening shift of the game on a delayed penalty call. After Svechnikov was denied in close to draw a penalty, he was left alone in front moments later for Aho to find him 36 seconds into the game.

The duo connected again late in the first period when Aho was stopped on a breakaway chance but stayed at the side of the net for Svechinkov, who sent over a quick pass.

It’s the third time this season in three meetings Carolina has built a multigoal lead in the first period against Tampa Bay.

But the Lightning struck back with a pair of goals in the second period.

Up next Hurricanes: At Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday

Lightning: At Seattle Kraken on Tuesday

Regular Season Series

CAR wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 0:36 Andrei Svechnikov Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Sebastian Aho (44), Sean Walker (15)
Goal 1st Period 17:28 Sebastian Aho Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Andrei Svechnikov (34), K'Andre Miller (26)
Goal 2nd Period 14:10 Yanni Gourde Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Victor Hedman (16), Pontus Holmberg (10)
Goal 2nd Period 15:31 Charle-Edouard D'Astous Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Brayden Point (27), Gage Goncalves (14)
Goal 3rd Period 9:18 Jordan Martinook Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikolaj Ehlers (32), Mike Reilly (8)
Goal 3rd Period 18:29 Logan Stankoven Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Taylor Hall (22)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/car.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCAR https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTB
10 Blocked Shots 14
27 Hits 26
9 Takeaways 4
35 Shots 19
0 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
22 Faceoffs Won 19
53.7 Faceoff Win Percent 46.3
13 Giveaways 14
5 Total Penalties 4
13 Penalty Minutes 11
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Victor Hedman, D Day-To-Day Mar 22
Maxwell Crozier, D Injured Reserve Mar 19
Declan Carlile, D Injured Reserve Mar 14
Dominic James, C Injured Reserve Mar 5
Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Shayne Gostisbehere, D Day-To-Day Mar 22
Pyotr Kochetkov, G Injured Reserve Mar 6

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

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

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 45 19 96 6
Pittsburgh 35 19 86 16
Columbus 37 22 85 11
NY Islanders 40 26 85 5
Philadelphia 34 23 80 12
Washington 35 27 79 9
New Jersey 35 32 72 2
NY Rangers 28 34 65 9

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 44 20 95 7
Tampa Bay 43 21 91 5
Montreal 38 21 86 10
Boston 39 23 86 8
Detroit 38 24 84 8
Ottawa 37 24 83 9
Florida 34 32 71 3
Toronto 29 29 71 13
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