Hurricanes Top Lightning Despite Defensive Effort

Despite a total of 27 saves from Tampa’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Lightning still fell short against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. With a final score of 4-1, Tampa’s road series is off to an icy start.

Takeaways

Carolina and Tampa’s matchup marked the first game for the Lightning’s road series this week.

The Lightning were missing the league’s third-leading scorer, Nikita Kucherov, in the third period due to an undisclosed injury.

The Hurricanes’ win over Tampa secured them their fifth win in a row. Carolina’s early jump on the Lightning was able to help them secure the win. The team has a record of 25-7-1 this season when scoring first.

Pyotr Kochetkov, Carolina’s goalie, stopped 23 shots, giving him a save percentage of .958% for the night.

Key Moments

The Hurricanes didn’t let the absence of Andrei Svechnikov stop them. The right-winger is the team’s third-leading scorer of the season and is out with an undisclosed injury.

Seth Jarvis opened up the scoring with a short-handed goal in the first period, making it his 26th for the season. Jordan Martinook and Jack Roslovic were able to add to the scoreboard in the second. While Sean Walker was the last to light the goal post in the third.

Vasilevskiy denied Jarvis on the breakaway in the second, before Martinook was able to sneak one in after.

Tampa’s center, Gage Goncalves, managed to score in the third, stopping Carolina from leaving Tampa with a shutout.

⚡️ Gage Goncalves (#93) fires it home for his 3rd goal of the season! Brandon Hagel (#38) and Darren Raddysh (#43) pick up the assists.#GoBolts
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— Future Bolts (@LightningProsp1) March 12, 2025

Up Next

The Lightning’s game against Carolina kicked off the start to their short stint on the road. Tampa will head to Philadelphia next to take on the Flyers on Thursday. It’ll close off its road trip with a second-chance matchup against the Boston Bruins. The two teams will be meeting a week after their last matchup that ended in a shutout loss for the Lightning.