NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 02/26/2026 | Inside The Rink
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Tampa Bay Lightning (38-14-4, 80 pts) at Carolina Hurricanes (36-15–6, 78 pts)
Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Thursday, February 26
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/FDSN SO/The Spot – MTN
Radio: 102.5 FM The Bone/99.9 The Fan
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Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning came out of the break with a win over the Maple Leafs last night. It was their sixth straight win, they’re averaging 4.3 goals per game while allowing two goals per game.
Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:
The Hurricanes picked up a 2-0 win over the Rangers heading into the break. They had points in ten straight games entering the Olympic Break, averaging 3.9 goals per game while allowing 2.1 goals per game.
Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:
Hagel-Point-Kucherov
Guentzel-James-Goncalves
Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg
Bjorkstrand-Sabourin
Moser-Raddysh
McDonagh-Cernak
Hedman-Carlile
Lilleberg
Johansson
Vasilevskiy
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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines
Svechnikov-Aho-Jarvis
Hall-Stankoven-Blake
Ehlers-Staal-Martinook
Carrier-Jankowski-Robinson
Slavin-Chatfield
Miller-Walker
Gostisbehere-Nikishin
Bussi
Andersen
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Players To Watch:
Tampa Bay Lightning
Jake Guentzel had two goals in Tampa Bay’s win over Carolina back in December.
Carolina Hurricanes
Jackson Blake had a goal in Carolina’s loss to the Lightning back on December 20th.
Injury Report:
Tampa Bay Lightning
F Nick Paul – DTD
D Maxwell Crozier – Out
F Anthony Cirelli – DTD
Carolina Hurricanes
D Charles-Alexis Legault – IR
G Pyotr Kochetkov – IR
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