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December 26, 2026, 6:00PM EST

Tampa Bay Lightning

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Tampa Bay Lightning

5-2-0

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	5	1	6	0	1	04:22	21:58	13	4.3333	-1	0	5	5
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	3	1	2	3	0	0	00:01	13:41	3	1.0000	3	0	0	0
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	3	2	1	3	1	1	05:02	19:12	7	2.3333	-1	0	3	0
MAX CROZIER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:09	15:47	4	1.3333	1	0	7	1
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	3	0	2	2	0	1	05:01	21:06	11	3.6667	-2	0	1	1
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	02:38	17:18	2	0.6667	1	2	2	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	01:12	15:08	4	1.3333	3	4	1	2
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	3	1	0	1	0	0	00:00	14:41	3	1.0000	2	0	3	0
RYAN MCDONAGH	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:06	15:01	4	1.3333	2	0	0	3
DOMINIC JAMES	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	01:44	15:25	1	1.0000	1	2	3	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	3	2	1	0	179	0	9	72	3.01	0.875	-1.01

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
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
BRAYDEN POINT	C	10	4	5	9	1	1	05:50	19:40	19	1.9000	2	2	1	4
YANNI GOURDE	C	8	0	7	7	0	0	00:54	16:34	8	1.0000	6	22	14	9
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
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	9	0	6	6	0	1	02:16	17:26	10	1.1111	1	6	9	4
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	7	6	4	10	0	1	05:05	22:07	33	4.7143	1	2	6	7
NIKITA KUCHEROV	R	7	1	7	8	0	2	05:40	21:52	17	2.4286	1	0	1	2
JAKE GUENTZEL	R	7	3	4	7	1	2	05:33	20:21	19	2.7143	1	0	5	2
ILYA MIKHEYEV	L	7	2	2	4	0	0	00:02	14:24	8	1.1429	2	0	9	2
PONTUS HOLMBERG	R	7	1	3	4	0	0	01:17	14:42	11	1.5714	3	8	3	3
JOHN CARLSON	D	7	2	2	4	1	1	05:22	20:10	19	2.7143	-3	2	6	9
BRAYDEN POINT	C	7	1	3	4	0	0	05:19	19:31	16	2.2857	1	2	1	3
ANTHONY CIRELLI	C	7	1	2	3	0	0	02:08	17:55	11	1.5714	3	4	5	6
VICTOR HEDMAN	D	7	1	2	3	0	0	00:21	14:21	7	1.0000	4	0	2	9
ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS	C	7	1	1	2	0	0	00:03	13:46	9	1.2857	1	2	24	5

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	6	4	2	0	355	0	15	131	2.53	0.885	-0.46
DENNIS HILDEBY	1	1	0	0	59	0	2	36	2.01	0.944	2.00

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Seattle Kraken

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	9:53	19.0	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV - PONTUS HOLMBERG	1	0	1	7	6	53.8	11	8	57.9
2	8:41	16.7	JEFFREY VIEL - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	1	3	25.0	5	6	45.5
3	7:21	14.1	NIKITA KUCHEROV - ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	1	-1	6	1	85.7	7	3	70.0
4	6:08	11.8	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL	0	0	0	2	4	33.3	7	8	46.7
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:23	27.7	JOHN CARLSON - J.J. MOSER	0	1	-1	8	5	61.5	14	10	58.3
2	9:54	19.0	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	1	0	1	9	4	69.2	13	8	61.9
3	9:46	18.8	VICTOR HEDMAN - MAX CROZIER	2	0	2	4	5	44.4	5	9	35.7
4	3:59	7.7	VICTOR HEDMAN - EMIL LILLEBERG	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:35	43.1	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	5	0	100.0
2	1:29	24.7	NIKITA KUCHEROV - BRAYDEN POINT - JAKE GUENTZEL - ANTHONY CIRELLI	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	4	0	100.0
3	0:55	15.3	ANTHONY CIRELLI - PONTUS HOLMBERG - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
4	0:31	8.6	BRANDON HAGEL - PONTUS HOLMBERG - CONOR GEEKIE - DOMINIC JAMES	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:23	73.1	JOHN CARLSON	0	0	0	4	0	100.0	9	0	100.0
2	1:31	25.3	J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
3	0:04	1.1	ERIK CERNAK - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:11	53.0	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - ILYA MIKHEYEV	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	1:49	44.1	ANTHONY CIRELLI - BRANDON HAGEL	0	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:04	1.6	ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS - BRANDON HAGEL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:09	52.2	VICTOR HEDMAN - J.J. MOSER	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
2	1:51	44.9	RYAN MCDONAGH - ERIK CERNAK	0	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:04	1.6	VICTOR HEDMAN - ERIK CERNAK	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

Florida Panthers

4-2-2

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
SETH JONES	D	3	0	8	8	0	4	04:02	24:28	12	4.0000	2	0	4	2
BRADY TKACHUK	L	3	6	2	8	2	4	04:07	17:37	13	4.3333	1	0	10	0
MATTHEW TKACHUK	R	3	0	7	7	0	5	04:29	19:15	4	1.3333	0	2	1	0
SAM REINHART	C	3	4	2	6	3	4	04:44	20:43	14	4.6667	2	0	3	2
CARTER VERHAEGHE	L	3	2	1	3	1	1	04:23	18:39	4	1.3333	0	0	0	1
ANTON LUNDELL	C	3	1	1	2	0	0	01:54	16:33	8	2.6667	-1	0	4	1
AARON EKBLAD	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	01:35	21:24	8	2.6667	-3	4	5	4
SANDIS VILMANIS	R	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:28	12:51	2	0.6667	-1	0	8	1
LARS ELLER	R	3	0	1	1	0	0	01:40	15:26	2	0.6667	1	0	1	1
EETU LUOSTARINEN	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	01:56	16:27	3	1.0000	0	4	6	2

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
AKIRA SCHMID	3	2	1	0	158	0	8	65	3.03	0.877	-0.79
JACOB MARKSTROM	1	0	0	0	20	0	2	11	6.00	0.818	-0.78

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
MATTHEW TKACHUK	R	6	3	4	7	2	4	04:05	15:24	20	3.3333	-2	33	9	2
ALEKSANDER BARKOV	C	6	2	5	7	1	2	04:01	20:18	16	2.6667	2	2	5	6
SAM BENNETT	C	11	2	4	6	1	3	03:41	16:34	28	2.5455	-7	48	28	5
CARTER VERHAEGHE	L	11	3	3	6	0	1	03:13	16:20	26	2.3636	-6	18	10	2
ANTON LUNDELL	C	10	1	4	5	0	3	02:41	17:58	16	1.6000	0	16	13	9
AARON EKBLAD	D	7	1	4	5	0	2	03:19	23:10	10	1.4286	-1	14	16	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	8	3	8	11	0	5	06:16	20:22	15	1.8750	1	4	13	1
SETH JONES	D	8	1	8	9	0	4	05:41	25:55	24	3.0000	0	2	7	5
BRADY TKACHUK	L	8	6	2	8	2	4	05:15	17:29	25	3.1250	-2	9	30	1
SAM REINHART	C	8	4	2	6	3	4	06:04	21:17	26	3.2500	0	0	14	3
CARTER VERHAEGHE	L	8	3	2	5	1	1	04:06	18:39	10	1.2500	5	2	2	2
LARS ELLER	R	8	0	4	4	0	1	01:03	14:25	8	1.0000	3	2	5	5
ANTON LUNDELL	C	8	1	2	3	0	0	03:27	18:07	24	3.0000	-2	2	12	3
AARON EKBLAD	D	6	0	3	3	0	1	02:47	21:14	11	1.8333	-5	4	9	4
SAM BENNETT	C	8	0	3	3	0	0	03:57	19:11	17	2.1250	2	4	20	1
EETU LUOSTARINEN	L	8	2	0	2	1	1	02:02	15:51	11	1.3750	-1	8	15	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	4	2	1	1	221	0	12	97	3.25	0.876	-1.23

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Vancouver Canucks

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	11:30	22.0	SAM BENNETT - MATTHEW TKACHUK - BRADY TKACHUK	1	0	1	11	7	61.1	17	11	60.7
2	11:00	21.0	LARS ELLER - SAM REINHART - CARTER VERHAEGHE	0	0	0	9	1	90.0	17	4	81.0
3	9:49	18.7	EETU LUOSTARINEN - ANTON LUNDELL - SANDIS VILMANIS	0	0	0	7	3	70.0	11	4	73.3
4	4:24	8.4	GARNET HATHAWAY - BOKONDJI IMAMA - SAM LAFFERTY	0	1	-1	1	2	33.3	3	4	42.9
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	17:20	33.1	AARON EKBLAD - GUSTAV FORSLING	1	1	0	17	5	77.3	29	9	76.3
2	15:12	29.0	SETH JONES - NIKO MIKKOLA	0	0	0	11	5	68.8	18	8	69.2
3	9:34	18.3	DMITRY KULIKOV - UVIS BALINSKIS	0	0	0	1	4	20.0	2	8	20.0
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	3:07	77.9	SAM REINHART - CARTER VERHAEGHE - MATTHEW TKACHUK - BRADY TKACHUK	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
2	0:46	19.2	LARS ELLER - SAM BENNETT - EETU LUOSTARINEN - ANTON LUNDELL	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
3	0:03	1.3	LARS ELLER - SAM BENNETT - BRADY TKACHUK - ANTON LUNDELL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
4	0:02	0.8	SAM BENNETT - EETU LUOSTARINEN - ANTON LUNDELL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:22	59.2	SETH JONES	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
2	0:50	20.8	AARON EKBLAD	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	3	0	100.0
3	0:45	18.8	GUSTAV FORSLING	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:56	48.9	LARS ELLER - GARNET HATHAWAY	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	6	0.0
2	1:00	16.7	SAM REINHART - ANTON LUNDELL	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3	0:38	10.6	LARS ELLER - EETU LUOSTARINEN	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	2:57	49.2	SETH JONES - NIKO MIKKOLA	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	5	0.0
2	1:53	31.4	AARON EKBLAD - GUSTAV FORSLING	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	7	0.0
3	0:58	16.1	SETH JONES - DMITRY KULIKOV	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0

December 26, 2026, 6:00PM EST

Tampa Bay Lightning

Florida Panthers

Tampa Bay Lightning

5-2-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS FLA

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Seattle Kraken

Florida Panthers

4-2-2

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS T.B

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Vancouver Canucks

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