Tampa Bay LightningTBL 4–2 Final Florida PanthersFLA

Saturday, December 27, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL 211 4 25
Florida PanthersFLA 110 2 26

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
5:37 FLA Eetu Luostarinen (4) Mackie Samoskevich (14), Evan Rodrigues (11) · backhand xG 0.21 0–1 ▶
13:05 TBL Jake Guentzel (18)SH Anthony Cirelli (11), Max Crozier (6) · snap xG 0.14 1–1 ▶
19:52 TBL Pontus Holmberg (5) Yanni Gourde (8), Declan Carlile (2) · snap xG 0.11 2–1 ▶
2nd Period
2:31 TBL Nikita Kucherov (14) Brayden Point (14), Gage Goncalves (6) · backhand xG 0.16 3–1 ▶
7:05 FLA Brad Marchand (21)PP Sam Bennett (14), Sam Reinhart (20) · snap xG 0.17 3–2 ▶
3rd Period
19:04 TBL Nikita Kucherov (15)EN Anthony Cirelli (12) · backhand xG 0.40 4–2 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

TBL 25%Deserve to win75% FLA
TBLFLA
2.98Expected goals3.91
4Goals (no shootout)2
1.43Expected goals, 5 on 51.46
44Shot attempts65
34Unblocked attempts47
25Shots on goal26

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

3rd Period
8:20 FLA xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced TBL 1.59–0.39
In xG over 10 minutes, 18:20 of the 2nd to 8:20 of the 3rd; neither team scored
18:27 FLA Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Bobrovsky, down 3–2
With 1:33 left; TBL scored at 19:04 of the 3rd (4–2)

Shot map

TBL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ FLA shoots
J.J. Moser: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 1:38) Nikita Kucherov: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 1:42) Gage Goncalves: tip-in, 21 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 1:56) Zemgus Girgensons: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:23) Aaron Ekblad: snap, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:31) Evan Rodrigues: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 5:33) Evan Rodrigues: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 5:35) Mackie Samoskevich: snap, 7 ft, xG 0.29 (P1 5:35) Max Crozier: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 6:22) Brayden Point: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 6:45) Darren Raddysh: slap, 51 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 7:24) Sam Reinhart: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 7:46) Sam Reinhart: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:24) Eetu Luostarinen: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 9:45) Jack Studnicka: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 10:03) Charle-Edouard D'Astous: snap, 99 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 12:06) Uvis Balinskis: snap, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 12:37) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 14:00) Anthony Cirelli: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 14:13) Pontus Holmberg: tip-in, 22 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 16:33) Pontus Holmberg: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 16:39) Max Crozier: wrist, 177 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 17:06) Eetu Luostarinen: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 18:02) Gustav Forsling: snap, 58 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 18:52) Zemgus Girgensons: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:26) Oliver Bjorkstrand: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 19:56) Seth Jones: snap, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:17) Sam Bennett: tip-in, 22 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 2:13) Seth Jones: snap, 53 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 2:15) Luke Kunin: snap, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:54) A.J. Greer: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 6:14) Nick Paul: slap, 67 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 6:54) Brad Marchand: snap, 53 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 8:09) Anton Lundell: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:30) Jake Guentzel: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 11:28) Darren Raddysh: slap, 33 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 11:54) Nick Paul: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 14:10) Jack Studnicka: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:05) Sam Bennett: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 17:17) Sam Reinhart: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 17:19) Yanni Gourde: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 17:37) Oliver Bjorkstrand: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 18:13) Darren Raddysh: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 18:50) Darren Raddysh: slap, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 18:55) Zemgus Girgensons: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 0:35) Jake Guentzel: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 0:39) Anton Lundell: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:06) Eetu Luostarinen: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 1:08) Sam Reinhart: deflected, 17 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:35) Mackie Samoskevich: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.18 (P3 1:52) Brad Marchand: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 1:59) Eetu Luostarinen: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 2:47) Eetu Luostarinen: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 2:56) Sam Bennett: wrap-around, 4 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 3:56) Brad Marchand: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 4:04) Sam Reinhart: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 4:08) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 5:24) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 5:28) Seth Jones: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 5:40) Sam Reinhart: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 5:53) Carter Verhaeghe: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 7:29) J.J. Moser: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 8:31) Pontus Holmberg: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 8:33) Darren Raddysh: wrist, 83 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 8:50) Gustav Forsling: slap, 39 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 10:46) Brad Marchand: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 10:47) Brad Marchand: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 11:40) Nikita Kucherov: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 13:32) Uvis Balinskis: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:37) Eetu Luostarinen: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 16:08) Mackie Samoskevich: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 16:13) Brayden Point: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 18:12) Nikita Kucherov: tip-in, 74 ft, xG 0.24 (P3 18:36) Jeff Petry: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 19:25) Sam Bennett: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 19:34) Eetu Luostarinen: GOAL, backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.21 (P1 5:37) Jake Guentzel: GOAL, snap, 26 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 13:05) Pontus Holmberg: GOAL, snap, 33 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 19:52) Nikita Kucherov: GOAL, backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 2:31) Brad Marchand: GOAL, snap, 17 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 7:05) Nikita Kucherov: GOAL, backhand, 57 ft, xG 0.40 (P3 19:04)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
59 Jake Guentzel 101 +1 40.48 2327:14
86 Nikita Kucherov 202 +2 70.92 2018:29
21 Brayden Point 011 +1 30.35 0017:16
71 Anthony Cirelli 022 +1 10.02 3117:10
28 Zemgus Girgensons 000 0 40.07 2016:06
37 Yanni Gourde 011 +1 20.04 1115:04
20 Nick Paul 000 0 30.09 4214:22
29 Pontus Holmberg 101 +1 40.42 1213:20
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand 000 0 20.08 2012:13
93 Gage Goncalves 011 +1 10.04 0010:52
49 Scott Sabourin 000 0 00.00 1006:32
42 Curtis Douglas 000 0 00.00 0003:45
Defense
43 Darren Raddysh 000 0 60.33 3225:07
90 J.J. Moser 000 +1 30.03 2222:28
24 Max Crozier 011 +2 20.08 4320:25
72 Declan Carlile 011 +1 00.00 3018:32
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous 000 +1 20.00 1016:42
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Andrei Vasilevskiy 26224 .923 3.91 +1.91

Florida Panthers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
13 Sam Reinhart 011 -2 80.45 0124:43
63 Brad Marchand 101 -4 70.70 2021:55
27 Eetu Luostarinen 101 +1 70.92 6020:14
15 Anton Lundell 000 -1 40.02 1020:13
9 Sam Bennett 011 -4 60.27 3019:19
11 Mackie Samoskevich 011 0 30.59 1018:14
17 Evan Rodrigues 011 +1 60.21 0116:56
23 Carter Verhaeghe 000 -3 20.19 1014:37
18 A.J. Greer 000 0 10.11 3110:12
70 Jesper Boqvist 000 0 00.00 2007:51
71 Luke Kunin 000 0 10.01 1004:39
23 Jack Studnicka 000 0 20.13 0003:42
Defense
3 Seth Jones 000 -3 70.04 0325:53
5 Aaron Ekblad 000 +1 10.01 2120:36
42 Gustav Forsling 000 0 30.11 0019:00
77 Niko Mikkola 000 -1 20.00 4016:47
2 Jeff Petry 000 0 20.12 1214:28
26 Uvis Balinskis 000 -1 30.01 0009:51
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Sergei Bobrovsky 24321 .875 2.34 -0.66

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
86 Nikita Kucherov R +2.95 +1.50 +0.60 +0.59 +0.30 0.00 -0.04 — 18:29
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy G +1.91 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.91 59:46
29 Pontus Holmberg R +1.78 +0.75 +0.27 +0.66 0.00 +0.01 +0.08 — 13:20
37 Yanni Gourde C +1.57 +0.70 +0.03 +0.92 -0.14 +0.01 +0.05 — 15:04
21 Brayden Point C +1.56 +0.70 +0.23 +0.66 0.00 -0.03 0.00 — 17:16
24 Max Crozier D +1.11 +0.55 +0.05 +0.42 -0.06 0.00 +0.15 — 20:25
93 Gage Goncalves C +0.77 +0.55 +0.03 +0.20 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 10:52
67 Declan Carlile D +0.70 +0.55 0.00 +0.13 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 18:32
71 Anthony Cirelli C +0.58 +1.40 +0.01 -1.02 +0.13 -0.04 +0.09 — 17:10
59 Jake Guentzel C +0.48 +0.75 +0.31 -0.70 -0.02 -0.01 +0.15 — 27:14
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D +0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.54 -0.12 0.00 0.00 — 16:42
43 Darren Raddysh D +0.13 0.00 +0.22 -0.34 +0.15 0.00 +0.10 — 25:07
22 Oliver Bjorkstrand R +0.08 0.00 +0.05 +0.05 -0.04 0.00 +0.02 — 12:13
16 Steven Santini D -0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.08 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 7:58
28 Zemgus Girgensons C -0.11 0.00 +0.05 -0.11 -0.05 0.00 0.00 — 16:06
20 Nick Paul L -0.15 0.00 +0.06 -0.34 0.00 +0.03 +0.10 — 14:22
42 Curtis Douglas C -0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.21 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 3:45
90 J.J. Moser D -0.51 0.00 +0.02 -0.59 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 22:28
46 Scott Sabourin R -0.79 0.00 0.00 -0.34 -0.45 0.00 0.00 — 6:32

Florida Panthers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
27 Eetu Luostarinen C +2.62 +0.75 +0.60 +1.09 +0.15 +0.01 +0.02 — 20:14
17 Evan Rodrigues C +1.37 +0.55 +0.14 +0.64 +0.02 -0.03 +0.05 — 16:56
11 Mackie Samoskevich R +1.29 +0.70 +0.39 +0.37 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 18:14
2 Jeff Petry D +0.70 0.00 +0.08 +0.54 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 14:28
53 Jack Studnicka C +0.69 0.00 +0.09 +0.45 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 3:42
70 Jesper Boqvist C +0.66 0.00 0.00 +0.36 +0.30 0.00 0.00 — 7:51
5 Aaron Ekblad D +0.61 0.00 +0.01 +0.82 -0.25 0.00 +0.03 — 20:36
13 Sam Reinhart C +0.44 +0.55 +0.29 -0.47 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 24:43
71 Luke Kunin C +0.42 0.00 +0.01 +0.24 +0.15 +0.02 0.00 — 4:39
15 Anton Lundell C +0.21 0.00 +0.01 +0.22 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 20:13
42 Gustav Forsling D +0.10 0.00 +0.07 +0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 19:00
26 Uvis Balinskis D -0.05 0.00 +0.01 -0.10 +0.04 0.00 0.00 — 9:51
77 Niko Mikkola D -0.06 0.00 0.00 -0.36 +0.30 0.00 0.00 — 16:47
10 A.J. Greer L -0.06 0.00 +0.07 -0.09 -0.09 0.00 +0.05 — 10:12
63 Brad Marchand L -0.14 +0.75 +0.46 -1.36 +0.08 -0.01 -0.06 — 21:55
3 Seth Jones D -0.51 0.00 +0.03 -0.69 +0.02 0.00 +0.13 — 25:53
9 Sam Bennett C -0.61 +0.70 +0.18 -1.35 -0.16 +0.02 0.00 — 19:19
72 Sergei Bobrovsky G -0.66 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.66 58:50
23 Carter Verhaeghe C -0.81 0.00 +0.12 -0.97 +0.04 +0.01 -0.02 — 14:37

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.