Carolina Hurricanes vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 14, 2026

FinalSaturday, Mar 14, 2026· Benchmark International Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	2	0	2	4		CAR	13	11	11	35
TBL	0	2	0	2		TBL	10	7	2	19

: CAR 67TBL 38
: CAR 4.23TBL 1.90
PP goals: CAR 0TBL 0
Hits: CAR 27TBL 26
Blocks: CAR 10TBL 14
PIM: CAR 13TBL 11
: CAR 54%TBL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Carolina Hurricanes beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at TBL. Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for TBL: Perry–Bjorkstrand–Paul skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:24.Svechnikov
Points
Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:28.Aho
New line
New look for TBL: Perry–Bjorkstrand–Paul skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Bjorkstrand Paul
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 34 shots and stopped 31 (.912), +8 against a season average of 25.6; the loss.Vasilevskiy
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (TBL) played 8:20, −6:31 down on his 14:51 season average over 73 games.Girgensons
Usage
Alexander Nikishin (CAR) played 14:03, −4:11 down on his 18:14 season average over 80 games.Nikishin
Usage
Jake Guentzel (TBL) played 16:13, −4:05 down on his 20:18 season average over 80 games.Guentzel
Usage
Nick Paul (TBL) played 9:57, −3:48 down on his 13:45 season average over 50 games.Paul

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · TBL 38 · CAR 67

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 39% of the game, TBL 19%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TBL

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TBL skaters (rows) against CAR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TBL side.

Matchup matrix

TBL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CAR	TBL
	65	36
	3.70	1.93
	3.36	1.84
	19	12
	6	4
	20	18
	+0.011	−0.011
	39%	19%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
11:5243% CF
L2Hall – Stankoven – Blake
10:1057% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
8:5895% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
6:5950% CF
D1Slavin – Chatfield
16:3973% CF
D2Walker – Miller
16:1663% CF
D3Reilly – Nikishin
10:4453% CF

PP1Hall – Ehlers – Miller – Stankoven – Blake
1:08100% CF
PP2Staal – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Nikishin
0:45100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:30
PK2FJankowski – Robinson
0:51
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
1:56
PK2DWalker – Miller
0:34

Current CAR line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Perry – Bjorkstrand – Paul
7:2837% CF
L2Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
5:1442% CF
L3Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel
4:2256% CF
L4Guentzel – Point – Goncalves
3:5417% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
11:5556% CF
D2McDonagh – D'Astous
9:4240% CF
D3Hedman – Cernak
8:1120% CF

PP1Perry – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Raddysh
2:06
PP2Hedman – Bjorkstrand – Cirelli – Hagel – Goncalves
1:42100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:04
PK2FGirgensons – Goncalves
0:31
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:26
PK2DHedman – Moser
0:31

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.54	2	0	2	20:28	—	—	52	65
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.76	4	0	2	19:24	—	—	50	65
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	7	16:14	—	—	46	40
Jackson Blake R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.62	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	58	50
Logan Stankoven C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.66	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	64	55
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.43	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	61	54
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	96	100
Jordan Martinook L	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.13	2	0	0	13:45	—	—	95	100
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.41	3	0	0	13:35	—	—	95	100
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:13	—	—	50	48
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	9:53	—	—	50	48
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	9:13	—	—	54	49
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	24:16	—	—	75	74
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	1	0	23:10	—	—	70	68
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	3	2	0	24:05	—	—	65	68
Sean Walker D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	3	3	2	20:13	—	—	64	67
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	14:03	—	—	54	49
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	12:31	—	—	53	54

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	19	17	2	.895	1.90	59:34

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	3	0	0	14:19	—	—	30	15
Corey Perry R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	35	52
Nick Paul L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	1	0	9:57	—	—	37	52
Yanni Gourde C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	1	0	2	15:20	—	—	44	42
Pontus Holmberg R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	1	0	2	12:03	—	—	42	42
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	5	8:20	—	—	43	71
Nikita Kucherov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.53	2	0	0	20:00	—	—	36	56
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	2	19:22	—	—	48	35
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	35	25
Brayden Point C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	20	29
Jake Guentzel C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	24	11
Gage Goncalves C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:40	—	—	31	31
Darren Raddysh D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:14	—	—	42	51
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:55	—	—	47	42
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	4	0	18:11	—	—	41	46
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	4	2	0	18:03	—	—	30	37
Victor Hedman D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	1	4	0	18:27	—	—	26	17
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:01	—	—	27	20

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.70	58:48

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) 1st 0:36 · assists Sebastian Aho, Sean Walker · Forecheck turnover · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 40.8 mph shot · 8.7 s from entry to goal.

Andrei Svechnikov · 1st 0:36 · CAR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Sebastian Aho · 1st 17:28 · CAR

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Yanni Gourde · 2nd 14:10 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.3 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Charle-Edouard D'Astous · 2nd 15:31 · TBL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 23.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Jordan Martinook · 3rd 9:18 · CAR

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 52.3 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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Logan Stankoven · 3rd 18:29 · CAR EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 6-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 14, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Carolina Hurricanes

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Andrei Svechnikov · 1st 0:36 · CAR

Sebastian Aho · 1st 17:28 · CAR

Yanni Gourde · 2nd 14:10 · TBL

Charle-Edouard D'Astous · 2nd 15:31 · TBL

Jordan Martinook · 3rd 9:18 · CAR

Logan Stankoven · 3rd 18:29 · CAR EN