Belt game 8,386 · February 26, 2026
Carolina Hurricanes take the belt
Carolina Hurricanes beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 at home to start reign 3,401 of the NHL belt, the 60th for the franchise.
Tampa Bay Lightning had held it since January 26, 2026, with 5 defenses over 31 days.
Carolina Hurricanes held it for 4 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Seattle Kraken on March 2, 2026.
3,401Reign number
60Team's reign
1Defenses
4Days held
Box score
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Taylor Hall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jordan Martinook | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jalen Chatfield | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| K'Andre Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| William Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Alexander Nikishin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Sean Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| Jaccob Slavin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Frederik Andersen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bussi | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 28 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Dominic James | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Sabourin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| J.J. Moser | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Declan Carlile | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Victor Hedman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Erik Cernak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jonas Johansson | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 33 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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