Carolina beat Tampa in the NHL match thanks to two Svechnikov assists

The Carolina Hurricanes hockey Club defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match. The match took place on February 26 and ended with a score of 5:4.

Nikolai Ehlers, Logan Stankoven, Taylor Hall, Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho scored for Carolina. In addition, Russian forward Andrey Svechnikov provided two assists. Russian striker Nikita Kucherov scored for Tampa. Brandon Hagel, Dominic James and Brayden Pont also scored.

Thus, the Carolina club with 80 points is in second place in the Eastern Conference, and the Tampa team with the same number of points is in first place.

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The Los Angeles Kings hockey Club lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in a National Hockey League match on February 26. The meeting ended with a score 6:4 (1:1, 0:1, 5:2). Among the winners, Russian striker Pavel Dorofeev scored a double.

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