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December 28, 2026, 7:00PM EST

Tampa Bay Lightning

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Carolina Hurricanes

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Tampa Bay Lightning

5-2-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDON HAGEL	L	3	5	1	6	0	1	04:22	21:58	13	4.3333	-1	0	5	5
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	3	1	2	3	0	0	00:01	13:41	3	1.0000	3	0	0	0
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	3	2	1	3	1	1	05:02	19:12	7	2.3333	-1	0	3	0
MAX CROZIER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:09	15:47	4	1.3333	1	0	7	1
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	3	0	2	2	0	1	05:01	21:06	11	3.6667	-2	0	1	1
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	02:38	17:18	2	0.6667	1	2	2	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	01:12	15:08	4	1.3333	3	4	1	2
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	3	1	0	1	0	0	00:00	14:41	3	1.0000	2	0	3	0
RYAN MCDONAGH	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:06	15:01	4	1.3333	2	0	0	3
DOMINIC JAMES	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	01:44	15:25	1	1.0000	1	2	3	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	3	2	1	0	179	0	9	72	3.01	0.875	-1.01

Last 3 Years VS CAR

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	8	6	8	14	2	7	03:51	20:13	25	3.1250	6	6	3	6
BRAYDEN POINT	C	9	8	5	13	5	6	03:34	19:21	21	2.3333	6	0	4	7
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	9	3	8	11	0	1	03:40	20:11	23	2.5556	4	4	9	5
JOHN CARLSON	D	11	1	7	8	1	4	03:20	25:04	18	1.6364	-4	0	5	21
BRANDON HAGEL	L	8	3	4	7	0	1	01:41	18:50	17	2.1250	0	10	2	3
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	9	3	3	6	0	0	00:00	12:10	11	1.2222	3	4	6	6
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	8	0	6	6	0	4	02:52	21:25	14	1.7500	-2	4	6	14
YANNI GOURDE	C	8	3	2	5	0	0	00:19	16:32	16	2.0000	1	10	14	6
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	6	3	2	5	0	0	00:23	16:17	9	1.5000	7	0	5	2
DOMINIC JAMES	C	2	1	2	3	0	0	00:14	13:50	4	2.0000	2	0	0	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	6	4	2	0	358	0	16	164	2.68	0.902	0.55
DENNIS HILDEBY	2	0	1	0	78	0	5	56	3.82	0.911	0.82

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDON HAGEL	L	7	6	4	10	0	1	05:05	22:07	33	4.7143	1	2	6	7
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	7	1	7	8	0	2	05:40	21:52	17	2.4286	1	0	1	2
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	7	3	4	7	1	2	05:33	20:21	19	2.7143	1	0	5	2
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	7	2	2	4	0	0	00:02	14:24	8	1.1429	2	0	9	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	7	1	3	4	0	0	01:17	14:42	11	1.5714	3	8	3	3
JOHN CARLSON	D	7	2	2	4	1	1	05:22	20:10	19	2.7143	-3	2	6	9
BRAYDEN POINT	C	7	1	3	4	0	0	05:19	19:31	16	2.2857	1	2	1	3
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	7	1	2	3	0	0	02:08	17:55	11	1.5714	3	4	5	6
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	7	1	2	3	0	0	00:21	14:21	7	1.0000	4	0	2	9
ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS	C	7	1	1	2	0	0	00:03	13:46	9	1.2857	1	2	24	5

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	6	4	2	0	355	0	15	131	2.53	0.885	-0.46
DENNIS HILDEBY	1	1	0	0	59	0	2	36	2.01	0.944	2.00

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Seattle Kraken

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	9:53	19.0	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV - PONTUS HOLMBERG	1	0	1	7	6	53.8	11	8	57.9
2	8:41	16.7	JEFFREY VIEL - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	1	3	25.0	5	6	45.5
3	7:21	14.1	NIKITA KUCHEROV - ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	1	-1	6	1	85.7	7	3	70.0
4	6:08	11.8	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL	0	0	0	2	4	33.3	7	8	46.7
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:23	27.7	JOHN CARLSON - J.J. MOSER	0	1	-1	8	5	61.5	14	10	58.3
2	9:54	19.0	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	1	0	1	9	4	69.2	13	8	61.9
3	9:46	18.8	VICTOR HEDMAN - MAX CROZIER	2	0	2	4	5	44.4	5	9	35.7
4	3:59	7.7	VICTOR HEDMAN - EMIL LILLEBERG	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:35	43.1	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	5	0	100.0
2	1:29	24.7	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - ANTHONY CIRELLI	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	4	0	100.0
3	0:55	15.3	ANTHONY CIRELLI - PONTUS HOLMBERG - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
4	0:31	8.6	BRANDON HAGEL - PONTUS HOLMBERG - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:23	73.1	JOHN CARLSON	0	0	0	4	0	100.0	9	0	100.0
2	1:31	25.3	J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
3	0:04	1.1	ERIK CERNAK - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:11	53.0	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	1:49	44.1	ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:04	1.6	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:09	52.2	VICTOR HEDMAN - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	1:51	44.9	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	0	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:04	1.6	VICTOR HEDMAN - ERIK CERNAK	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

Carolina Hurricanes

6-1-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
SEBASTIAN AHO	C	3	2	3	5	0	0	04:44	19:50	11	3.6667	4	0	2	3
ANDREI SVECHNIKOV	R	3	3	2	5	1	1	04:51	17:54	8	2.6667	4	4	3	0
WILLIAM CARRIER	L	3	0	3	3	0	0	00:00	13:13	8	2.6667	2	8	9	1
JACKSON BLAKE	R	3	1	2	3	0	0	04:42	18:13	7	2.3333	3	2	2	0
JORDAN MARTINOOK	R	3	1	2	3	0	0	00:04	13:24	3	1.0000	0	2	1	1
MARK JANKOWSKI	C	3	3	0	3	0	0	01:17	15:06	7	2.3333	0	0	0	2
NIKOLAJ EHLERS	L	3	0	2	2	0	1	05:01	16:50	5	1.6667	0	0	0	0
ERIC ROBINSON	L	3	1	1	2	0	0	00:28	14:16	5	1.6667	1	0	6	0
MIKE REILLY	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:07	12:42	5	1.6667	4	0	6	3
SEAN WALKER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	01:30	22:15	2	0.6667	1	0	2	6

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
PYOTR KOCHETKOV	2	2	0	0	120	0	3	41	1.50	0.927	1.55
BRANDON BUSSI	1	1	0	0	59	0	2	26	2.02	0.923	0.89

Last 3 Years VS T.B

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
ANDREI SVECHNIKOV	R	7	3	5	8	0	2	02:43	17:29	20	2.8571	1	10	11	3
NIKOLAJ EHLERS	L	7	3	4	7	0	1	03:04	16:19	18	2.5714	-1	0	3	6
SEBASTIAN AHO	C	9	3	3	6	1	2	03:16	19:36	20	2.2222	-5	10	6	2
JORDAN STAAL	C	9	2	3	5	0	0	00:20	14:50	16	1.7778	-2	0	23	4
LOGAN STANKOVEN	C	5	2	2	4	0	1	02:30	15:03	12	2.4000	2	0	4	1
TAYLOR HALL	L	5	1	3	4	0	0	03:15	16:19	11	2.2000	1	2	4	3
SEAN WALKER	D	8	2	2	4	0	0	00:28	18:16	13	1.6250	5	6	15	15
JORDAN MARTINOOK	R	8	2	1	3	0	0	00:06	13:53	17	2.1250	1	0	5	1
K'ANDRE MILLER	D	8	0	3	3	0	0	00:30	21:41	10	1.2500	4	2	25	13
MARK JANKOWSKI	C	6	0	3	3	0	0	00:06	10:56	5	0.8333	1	2	4	4

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
PYOTR KOCHETKOV	5	2	3	0	296	1	12	131	2.43	0.908	1.08
CAYDEN PRIMEAU	2	0	1	1	122	0	9	63	4.42	0.857	-2.89
BRANDON BUSSI	1	1	0	0	60	0	4	28	4.00	0.857	-1.09

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
SEBASTIAN AHO	C	8	6	7	13	3	4	05:00	19:39	27	3.3750	6	10	4	5
ANDREI SVECHNIKOV	R	8	6	5	11	3	5	05:01	17:31	27	3.3750	5	6	20	2
JACKSON BLAKE	R	8	1	7	8	0	4	05:28	18:13	21	2.6250	3	4	2	3
WILLIAM CARRIER	L	8	0	6	6	0	0	00:00	11:58	13	1.6250	1	8	26	2
MARK JANKOWSKI	C	8	5	1	6	0	0	00:56	13:51	11	1.3750	1	0	7	4
SEAN WALKER	D	8	0	6	6	0	1	01:04	21:22	10	1.2500	-1	6	8	15
LOGAN STANKOVEN	C	8	4	1	5	1	1	01:59	17:27	19	2.3750	6	2	4	4
TAYLOR HALL	L	8	3	2	5	0	1	01:36	13:01	17	2.1250	2	8	9	1
SHAYNE GOSTISBEHERE	D	8	2	3	5	1	4	04:57	18:32	15	1.8750	5	2	2	3
NIKOLAJ EHLERS	L	8	0	4	4	0	3	04:33	16:12	16	2.0000	-3	0	3	1

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
PYOTR KOCHETKOV	4	4	0	0	242	0	7	79	1.73	0.911	1.77
BRANDON BUSSI	4	2	1	1	244	0	12	93	2.95	0.871	-1.68

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Washington Capitals

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	9:49	20.4	WILLIAM CARRIER - SEBASTIAN AHO - ANDREI SVECHNIKOV	1	0	1	10	3	76.9	17	10	63.0
2	7:14	15.0	MARK JANKOWSKI - JORDAN MARTINOOK - NIKOLAJ EHLERS	0	1	-1	5	3	62.5	13	6	68.4
3	5:20	11.1	NICOLAS DESLAURIERS - ERIC ROBINSON - JESPERI KOTKANIEMI	0	0	0	5	3	62.5	6	6	50.0
4	5:10	10.7	ERIC ROBINSON - LOGAN STANKOVEN - JACKSON BLAKE	1	0	1	2	2	50.0	7	5	58.3
5	3:08	6.5	TAYLOR HALL - LOGAN STANKOVEN - JACKSON BLAKE	0	0	0	1	2	33.3	4	6	40.0
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	17:53	37.2	SEAN WALKER - K'ANDRE MILLER	1	2	-1	8	8	50.0	25	17	59.5
2	15:05	31.3	JACCOB SLAVIN - JALEN CHATFIELD	2	0	2	11	5	68.8	20	13	60.6
3	9:48	20.4	MIKE REILLY - SHAYNE GOSTISBEHERE	0	0	0	8	5	61.5	14	9	60.9
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:48	59.1	NIKOLAJ EHLERS - SEBASTIAN AHO - ANDREI SVECHNIKOV - JACKSON BLAKE	1	0	1	3	0	100.0	9	0	100.0
2	1:24	17.2	NIKOLAJ EHLERS - SEBASTIAN AHO - ANDREI SVECHNIKOV	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
3	0:33	6.8	MARK JANKOWSKI - ERIC ROBINSON - LOGAN STANKOVEN - JACKSON BLAKE	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
4	0:28	5.7	MARK JANKOWSKI - ERIC ROBINSON - LOGAN STANKOVEN	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	6:12	76.4	SHAYNE GOSTISBEHERE	1	0	1	4	0	100.0	12	0	100.0
2	1:20	16.4	SEAN WALKER - K'ANDRE MILLER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3	0:35	7.2	K'ANDRE MILLER	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:28	38.9	MARK JANKOWSKI - JORDAN MARTINOOK	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	1:16	33.6	SEBASTIAN AHO - LOGAN STANKOVEN	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0
3	0:20	8.8	MARK JANKOWSKI - ERIC ROBINSON	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	3:04	81.4	JACCOB SLAVIN - JALEN CHATFIELD	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	4	0.0
2	0:38	16.8	SEAN WALKER - K'ANDRE MILLER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0
3	0:02	0.9	JACCOB SLAVIN - JALEN CHATFIELD - K'ANDRE MILLER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

December 28, 2026, 7:00PM EST

Tampa Bay Lightning

Carolina Hurricanes

Tampa Bay Lightning

5-2-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS CAR

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Seattle Kraken

Carolina Hurricanes

6-1-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS T.B

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Washington Capitals

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