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December 26, 2026, 6:00PM EST

Tampa Bay Lightning

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Tampa Bay Lightning

4-2-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDON HAGEL	L	3	3	2	5	0	1	04:24	21:48	10	3.3333	-1	0	4	6
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	3	0	4	4	0	2	04:52	20:39	4	1.3333	1	0	0	1
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	3	2	1	3	1	2	04:55	19:48	6	2.0000	-2	0	4	1
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:07	11:58	1	0.3333	0	0	0	1
MAX CROZIER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:11	18:37	5	1.6667	0	2	6	5
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	3	1	1	2	0	0	02:10	17:40	5	1.6667	1	2	1	2
JOHN CARLSON	D	3	2	0	2	1	1	04:43	19:09	13	4.3333	-2	2	5	5
BRAYDEN POINT	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	04:32	18:54	8	2.6667	-2	0	0	0
ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	00:02	14:54	7	2.3333	1	0	6	0
RYAN MCDONAGH	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:06	15:10	2	0.6667	2	0	0	3

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	2	1	1	0	117	0	6	45	3.07	0.867	-1.01
DENNIS HILDEBY	1	1	0	0	59	0	2	36	2.01	0.944	2.00

Last 3 Years VS FLA

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	11	6	5	11	0	4	05:45	18:57	41	3.7273	1	35	14	4
BRAYDEN POINT	C	10	4	5	9	1	1	05:50	19:40	19	1.9000	2	2	1	4
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	8	0	9	9	0	3	03:46	22:40	17	2.1250	5	14	8	6
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	12	5	4	9	2	2	05:56	20:51	31	2.5833	5	17	11	11
YANNI GOURDE	C	8	0	7	7	0	0	00:54	16:34	8	1.0000	6	22	14	9
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	9	0	6	6	0	1	02:16	17:26	10	1.1111	1	6	9	4
JOHN CARLSON	D	9	1	5	6	0	1	02:57	24:09	20	2.2222	-1	2	6	18
BRANDON HAGEL	L	9	3	3	6	0	0	02:51	18:39	20	2.2222	-2	25	9	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	9	2	2	4	0	0	00:16	12:44	8	0.8889	3	2	9	5
ERIK CERNAK	D	9	1	2	3	0	0	00:03	18:44	11	1.2222	2	31	28	15

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	9	5	4	0	516	0	22	264	2.56	0.917	4.42

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDON HAGEL	L	6	4	4	8	0	1	05:22	21:54	27	4.5000	1	2	5	7
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	6	1	7	8	0	2	05:54	21:48	9	1.5000	3	0	0	2
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	6	3	3	6	1	2	05:46	20:31	17	2.8333	0	0	5	2
JOHN CARLSON	D	6	2	2	4	1	1	05:32	19:56	18	3.0000	-2	2	6	8
BRAYDEN POINT	C	6	1	2	3	0	0	05:29	19:40	15	2.5000	0	2	0	3
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	6	1	2	3	0	0	00:02	14:18	5	0.8333	1	0	8	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	6	1	2	3	0	0	01:15	14:48	10	1.6667	1	6	2	2
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	6	0	2	2	0	0	00:24	13:52	5	0.8333	1	0	2	9
ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS	C	6	1	1	2	0	0	00:03	13:32	8	1.3333	1	2	17	5
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	6	1	1	2	0	0	02:03	17:51	10	1.6667	2	4	4	6

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	5	3	2	0	293	0	12	104	2.45	0.885	-0.46
DENNIS HILDEBY	1	1	0	0	59	0	2	36	2.01	0.944	2.00

Last Game Lines

Opponent: New York Rangers

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	10:27	22.2	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV - PONTUS HOLMBERG	1	0	1	5	2	71.4	9	8	52.9
2	5:54	12.6	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - GAGE GONCALVES	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	8	2	80.0
3	4:24	9.4	NIKITA KUCHEROV - ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	5	16.7
4	3:39	7.8	JEFFREY VIEL - GAGE GONCALVES - CONOR GEEKIE	0	1	-1	1	4	20.0	2	4	33.3
5	2:35	5.5	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	4	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	13:04	27.8	JOHN CARLSON - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	6	2	75.0	19	5	79.2
2	11:28	24.4	MAX CROZIER - CHARLE-EDOUARD D'ASTOUS	0	1	-1	5	4	55.6	14	7	66.7
3	8:34	18.2	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	0	0	0	4	2	66.7	9	4	69.2
4	3:55	8.3	VICTOR HEDMAN - ERIK CERNAK	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	4	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	3:06	47.6	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	3	1	75.0
2	1:42	26.1	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	1	-1	2	1	66.7	2	1	66.7
3	0:50	12.8	ANTHONY CIRELLI - PONTUS HOLMBERG - GAGE GONCALVES - CONOR GEEKIE	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
4	0:18	4.6	JEFFREY VIEL - GAGE GONCALVES - CONOR GEEKIE	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:53	74.9	JOHN CARLSON	0	1	-1	3	2	60.0	5	2	71.4
2	0:59	15.1	CHARLE-EDOUARD D'ASTOUS	0	0	0	2	1	66.7	2	1	66.7
3	0:18	4.6	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	3:46	57.8	ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	7	0.0
2	1:48	27.6	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	1	50.0
3	0:34	8.7	JAKE GUENTZEL - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:00	30.7	VICTOR HEDMAN - MAX CROZIER	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	3	0.0
2	1:57	29.9	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	4	0.0
3	1:53	28.9	VICTOR HEDMAN - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	2	0	100.0

Florida Panthers

3-2-2

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
MATTHEW TKACHUK	R	3	1	6	7	0	5	05:09	18:06	7	2.3333	-3	4	4	0
SETH JONES	D	3	0	6	6	0	4	05:24	23:25	10	3.3333	-1	0	4	2
BRADY TKACHUK	L	3	3	2	5	2	4	04:36	16:48	8	2.6667	-3	2	10	0
SAM REINHART	C	3	4	1	5	3	4	05:51	20:02	11	3.6667	0	0	4	2
ANTON LUNDELL	C	3	1	1	2	0	0	03:27	17:36	10	3.3333	-2	2	4	1
CARTER VERHAEGHE	L	3	2	0	2	1	1	05:28	18:32	3	1.0000	0	0	1	1
SANDIS VILMANIS	R	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:28	13:06	1	0.3333	-2	0	7	1
LARS ELLER	R	3	0	1	1	0	0	02:22	15:44	1	0.3333	1	0	1	0
AARON EKBLAD	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	02:32	21:04	8	2.6667	-4	4	5	2
UVIS BALINSKIS	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	00:58	16:19	0	0.0000	0	0	4	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
AKIRA SCHMID	2	1	1	0	98	0	6	48	3.67	0.875	-0.67
JACOB MARKSTROM	2	0	1	0	77	0	5	39	3.86	0.872	-0.67

Last 3 Years VS T.B

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRADY TKACHUK	L	9	4	11	15	2	4	03:39	19:17	39	4.3333	1	8	30	3
SAM REINHART	C	10	8	3	11	3	5	05:16	21:32	29	2.9000	-2	2	8	7
BRAD MARCHAND	R	10	5	5	10	2	2	03:50	19:30	20	2.0000	0	4	11	4
ALEKSANDER BARKOV	C	6	2	5	7	1	2	04:01	20:18	16	2.6667	2	2	5	6
MATTHEW TKACHUK	R	6	3	4	7	2	4	04:05	15:24	20	3.3333	-2	33	9	2
CARTER VERHAEGHE	L	11	3	3	6	0	1	03:13	16:20	26	2.3636	-6	18	10	2
SAM BENNETT	C	11	2	4	6	1	3	03:41	16:34	28	2.5455	-7	48	28	5
AARON EKBLAD	D	7	1	4	5	0	2	03:19	23:10	10	1.4286	-1	14	16	9
ANTON LUNDELL	C	10	1	4	5	0	3	02:41	17:58	16	1.6000	0	16	13	9
JOHN BEECHER	C	7	1	2	3	0	0	00:01	11:06	2	0.2857	1	2	14	6

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
JACOB MARKSTROM	6	3	2	0	309	0	19	126	3.69	0.849	-6.25
AKIRA SCHMID	1	0	1	0	59	0	3	26	3.04	0.885	-0.48

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
MATTHEW TKACHUK	R	7	3	7	10	0	5	06:43	20:08	14	2.0000	-1	4	13	1
SETH JONES	D	7	1	6	7	0	4	06:09	25:52	19	2.7143	-2	2	7	5
BRADY TKACHUK	L	7	3	2	5	2	4	05:32	17:07	19	2.7143	-5	9	28	1
SAM REINHART	C	7	4	1	5	3	4	06:29	21:08	21	3.0000	-1	0	13	3
CARTER VERHAEGHE	L	7	3	1	4	1	1	04:14	18:28	9	1.2857	5	2	2	2
LARS ELLER	R	7	0	4	4	0	1	01:05	14:02	6	0.8571	3	2	5	4
ANTON LUNDELL	C	7	1	2	3	0	0	03:49	18:24	20	2.8571	-2	2	11	3
SAM BENNETT	C	7	0	3	3	0	0	04:24	19:04	11	1.5714	0	4	18	1
AARON EKBLAD	D	5	0	2	2	0	1	03:10	21:00	8	1.6000	-5	4	7	2
EETU LUOSTARINEN	L	7	2	0	2	1	1	02:13	16:07	11	1.5714	-1	6	13	7

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
JACOB MARKSTROM	5	2	1	1	266	1	9	95	2.03	0.905	1.55
AKIRA SCHMID	3	1	1	1	161	0	10	80	3.72	0.875	-1.12

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Columbus Blue Jackets

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	9:55	21.5	EETU LUOSTARINEN - ANTON LUNDELL - SANDIS VILMANIS	0	2	-2	2	4	33.3	8	9	47.1
2	9:43	21.1	LARS ELLER - SAM REINHART - CARTER VERHAEGHE	1	0	1	5	7	41.7	11	14	44.0
3	8:59	19.5	SAM BENNETT - MATTHEW TKACHUK - BRADY TKACHUK	1	0	1	4	2	66.7	11	6	64.7
4	8:03	17.5	GARNET HATHAWAY - BOKONDJI IMAMA - SAM LAFFERTY	0	0	0	6	7	46.2	8	15	34.8
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:17	31.0	AARON EKBLAD - GUSTAV FORSLING	0	2	-2	5	11	31.3	19	19	50.0
2	13:01	28.3	SETH JONES - NIKO MIKKOLA	2	0	2	5	4	55.6	12	16	42.9
3	11:15	24.4	DMITRY KULIKOV - UVIS BALINSKIS	1	0	1	3	7	30.0	7	14	33.3
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	5:06	51.2	SAM REINHART - CARTER VERHAEGHE - MATTHEW TKACHUK - BRADY TKACHUK	4	0	4	6	0	100.0	12	0	100.0
2	3:32	35.5	LARS ELLER - SAM BENNETT - EETU LUOSTARINEN - ANTON LUNDELL	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	1	50.0
3	0:57	9.5	SAM REINHART - CARTER VERHAEGHE - SANDIS VILMANIS	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
4	0:11	1.8	CARTER VERHAEGHE - MATTHEW TKACHUK - BRADY TKACHUK - EETU LUOSTARINEN	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	5:26	54.5	SETH JONES	4	0	4	6	0	100.0	12	0	100.0
2	3:12	32.1	AARON EKBLAD	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0
3	0:58	9.7	GUSTAV FORSLING - UVIS BALINSKIS	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:50	45.8	EETU LUOSTARINEN - ANTON LUNDELL	0	0	0	1	2	33.3	2	4	33.3
2	1:24	35.0	LARS ELLER - GARNET HATHAWAY	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0
3	0:20	8.3	SAM REINHART - ANTON LUNDELL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:27	36.3	SETH JONES - AARON EKBLAD	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
2	1:07	27.9	SETH JONES - NIKO MIKKOLA	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	33.3
3	0:57	23.8	AARON EKBLAD - GUSTAV FORSLING	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	1	2	33.3

December 26, 2026, 6:00PM EST

Tampa Bay Lightning

Florida Panthers

Tampa Bay Lightning

4-2-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS FLA

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: New York Rangers

Florida Panthers

3-2-2

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS T.B

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Columbus Blue Jackets

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