Tampa Bay LightningTBL 1–4 Final Winnipeg JetsWPG

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL 001 1 27
Winnipeg JetsWPG 022 4 30
Playoff odds, % Change
WPG +2.7
TBL -0.3
SJS -0.8
SEA -0.7

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 5, 2026 7:27 PM EST.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
15:31 WPG Morgan Barron (9) Cole Koepke (8), Tanner Pearson (5) · wrist xG 0.18 0–1 ▶
19:42 WPG Mark Scheifele (29) Alex Iafallo (13), Kyle Connor (42) · slap xG 0.08 0–2 ▶
3rd Period
1:52 TBL Brayden Point (15)PP Jake Guentzel (39), Darren Raddysh (38) · wrist xG 0.44 1–2 ▶
5:34 WPG Gustav Nyquist (1) Jonathan Toews (13), Tanner Pearson (6) · wrist xG 0.26 1–3 ▶
17:59 WPG Kyle Connor (28)EN Mark Scheifele (46), Alex Iafallo (14) · wrist xG 0.93 1–4 ▶

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 43%Deserve to win57% WPG
TBLWPG
2.88Expected goals4.20
1Goals (no shootout)4
1.54Expected goals, 5 on 52.57
59Shot attempts63
43Unblocked attempts44
27Shots on goal30

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).

1st Period
16:10 TBL No shift No shift · Moser, 15:55 on the bench
No shift from 6:07 of the 1st to 4:09 of the 2nd; 3 shifts (3:03) before that
2nd Period
14:30 WPG xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced TBL 1.03–0.00
In xG over 10 minutes, 4:50 to 14:50 of the 2nd; neither team scored
3rd Period
16:53 TBL Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Vasilevskiy, down 3–1
With 3:07 left; WPG scored at 17:59 of the 3rd (1–4)

Shot map

TBL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ WPG shoots
Kyle Connor: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:53) Zemgus Girgensons: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 1:21) Mark Scheifele: slap, 30 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 1:35) Kyle Connor: slap, 44 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 3:01) Jake Guentzel: bat, 8 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 3:10) Yanni Gourde: backhand, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:42) Jake Guentzel: slap, 24 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 4:23) Zemgus Girgensons: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 6:04) Darren Raddysh: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:38) Ville Heinola: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 8:04) Mark Scheifele: snap, 8 ft, xG 0.22 (P1 8:20) Cole Perfetti: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 8:49) Anthony Cirelli: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 10:15) Alex Iafallo: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:33) Alex Iafallo: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 10:37) Oliver Bjorkstrand: deflected, 11 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 11:17) Dylan DeMelo: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 12:53) Morgan Barron: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 14:24) Victor Hedman: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 15:22) Brandon Hagel: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 15:29) Walker Duehr: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 16:02) Jake Guentzel: slap, 24 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 16:25) Tanner Pearson: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 18:02) Tanner Pearson: slap, 26 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 18:22) Kyle Connor: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:36) Zemgus Girgensons: tip-in, 65 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 0:03) Pontus Holmberg: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 0:23) Oliver Bjorkstrand: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 1:01) Jake Guentzel: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 1:51) Jake Guentzel: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 1:52) Victor Hedman: backhand, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:47) Pontus Holmberg: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 4:09) J.J. Moser: wrist, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 4:48) Cole Koepke: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.29 (P2 6:30) Haydn Fleury: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 7:44) Dylan DeMelo: wrist, 73 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 8:23) Pontus Holmberg: wrist, 67 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 9:54) Gabriel Vilardi: snap, 27 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 10:07) Dylan DeMelo: wrist, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 10:20) Dylan Samberg: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 10:54) Walker Duehr: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 11:45) Mark Scheifele: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 12:55) Gabriel Vilardi: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 13:02) Kyle Connor: slap, 36 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 13:50) Mark Scheifele: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 14:11) Alex Iafallo: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 14:28) Alex Iafallo: bat, 4 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 14:29) Brandon Hagel: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 15:20) Cole Koepke: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:29) J.J. Moser: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 15:51) Nikita Kucherov: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 0:26) Brandon Hagel: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 1:00) Victor Hedman: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:37) Erik Cernak: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 1:38) Victor Hedman: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 1:43) Darren Raddysh: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 1:49) Zemgus Girgensons: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 3:13) J.J. Moser: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 3:28) Morgan Barron: tip-in, 19 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 4:33) Walker Duehr: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 4:48) Pontus Holmberg: tip-in, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 5:07) Yanni Gourde: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 6:27) Adam Lowry: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 7:02) Declan Carlile: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 7:37) Scott Sabourin: slap, 44 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 7:44) Tanner Pearson: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 7:49) Brayden Point: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 8:56) Adam Lowry: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 10:22) Oliver Bjorkstrand: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 13:42) Ville Heinola: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 13:55) Cole Koepke: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 13:57) Jonathan Toews: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 14:21) Pontus Holmberg: backhand, 26 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:31) Pontus Holmberg: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:32) Haydn Fleury: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 15:45) Kyle Connor: tip-in, 19 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 15:56) Cole Perfetti: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 16:20) Dylan DeMelo: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 16:29) Jake Guentzel: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 17:14) Brayden Point: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 17:20) Anthony Cirelli: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 17:21) Oliver Bjorkstrand: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 19:48) Morgan Barron: GOAL, wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 15:31) Mark Scheifele: GOAL, slap, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 19:42) Brayden Point: GOAL, wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.44 (P3 1:52) Gustav Nyquist: GOAL, wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.26 (P3 5:34) Kyle Connor: GOAL, wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.93 (P3 17:59)
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 011 -2 70.74 1121:45
86 Nikita Kucherov 000 -2 40.05 0020:41
37 Yanni Gourde 000 0 20.18 1018:59
21 Brayden Point 101 -3 50.71 1018:25
38 Brandon Hagel 000 -3 40.20 0118:17
71 Anthony Cirelli 000 -2 20.12 2117:13
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand 000 -1 40.31 3015:25
28 Zemgus Girgensons 000 0 40.17 5014:42
29 Pontus Holmberg 000 -1 70.12 0214:18
94 Conor Geekie 000 0 10.00 0010:28
49 Scott Sabourin 000 0 10.05 3209:03
Defense
43 Darren Raddysh 011 -3 20.06 0123:04
72 Declan Carlile 000 -1 40.02 1218:22
81 Erik Cernak 000 0 10.03 3217:15
90 J.J. Moser 000 -2 40.06 0016:39
77 Victor Hedman 000 -1 50.06 1214:45
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous 000 0 20.00 2214:01
27 Ryan McDonagh 000 0 00.00 0113:44
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Andrei Vasilevskiy 29326 .897 3.27 +0.27

Winnipeg Jets

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
81 Kyle Connor 112 +2 91.22 2022:17
55 Mark Scheifele 112 +2 70.60 0021:07
9 Alex Iafallo 022 +2 40.34 1017:43
13 Gabriel Vilardi 000 0 20.11 0116:29
91 Cole Perfetti 000 0 30.03 0015:08
17 Adam Lowry 000 0 40.07 3015:01
19 Jonathan Toews 011 +1 10.07 0114:50
14 Gustav Nyquist 101 +1 30.26 0013:39
70 Tanner Pearson 022 +2 40.19 1013:30
36 Morgan Barron 101 +1 30.27 1111:49
71 Walker Duehr 000 0 30.17 4110:23
45 Cole Koepke 011 +1 30.54 1009:54
Defense
24 Haydn Fleury 000 +2 40.06 5223:58
54 Dylan Samberg 000 +2 20.04 0323:14
2 Dylan DeMelo 000 +2 60.11 2322:54
57 Elias Salomonsson 000 +2 10.00 3220:09
14 Ville Heinola 000 0 30.12 1113:51
3 Isaak Phillips 000 0 10.00 2012:10
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Connor Hellebuyck 27126 .963 2.88 +1.88

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
21 Brayden Point C +0.75 +0.75 +0.46 -0.38 0.00 -0.06 -0.02 — 18:25
59 Jake Guentzel C +0.56 +0.70 +0.48 -0.82 +0.15 +0.02 +0.03 — 21:45
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy G +0.27 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.27 58:54
37 Yanni Gourde C +0.24 0.00 +0.11 +0.20 0.00 -0.03 -0.04 — 18:59
43 Darren Raddysh D +0.18 +0.55 +0.04 -0.38 0.00 0.00 -0.03 — 23:04
27 Ryan McDonagh D +0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.05 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 13:44
28 Zemgus Girgensons C +0.07 0.00 +0.11 -0.03 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 14:42
29 Pontus Holmberg R -0.13 0.00 +0.08 -0.46 +0.15 0.00 +0.10 — 14:18
81 Erik Cernak D -0.15 0.00 +0.02 -0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 17:15
86 Nikita Kucherov R -0.31 0.00 +0.04 -0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 20:41
22 Oliver Bjorkstrand R -0.33 0.00 +0.20 -0.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:25
90 J.J. Moser D -0.35 0.00 +0.04 -0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:39
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D -0.41 0.00 0.00 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 14:01
71 Anthony Cirelli C -0.46 0.00 +0.07 -0.46 -0.15 +0.03 +0.05 — 17:13
67 Declan Carlile D -0.55 0.00 +0.02 -0.66 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 18:22
46 Scott Sabourin R -0.55 0.00 +0.03 -0.68 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 9:03
38 Brandon Hagel L -0.65 0.00 +0.13 -0.69 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 18:17
14 Conor Geekie C -0.67 0.00 0.00 -0.63 0.00 -0.04 0.00 — 10:28
77 Victor Hedman D -0.91 0.00 +0.04 -1.05 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 14:45

Winnipeg Jets

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
81 Kyle Connor L +2.34 +1.30 +0.79 +0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 22:17
70 Tanner Pearson L +2.23 +1.10 +0.13 +0.84 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 13:30
55 Mark Scheifele C +2.10 +1.45 +0.39 +0.21 0.00 +0.05 0.00 — 21:07
36 Morgan Barron C +2.07 +0.75 +0.17 +1.18 0.00 -0.03 -0.01 — 11:49
45 Cole Koepke L +1.93 +0.70 +0.35 +0.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:54
37 Connor Hellebuyck G +1.73 0.00 — — -0.15 — — +1.88 59:47
9 Alex Iafallo L +1.51 +1.25 +0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 17:43
57 Elias Salomonsson D +1.48 0.00 0.00 +1.42 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 20:09
14 Gustav Nyquist R +1.19 +0.75 +0.17 +0.28 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 13:39
19 Jonathan Toews C +0.87 +0.70 +0.04 +0.09 0.00 +0.02 +0.01 — 14:50
54 Dylan Samberg D +0.81 0.00 +0.02 +0.67 0.00 0.00 +0.11 — 23:14
24 Haydn Fleury D +0.77 0.00 +0.04 +0.65 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 23:58
71 Walker Duehr R +0.73 0.00 +0.11 +0.58 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 10:23
2 Dylan DeMelo D +0.72 0.00 +0.07 +0.50 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 22:54
13 Gabriel Vilardi C +0.52 0.00 +0.07 +0.40 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 16:29
34 Ville Heinola D +0.42 0.00 +0.08 +0.31 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 13:51
91 Cole Perfetti C +0.16 0.00 +0.02 +0.16 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 15:08
17 Adam Lowry C -0.04 0.00 +0.05 -0.14 0.00 +0.05 0.00 — 15:01
3 Isaak Phillips D -0.35 0.00 0.00 -0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:10

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.