Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 7:00 PM ET PNC Arena, Raleigh Preseason Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	45-29-8
at Carolina Hurricanes	5	52-23-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	0	1	2
Carolina Hurricanes	2	1	2	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	5	10	13	28
Carolina Hurricanes	6	9	9	24

Three stars

T. DeAngelo, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal, 1 assist)
N. Gunler, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
J. Halbgewachs, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	15:39	Tampa Bay Lightning	Alex Barré-Boulet (1)	Darren Raddysh (1), Conor Sheary (1)	Power play	TBL 1, CAR 0
1st	15:47	Carolina Hurricanes	Jayden Halbgewachs (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	TBL 1, CAR 1
1st	18:00	Carolina Hurricanes	Caleb Jones (1)	Felix Unger Sorum (1), Ryan Suzuki (1)	Even strength	TBL 1, CAR 2
2nd	16:47	Carolina Hurricanes	Tony DeAngelo (1)	Brendan Perlini (1), Pyotr Kochetkov (1)	Even strength	TBL 1, CAR 3
3rd	04:10	Carolina Hurricanes	Noel Gunler (1)	Dylan Coghlan (1)	Even strength	TBL 1, CAR 4
3rd	05:28	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Sheary (1)	Darren Raddysh (2), Brandon Hagel (1)	Even strength	TBL 2, CAR 4
3rd	07:40	Carolina Hurricanes	Kieffer Bellows (1)	Cory Conacher (1), Tony DeAngelo (1)	Even strength	TBL 2, CAR 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Stat	Tampa Bay Lightning	Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal	28	24
Power play	1 of 3	0 of 1
Penalty minutes	2	6
Hits	14	15
Blocked shots	18	12
Giveaways	13	10
Takeaways	4	5
Faceoffs won	29/53 (54.7%)	24/53 (45.3%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 A. Barré-Boulet	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	0	1	100%	14:26
Number 20 N. Paul	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1	0	52.6%	15:54
Number 34 B. MacArthur	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:20
Number 38 B. Hagel	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0		16:01
Number 58 I. Usau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	62.5%	13:36
Number 71 A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	53.8%	15:11
Number 73 C. Sheary	L	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		15:44
Number 82 G. Fortier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	0	40%	15:22
Number 84 T. Jeannot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0		17:14
Number 89 E. Gauthier	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	0		17:04
Number 93 G. Goncalves	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	100%	17:43
Number 95 E. Hay	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	0		12:21
Number 5 P. Myers	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	0		18:31
Number 7 H. Fleury	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3	0		20:03
Number 24 Z. Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	3	0		21:20
Number 43 D. Raddysh	D	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	3	0		21:17
Number 67 D. Carlile	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0		16:30
Number 78 E. Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	1	0		17:23

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 60 H. Alnefelt	24	19	5	.792	60:00	Loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 25 Z. Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	0	75%	15:24
Number 26 K. Bellows	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0		16:52
Number 33 J. Halbgewachs	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		15:49
Number 36 F. Unger Sorum	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		12:08
Number 38 N. Gunler	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	1		12:47
Number 42 B. Perlini	L	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	1		13:58
Number 43 C. Conacher	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	55.6%	14:01
Number 46 J. Robidas	C	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1	36.4%	16:45
Number 61 R. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	30%	15:01
Number 73 N. Shore	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	57.1%	16:23
Number 81 J. Rees	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33.3%	12:29
Number 85 B. Murray	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0		14:05
Number 5 J. Chatfield	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		19:35
Number 6 C. Jones	D	1	0	1	+2	0	4	1	3		21:17
Number 7 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0		20:52
Number 15 D. Coghlan	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2		20:00
Number 41 N. Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		21:00
Number 77 T. DeAngelo	D	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1		16:44

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 F. Andersen	14	13	1	.929	32:18
Number 52 P. Kochetkov	14	13	1	.929	27:42	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:44	Tampa Bay Lightning	Gage Goncalves	Holding	2
1st	14:49	Carolina Hurricanes	Brendan Perlini	Slashing	2
2nd	03:35	Carolina Hurricanes	Kieffer Bellows	Roughing	2
2nd	06:32	Carolina Hurricanes	Dylan Coghlan	Holding	2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Rod Brind'Amour
Referees: Chris Rooney, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen: Julien Fournier, Ryan Jackson
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Vasily Koshechkin, Brent Seabrook, Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman, Calvin de Haan, Gabriel Dumont, Nikita Kucherov, Luke Glendening, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Matt Tomkins, Tyler Motte, Jonas Johansson, Brayden Point, Daniel Walcott, Erik Cernak, Devante Stephens, Logan Brown, Mikhail Sergachev, Sean Day, Michael Eyssimont, Scott Walford, Nick Perbix, Cole Koepke, Ty Taylor, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Maxwell Crozier, Mitchell Chaffee, Jack Finley, Eamon Powell, Jack Thompson, Maxim Groshev, Felix Robert, Jaydon Dureau, Nick Capone, Dylan Duke, Roman Schmidt, Benjamin Gaudreau, Niko Huuhtanen, Jack Harvey, Alex Gagne, Daniil Pylenkov, Cooper Flinton, Lucas Edmonds, Isaac Howard, Klavs Veinbergs, Dyllan Gill, Connor Kurth, Nick Malik, Jayson Shaugabay, Tristan Allard, Waltteri Merela, Warren Clark, Gabriel Szturc
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Brent Burns, Jordan Staal, Jesper Fast, Stefan Noesen, Brady Skjei, Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, Antti Raanta, Brett Pesce, Brendan Lemieux, Michael Bunting, Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Andrei Svechnikov, Jack Drury, Jacob Kucharski, Domenick Fensore, Cade Webber, Anttoni Honka, Tuukka Tieksola, Kirill Slepets, Seth Jarvis, Alexander Nikishin, Vasily Ponomarev, Ronan Seeley, Alexander Pashin, Zion Nybeck, Lucas Mercuri, Scott Morrow, Ville Koivunen, Jackson Blake, Aleksi Heimosalmi, Bryce Montgomery, Nikita Quapp, Yegor Naumov, Joel Nystrom, Nikita Guslistov, Patrik Hamrla, Cruz Lucius, Alexander Perevalov, Gleb Trikozov, Griffin Mendel, Simon Forsmark, Alexander Pelevin, Jakub Vondras, Vladimir Grudinin, Bradly Nadeau, Jayden Perron, Yaniv Perets, Alexander Rykov, Stanislav Yarovoi, Charles-Alexis Legault, Ruslan Khazheyev, Timur Mukhanov, Michael Emerson, Egor Velmakin

2023-2024 season series

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Tue, Sep 26, 2023
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Fri, Sep 29, 2023

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