Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2025-12-20

NHL · Dec 20, 2025

Carolina Hurricanes22-10-3

4–6

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning19-13-3

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The Lightning beat the Hurricanes 6–4 at Benchmark International Arena. J. Guentzel took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	3	0	1	4	22
Lightning	0	3	3	6	29

★ Three Stars

1J. GuentzelTBL · 2G 0A

2D. JamesTBL · 0G 2A

3Y. GourdeTBL · 0G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

02:42

Eric Robinson (Jordan Staal)

1-0

04:00

Jackson Blake (Nikolaj Ehlers, Shayne Gostisbehere)PP

2-0

12:27

Bradly Nadeau (Logan Stankoven)PP

3-0

2nd Period

00:30

Gage Goncalves (Dominic James, Max Crozier)

3-1

01:20

Brayden Point (Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Nikita Kucherov)

3-2

16:36

Jack Finley (Dominic James, Yanni Gourde)

3-3

3rd Period

02:47

Andrei Svechnikov (Mark Jankowski, Jesperi Kotkaniemi)

4-3

03:13

Ryan McDonagh (Pontus Holmberg, Charle-Edouard D'Astous)

4-4

06:38

Jake Guentzel (J.J. Moser, Nick Paul)

4-5

19:33

Jake Guentzel (Ryan McDonagh)EN

4-6

Boxscore

Hurricanes4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jackson BlakeR	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	0	19:25
Eric RobinsonL	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	13:50
Andrei SvechnikovR	1	0	1	-1	4	2	2	0	18:12
Bradly NadeauL	1	0	1	-2	0	4	4	0	13:06
Nikolaj EhlersL	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	2	19:36
Mark JankowskiL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	10:55
Jesperi KotkaniemiC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	10:06
Jordan StaalC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	1	15:08
Logan StankovenC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	16:22
Shayne GostisbehereD	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	1	18:11
Sebastian AhoC	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	21:19
William CarrierL	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	9:50
Taylor HallL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	3	15:52
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	19:59
K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	21:28
Alexander NikishinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2	19:45
Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	18:05
Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	13:45

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Pyotr KochetkovStart	28	23	5	.821	59:06
Frederik Andersen	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jake GuentzelC	2	0	2	+1	0	5	1	1	19:19
Ryan McDonaghD	1	1	2	+3	0	1	1	0	19:34
Dominic JamesC	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	10:44
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	1	16:42
Gage GoncalvesC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	10:18
Brayden PointC	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	18:25
Jack FinleyC	1	0	1	+2	4	2	1	0	8:19
Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	16:13
Pontus HolmbergR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	12:26
Nikita KucherovR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	19:25
Nick PaulL	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	12:50
Max CrozierD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	16:42
J.J. MoserD	0	1	1	+2	0	4	3	3	22:55
Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	1	22:30
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	13:44
Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	23:06
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:01
Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	15:22

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	22	18	4	.818	60:00
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00