Carolina Hurricanes 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 6: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Hurricanes 4 to Tampa Bay Lightning 6, on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes.
NHLSaturday, December 20, 2025
DateDec 20, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Carolina HurricanesTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
22-10-3Record19-13-3
1st in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
8-3Road record / home record8-0
WWLWWLast 5WLWWW
W2StreakW1
Team stats
Carolina HurricanesTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Carolina Hurricanes
Jordan Staal C · Calf
Injured ReserveTampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 21:19 | 5:18 | 3:31 | 12:30 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 19:25 | 5:28 | 0:10 | 13:47 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:50 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 9:22 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 19:36 | 5:19 | 0:00 | 14:17 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:52 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10:55 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 9:14 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 8:21 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Bradly Nadeau | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 13:06 | 2:45 | 0:00 | 10:21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 | 0:00 | 3:27 | 10:23 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 15:08 | 1:13 | 2:43 | 11:12 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 38.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:22 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 13:16 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 18:12 | 5:18 | 0:00 | 12:54 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:59 | 0:12 | 2:49 | 16:58 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:11 | 4:58 | 0:20 | 12:53 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:28 | 0:20 | 3:18 | 17:50 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:45 | 3:15 | 3:03 | 13:27 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Reilly | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 13:45 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 13:34 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:05 | 0:00 | 2:19 | 15:46 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyotr Kochetkov | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .821 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 59:06 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 9:24 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 | 3:04 | 4:48 | 14:38 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 68.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Finley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 | 0:02 | 2:22 | 11:20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 | 0:29 | 0:00 | 9:49 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 | 0:06 | 3:37 | 12:30 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:19 | 5:26 | 3:32 | 10:21 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:44 | 0:27 | 0:00 | 10:17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:25 | 5:30 | 0:00 | 13:55 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 | 0:32 | 2:32 | 9:46 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 | 4:33 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 12:50 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Max Crozier | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 13:41 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:42 | 0:57 | 0:39 | 15:06 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:34 | 0:09 | 4:27 | 14:58 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22:55 | 0:00 | 5:04 | 17:51 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:06 | 5:05 | 1:06 | 16:55 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .818 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Carolina Hurricanes vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 6-4, on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
What was the final score of Carolina Hurricanes vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Carolina Hurricanes 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 6.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Eric Robinson (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (2 goals).
Where is Carolina Hurricanes vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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