Carolina's Jordan Staal notched a goal and an assist and ... the Boston Bruins will have accomplished the same thing as the Tampa Bay Lightning in their last outing: Breaking a losing streak.

The Carolina Hurricanes suffered a brutal loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday night ... finally got the monkey off his back and Jordan Staal also tallied a goal, but it just wasn't enough ...

The Carolina Hurricanes battled back to tie the game twice but ended up allowing the game-winning goal with just 52 seconds left as they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2 on Tuesday night in Tampa.