National Hockey League
Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Marc Joannette, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 16783

Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes scored twice on power plays to snap a four-game winless streak by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.

Martin Necas, Tony DeAngelo and Sebastian Aho had the Carolina goals. The first two came on what have become rare power-play tallies for the Hurricanes, who had been 0-3-1 across their previous four games.

Seth Jarvis notched two assists, one game after the rookie's first two-goal game.

Nick Paul scored in his first game with the Lightning and Alex Killorn added the second goal with 59.3 seconds remaining when the Lightning went with an extra skater. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 38 saves. Tampa Bay lost for the fifth time in its last seven games.

Necas' power-play goal came at 6:56 of the second period.

That ended a stretch of more than 112 minutes without a goal for the Hurricanes, who were blanked Sunday in a 2-0 loss to the New York Rangers.

Paul's goal came when he chipped the puck into the net off a shot from Ross Colton.

The Hurricanes went back in front as DeAngelo's shot clipped off a Tampa Bay player on the way to the net.

So that was two power-play goals in a seven-minute span for Carolina, which went the previous six full games without one.

Aho's goal came when he controlled a pass from Seth Jarvis with the aid of his skate. Then Aho jammed the puck past Vasilevskiy.

The Lightning had Paul, a left winger, in the lineup for the first time since a trade with Ottawa brought him on board Sunday. He redirected Colton's shot for the goal.

This was the first time other than a preseason game that the Lightning had visited Raleigh since Tampa Bay won Game 5 of a playoff series last June.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Tampa Bay   Carolina
Alex Killorn 1 Points Seth Jarvis 2
Alex Killorn 1 Goals Sebastian Aho 1
Ross Colton 1 Assists Seth Jarvis 2
N/A Power Play Goals Tony DeAngelo 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Andrei Vasilevskiy .927 Save Percentage Frederik Andersen .931
Andrei Vasilevskiy 38 Saves Frederik Andersen 27
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Tampa Bay 29 2 0-2 2-4 12 44
Carolina 41 3 2-4 2-2 10 26
Upcoming Games
  • Carolina will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Hurricanes have a W/L % of .732 after a win and .571 after a loss.
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against Boston. The Lightning have a W/L % of .605 after a win and .632 after a loss.