Tampa Bay Lightning @ Carolina Hurricanes

38-15-4, 19-6-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	2	2	0	4
Hurricanes CAR	3	1	1	5

Carolina HurricanesHurricanesCAR

37-15-6, 22-8-2 Home

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Hurricanes
4
Lightning
6

Game 1

21/12

Lightning
4
Hurricanes
5

Game 2

27/2

Hurricanes
4
Lightning
2

Game 3

15/3

Lenovo Center

11:00 AM, 27 February 2026

Raleigh, NC

Attendance: 18,565

Referees:
Kendrick Nicholson
Brandon Blandina

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
Tommy Hughes

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, along with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, will have their games produced and distributed by the NHL for the coming season as the league branches out into centralized production.

Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension

The Utah Mammoth have signed defenseman John Marino to an 8-year, $54M extension, the team announced Tuesday.

Bedard hoping to see a Chicago Blackhawks' reunion with Kane

On the day the Blackhawks star met with the media after signing his new contract, Chicago's Connor Bedard made his pitch to winger Patrick Kane to return to the club he began his NHL career with and chase another Stanley Cup.

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