NHL · Sep 26, 2025 · Preseason

Carolina Hurricanes

5–6

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

---

The Lightning slipped past the Hurricanes 6–5 at Benchmark International Arena. W. Stachowiak took first star with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	1	0	4	5	31
Lightning	2	1	3	6	28

★ Three Stars

1WSW. StachowiakTBL · 2G 1A

2Z. GirgensonsTBL · 2G 0A

3D. JamesTBL · 0G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

05:03

Zemgus Girgensons (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Wojciech Stachowiak)

Watch ↗0-1

11:30

Zemgus Girgensons (Victor Hedman)

Watch ↗0-2

14:46

Givani Smith (Kevin Labanc, Ryan Suzuki)

Watch ↗1-2

2nd Period

19:05WS

Wojciech Stachowiak (Ethan Gauthier, Nick Abruzzese)PP

Watch ↗1-3

3rd Period

02:55

Maxim Groshev (Dominic James, Dylan Duke)

Watch ↗1-4

03:25

Gleb Trikozov (Justin Robidas)

Watch ↗2-4

04:15

Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Bradly Nadeau)

Watch ↗3-4

08:55WS

Wojciech Stachowiak (J.J. Moser, Simon Lundmark)

Watch ↗3-5

10:00NG

Noel Gunler (Joel Nystrom, Justin Robidas)

Watch ↗4-5

12:27

Oliver Bjorkstrand (Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov)PP

Watch ↗4-6

19:48

Bradly Nadeau (Givani Smith, Joel Nystrom)

Watch ↗5-6

Penalties

1st Period

06:07

Dylan Duke#53High sticking (drawn by Bryce Montgomery)

Minor · 2 min

19:09

Gabriel Szturc#96Tripping (drawn by Jesperi Kotkaniemi)

Minor · 2 min

2nd Period

07:22

Justin Robidas#46Tripping (drawn by Nick Abruzzese)

Minor · 2 min

09:44

Dylan Duke#53High sticking double minor (drawn by Tyson Jost)

Minor · 4 min

17:10

Joel Nystrom#64Holding (drawn by Zemgus Girgensons)

Minor · 2 min

3rd Period

11:34GS

Givani Smith#42High sticking (drawn by J.J. Moser)

Minor · 2 min

15:24

Brayden Point#21Tripping (drawn by Josiah Slavin)

Minor · 2 min

15:36

Zemgus Girgensons#28High sticking double minor (drawn by Jesperi Kotkaniemi)

Minor · 4 min

Boxscore

Hurricanes5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
B. NadeauL	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0	20:40
G. SmithR	1	1	2	+1	2	2	7	1	15:22
J. NystromD	0	2	2	+3	2	2	1	0	18:59
J. RobidasC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	1	15:43
G. TrikozovL	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	9:09
J. KotkaniemiC	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	1	17:43
NGN. GunlerR	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	16:31
K. LabancR	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	17:41
R. SuzukiC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	13:51
A. NikishinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4	21:49
B. MontgomeryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	14:52
G. BayreutherD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	17:29
J. SlavinL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	13:40
M. ReillyD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	19:05
O. KylingtonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	16:20
S. Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	1	15:09
T. JostC	0	0	0	+2	0	5	3	0	22:05
W. CarrierL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	10:44

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
AMA. Miftakhov	28	22	6	.786	58:20
N. Quapp	0	0	0	.000	0:00

Lightning6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
WSW. StachowiakL	2	1	3	+1	0	3	2	0	12:16
Z. GirgensonsC	2	0	2	+1	4	2	2	0	14:25
O. BjorkstrandR	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0	13:21
M. GroshevD	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	17:35
D. DukeL	0	1	1	-2	6	1	1	1	13:01
D. JamesC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	2	3	15:32
E. GauthierR	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	11:17
J. GuentzelC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	19:16
J. MoserD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26:03
N. AbruzzeseC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	10:36
N. KucherovR	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	17:34
S. LundmarkD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	15:42
V. HedmanD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7:24
B. PointC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	16:24
E. LillebergD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	22:57
G. SzturcC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	12:06
J. FinleyC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1	14:51
M. CrozierD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0	25:51

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
H. Meneghin	14	10	4	.714	19:49
J. Johansson	17	16	1	.941	40:00