{"id":473097,"date":"2026-02-26T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473097\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:28:19","slug":"lightning-hurricanes-clash-for-eastern-conference-lead-in-raleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473097\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning, Hurricanes clash for Eastern Conference lead in Raleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lightning picked up where they left off before the Olympic break with a 4-2 win over Toronto at Benchmark International Arena on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n<p>Nikita Kucherov scored his 30th\u00a0goal of the season, giving him nine 30-goal campaigns in his Tampa Bay career. His two assists give him 701 for his career, adding to his franchise record.<\/p>\n<p>The teams are neck-and-neck for the most points in the Eastern Conference, with the Bolts at 80 and the Panthers at 78.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina is 8-0-2 in their last ten games. \u00a0Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho pace the Hurricanes with 25 goals and 57 points, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning \u00a0(38-14-4)<\/p>\n<p> vs. <\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes (36-15-6)<\/p>\n<p>When: Thursday at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Lenovo Center &#8211; Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n<p>Coverage for tonight&#8217;s game starts at 6:30 p.m. on The Spot-Tampa Bay 66.<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/sports\/how-to-watch-tampa-bay-lightning-for-the-2025-26-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Here&#8217;s <\/a>how to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Share Your Story with Kevin<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KevinLewis.png\"\/><br \/>Tampa Bay 28 Sports Anchor Kevin Lewis knows what happens on the field ties us together. From parents coaching kids to young athletes achieving life-long dreams, Kevin shares stories we can all celebrate. Reach out to him below.<br \/>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JADA.WILLIAMS.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tampa store pulls adult products after community pushback<\/p>\n<p>A Tampa convenience store has removed adult products from its shelves after community members raised concerns that the items were visible to children, prompting a broader conversation at the Tampa City Council about what local government can do to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa store pulls adult products after community pushback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lightning picked up where they left off before the Olympic break with a 4-2 win over Toronto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5107],"tags":[7136,7137,194,29,5176,5,195,189,4,7138,7139,7140],"class_list":{"0":"post-473097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-hurricanes","8":"tag-abc-action-news","9":"tag-abc-action-news-sports","10":"tag-carolina","11":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","12":"tag-carolinahurricanes","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-hurricanes","15":"tag-lightning","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-tampa-bay-sports","18":"tag-wfts","19":"tag-wfts-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116137409440678899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}