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Postgame Notes – February 22, 2021

CAROLINA HURRICANES SCORING NOTES Per Time Scorer Assists STR Score 1 13:27 Jesper Fast (1) Martin Necas (9), Jake Bean (5) EV 1-0 CAR 2 19:15 Jesper Fast (2) Brett Pesce (8), Dougie Hamilton (10) PP 2-2 -- Jake Bean recorded an assist tonight and has now posted an assist in three consecutive games (2/19-2/22: 3a) -- Martin Necas tallied an assist tonight and has now earned an assist/point in three consecutive games (2/19- 2/22: 1g, 3a).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING SCORING NOTES Per Time Goal Scorer Assists STR Score 2 2:26 (9) Victor Hedman (13), Ondrej Palat (7) PP 1-1 2 7:12 Victor Hedman (4) Mikhail Sergachev (12), Steven Stamkos (8) EV 2-1 TBL 3 8:04 Ondrej Palat (7) Jan Rutta (4), Brayden Point (11) EV 3-2 TBL 3 19:20 Alex Killorn (3) Erik Cernak (4) EV-EN 4-2 TBL

FAST TIMES Jesper Fast scored the Hurricanes’ first two goals tonight, marking his first two goals with the Hurricanes. Tonight’s game was his 17th career multi-point game and his fifth career multi-goal game, and his first of each with Carolina. His last multi-goal game came with NYR exactly a year ago today (2/22/20 vs. SJS: 2g). He has now tallied five points (2g, 3a) in his first 12 games with the team. Fast was signed as a free agent on 10/10/20 after spending the past seven seasons (2013-20) with NYR. He posted 147 points (55g, 92a) in 422 games with the Rangers.

MAGIC BEAN Jake Bean recorded an assist tonight, and he has now registered five assists in his last five games (2/15-2/22) after being held scoreless in his first three games of 2020-21 and the first five games of his NHL/Hurricanes career. He led all AHL defensemen with 48 points (10g, 38a) in 59 AHL games with Charlotte in 2019-20 and won the Eddie Shore Award as the league’s top defenseman.

HOME SWEET HOME The Hurricanes suffered a home loss in regulation tonight for the first time in 359 days (2/28/20 vs. COL). Carolina is now 6-1-1 at home this season, and they tied the 2005-06 team for the most games played at home without a regulation loss to start any season in franchise history (7). The Hurricanes started the season 7-0-0 at home in 2005-06.

OPTIMUS REIM James Reimer lost a game in regulation tonight for the first time in five starts (2/4 at CHI). In his last 28 regular season games with the Hurricanes, he has posted a 20-4-2 record with a 2.71 goals-against average, .911 save percentage and three shutouts.

SPECIAL TEAMS - Carolina went 1-for-3 on the power play tonight and is now 16-for-55 (29.1%) on the man-advantage this season. The Hurricanes went 3-for-4 on the kill and are now 48-for-60 (80.0%) on the kill this season. - Tampa Bay went 1-for-4 on the power play tonight and is now 14-for-55 (25.5%) on the man-advantage this season. The Lightning went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and are now 46-for-54 (85.2%) on the kill this season.

SHOTS BY PERIOD TEAMS 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Tampa Bay 11 11 10 - 32 Carolina 7 12 17 - 36