38-14-4 - W6
Tampa Bay Lightning
36-15-6 - W3
Carolina Hurricanes
Raleigh - Lenovo Center
February 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Atlantic / Metropolitan
Top 5 Skaters (by Points)
TBL
1
R
Nikita Kucherov
30G - 64A
(94P)
2
C
Jake Guentzel
26G - 34A
(60P)
3
L
Brandon Hagel
27G - 27A
(54P)
4
D
Darren Raddysh
17G - 35A
(52P)
5
C
Anthony Cirelli
15G - 20A
(35P)
TBL Injuries
Cirelli, Anthony
Undisclosed
Day to Day
Cirelli (undisclosed) isn't expected to play Wednesday versus Toronto or Thursday in Carolina, per Benjamin Pierce of the Tampa Bay Lightning's official site.
Feb 28, 2026
Paul, Nick
Undisclosed
Day to Day
Paul (undisclosed) was put on injured reserve Wednesday, per Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com.
Mar 3, 2026
Crozier, Maxwell
Abdomen
Month to Month
Crozier (abdomen) was placed on injured reserve Saturday, per the NHL media site.
Apr 29, 2026
Trades
Atlantic
Loading
CAR
1
C
Sebastian Aho
20G - 37A
(57P)
2
R
Andrei Svechnikov
21G - 28A
(49P)
3
L
Nikolaj Ehlers
14G - 29A
(43P)
4
C
Seth Jarvis
25G - 18A
(43P)
5
D
Shayne Gostisbehere
9G - 29A
(38P)
CAR Injuries
Robinson, Eric
Upper Body
Day to Day
Robinson suffered an upper-body injury Monday against the Buffalo Sabres and won't return to the game.
Feb 26, 2026
Kochetkov, Pyotr
Hip
Season
Kochetkov (undisclosed) was put on injured reserve Monday.
Sep 15, 2026
Trades
Jan 24 2026
The Buffalo Sabres acquired Gavin Bayreuther from the Carolina Hurricanes for Viktor Neuchev
Jan 16 2026
The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Kyle Masters and a 2026 4th round pick from the San Jose Sharks for a 2027 5th round pick
Metropolitan
Loading
Goaltending
TBL
28-7-3
2.11 GAA
92.1% SV
CAR
23-3-1
2.16 GAA
90.8% SV
TBL
10-7-1
2.91 GAA
89.0% SV
CAR
7-10-5
3.26 GAA
87.1% SV
TBL
0-0-0
0.00 GAA
0.0% SV
CAR
6-2-0
2.33 GAA
89.9% SV
-
CAR
2-1-0
4.30 GAA
83.8% SV
Goaltenders
TBL
38-14-4
GAA: 2.50
SV%: 0.906
vs
CAR
36-15-6
GAA: 2.81
SV%: 0.886