Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes

Monday, September 22, 2025, 7:00 PM ET Lenovo Center, Raleigh Preseason Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 on Monday, September 22, 2025 on the road.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	50-26-6
at Carolina Hurricanes	1	53-22-7

Goals by period

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

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	8	5	7	20
Carolina Hurricanes	8	12	10	30

Three stars

M. Chaffee, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
L. Stankoven, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
E. Lilleberg, Tampa Bay Lightning (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	19:59	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg (1)	Mitchell Chaffee (1), Conor Geekie (1)	Even strength	TBL 1, CAR 0
2nd	06:08	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mitchell Chaffee (1)	J.J. Moser (1), Conor Geekie (2)	Power play	TBL 2, CAR 0
3rd	15:52	Carolina Hurricanes	Logan Stankoven (1)	Kevin Labanc (1), Alexander Nikishin (1)	Power play	TBL 2, CAR 1

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	20	30
Power play	1 of 5	1 of 6
Penalty minutes	29	37
Hits	26	15
Blocked shots	16	6
Giveaways	12	17
Takeaways	2	2
Faceoffs won	23/55 (41.8%)	32/55 (58.2%)

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 J. Pelletier	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		15:03
Number 14 C. Geekie	C	0	2	2	+1	5	2	1	0	0	66.7%	14:45
Number 19 W. Stachowiak	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	0	37.5%	17:45
Number 41 M. Chaffee	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	5	0	1		20:30
Number 45 E. Czata	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37.5%	10:22
Number 53 D. Duke	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0		15:36
Number 61 B. Katchouk	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	100%	17:27
Number 62 J. Finley	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	40%	16:59
Number 84 M. Mignosa	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:18
Number 89 E. Gauthier	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	100%	13:24
Number 95 A. Foster	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0		10:28
Number 96 G. Szturc	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	15:04
Number 7 S. Lundmark	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	3	0		19:45
Number 16 S. Santini	D	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	1	0		14:52
Number 55 J. Golicic	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		16:17
Number 78 E. Lilleberg	D	1	0	1	+1	6	3	0	1	0		22:15
Number 90 J. Moser	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0		23:38
Number 97 E. Baldwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		15:08

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 J. Johansson	30	29	1	.967	60:00	Win

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes 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 22 L. Stankoven	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	56.3%	19:23
Number 23 J. Slavin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		13:33
Number 29 B. Nadeau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		16:11
Number 36 F. Unger Sorum	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		12:19
Number 38 N. Gunler	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		12:47
Number 42 G. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	21	0	2	0	0		09:25
Number 43 T. Jost	C	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	63.6%	16:03
Number 46 J. Robidas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0	61.5%	18:19
Number 53 J. Blake	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0		18:54
Number 61 K. Labanc	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		13:45
Number 71 T. Hall	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		17:28
Number 76 S. Brind'Amour	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	57.1%	15:17
Number 21 A. Nikishin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	2	0		23:08
Number 25 G. Bayreuther	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0		16:22
Number 58 O. Kylington	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		18:03
Number 62 C. Legault	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0		15:11
Number 64 J. Nystrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		14:55
Number 89 D. Fensore	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		21:37

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 55 C. Primeau	20	18	2	.900	58:17	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	11:14	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Tripping	2
2nd	01:32	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Roughing	2
2nd	05:05	Carolina Hurricanes	Noel Gunler	Holding	2
2nd	07:57	Carolina Hurricanes	Givani Smith	Roughing	2
2nd	07:57	Carolina Hurricanes	Charles Alexis Legault	Roughing	2
2nd	07:57	Tampa Bay Lightning	Aiden Foster	Roughing	2
2nd	11:12	Tampa Bay Lightning	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	13:20	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Interference	2
2nd	16:01	Carolina Hurricanes	Givani Smith	Kneeing	2
2nd	16:01	Carolina Hurricanes	Givani Smith	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	16:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	04:20	Carolina Hurricanes	Charles Alexis Legault	Tripping	2
3rd	09:27	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Santini	Boarding	2
3rd	09:27	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Santini	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	09:27	Carolina Hurricanes	Tyson Jost	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	10:55	Carolina Hurricanes	Givani Smith	Cross checking	2
3rd	10:55	Carolina Hurricanes	Givani Smith	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	15:19	Tampa Bay Lightning	Boris Katchouk	Tripping	2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Rod Brind'Amour
Referees: Jean Hebert, Riley Brace
Linesmen: Julien Fournier, Ben O'Quinn
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Yanni Gourde, Zemgus Girgensons, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Scott Sabourin, Jake Guentzel, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Nick Paul, Brandon Halverson, Brayden Point, Darren Raddysh, Erik Cernak, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, Thomas Miller, Charles-Edouard D'Astous, Pontus Holmberg, Reece Newkirk, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Max Crozier, Nick Abruzzese, Maxim Groshev, Gage Goncalves, Lucas Mercuri, Roman Schmidt, Niko Huuhtanen, Jack Harvey, Daniil Pylenkov, Cooper Flinton, Matt Pietroniro, Declan Carlile, Ryan Fanti, Klavs Veinbergs, Dyllan Gill, Connor Kurth, Dominic James, Milo Roelens, Jayson Shaugabay, Brendan Furry, Chris Harpur, Tristan Allard, Warren Clark, Ethan Hay, Sam O'Reilly, Hagen Burrows, Joona Saarelainen, Kaden Pitre, Joe Connor, Noah Steen, Spencer Kersten, Benjamin Rautiainen, Caleb Heil, Roman Luttsev, Grant Spada, Maddox Labre
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Jordan Staal, Frederik Andersen, Mike Reilly, Mark Jankowski, Shayne Gostisbehere, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, William Carrier, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sebastian Aho, Jalen Chatfield, Sean Walker, Eric Robinson, K'Andre Miller, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Andrei Svechnikov, Jacob Kucharski, Ryan Suzuki, Pyotr Kochetkov, Seth Jarvis, Ronan Seeley, Amir Miftakhov, Aleksi Heimosalmi, Bryce Montgomery, Nikita Quapp, Yegor Naumov, Nikita Guslistov, Alexander Perevalov, Gleb Trikozov, Simon Forsmark, Alexander Pelevin, Nils Juntorp, Jakub Vondras, Vladimir Grudinin, Jayden Perron, Alexander Rykov, Stanislav Yarovoi, Timur Mukhanov, Michael Emerson, Egor Velmakin, Dominik Badinka, Juha Jaaska, Nikita Artamonov, Noel Fransén, Alexander Siryatsky, Oskar Vuollet, Justin Poirier, Timur Kol, Fyodor Avramov, Roman Shokhrin, Andrey Krutov, Ivan Ryabkin, Kurban Limatov, Semyon Frolov, Charlie Cerrato, Roman Bausov, Viggo Nordlund, Filip Ekberg

2025-2026 season series

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes game in the 2025-2026 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Mon, Sep 22, 2025
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Fri, Sep 26, 2025

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