RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored a short-handed goal, Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 23 shots, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Jordan Martinook, Jack Roslovic and Sean Walker also scored for the Hurricanes, who won their fifth straight.
Gage Goncalves had a goal for Tampa Bay, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves. The Lightning lost for just the third time in their last 13 games.
Jarvis’ goal at 4:29 of the first period was his team-leading fourth short-handed tally of the season and one behind Florida’s Sam Reinhart for the league lead. Martinook increased the lead to 2-0 with 7:04 remaining in the second, and Roslovic converted a 2-on-1 for his 100th career goal and a 3-0 advantage with 45 seconds to go in the period.
Goncalves got the Lightning on the scoreboard at 4:38 of the third, but Walker restored the three-goal lead nearly two minutes later.
The Hurricanes played without right wing Andrei Svechnikov. The team’s third-leading scorer missed Monday’s practice with an undisclosed injury, and coach Rod Brind’Amour did not provide an update on his status. Defenseman Dmitry Orlov (undisclosed) also did not play.
Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov, the league’s third-leading scorer with 92 points, did not play in the third period.
Lightning: After combining for six goals in back-to-back wins over Columbus and Buffalo, the Lightning couldn’t muster anything until Goncalves broke through. That snapped a scoreless streak of over 122 minutes.
Hurricanes: Carolina jumped on Tampa Bay early and is now 25-7-1 when scoring first.
Vasilevskiy made a pair of brilliant kick saves, including denying Jarvis on the breakaway at 11:41 of the second, before Martinook snuck home a far more low-percentage shot to double Carolina’s lead.
Carolina improved to an NHL-best 21-0 when leading by two goals at home.
Lightning visit Philadelphia on Thursday, and Hurricanes host Detroit on Friday.
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The puck gets past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) on a goal scored by Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 3, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) jumps on the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Seth Jarvis (24) celebrates his game winning goal against the Boston Bruins during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
March 27 - April 2, 2026
People around Latin America and the Caribbean marked Holy Week with colorful processions and other traditional displays.
The 69 members of the security forces who died in a military plane crash in Colombia were honored in a solemn ceremony in Bogota.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz docked in the Gulf of Panama.
Bolivia experienced heartbreak as the World Cup qualifying matches ended.
This gallery was curated by photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
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FILE - A raccoon is silhouetted against a rising pink moon in the night sky of Panama City, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - A quinceanera rides in a vintage car marking her 15th birthday celebration in Havana, Cuba, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - Yuneisy Riviaux helps her daughter Edianet with her homework at their home in Havana, Cuba, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - A supporter of Popular Renewal presidential candidate Rafael López Aliaga, who has embraced the name nickname “Porky”, leans a against a wall alongside his “Porky” costume, in Lima, Peru, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
FILE - A dead tree stands out amid a lush green section of the Caxiuana National Forest that is used as a control plot for an experiment on drought run by the Esecaflor project in Para state, Brazil, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
FILE - A "gaucho," or cowboy, rides a horse during the Criolla Week rodeo festival, an annual festival held during Holy Week, in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
FILE - Inmates sleep outdoors due to lack of indoor space at the Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
FILE - A Bolivian fans wipes away tears after his country's team loss to Iraq in a World Cup qualifying playoff final soccer match, in La Paz, Bolivia, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Photos of soldiers who died on a military cargo plane that crashed in Puerto Leguizamo, are arranged on the steps of an altar before the start of a memorial Mass at a military base church in Bogota, Colombia, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
FILE - A worker points to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz docking in the Gulf of Panama, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - People walk with decorated bird cages during an annual pilgrimage of bird vendors to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
FILE - Catholic children representing angels pose for photos prior to joining the Palm Sunday commemoration in Santa Cruz Chinautla, Guatemala, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)
