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St. Louis Blues vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 22, 2025

Final· Benchmark International Arena
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STL
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TBL
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Goals123TShots123T
STL0101STL511824
TBL2114TBL67417
STL 51TBL 48
STL 1.94TBL 2.64
PP goals
STL 0TBL 2
Hits
STL 27TBL 10
Blocks
STL 16TBL 15
PIM
STL 8TBL 4
STL 51%TBL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Tampa Bay Lightning beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at home. Darren Raddysh (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:15 together.

  1. Points
    Darren Raddysh had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 22:43.Raddysh
  2. Points
    Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:31.Guentzel
  3. Points
    Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:36.Kucherov
  4. PP1
    TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:15 together.KucherovGuentzelBjorkstrandPointRaddysh
  5. Usage
    Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 16:36, −3:47 down on his 20:23 season average over 75 games.Kucherov
  6. Usage
    Tyler Tucker (STL) played 17:30, +3:11 up on his 14:19 season average over 68 games.Tucker
  7. Usage
    Logan Mailloux (STL) played 12:27, −4:23 down on his 16:50 season average over 66 games.Mailloux
  8. Usage
    Pius Suter (STL) played 12:23, −3:34 down on his 15:57 season average over 63 games.Suter

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, STL at TBL: 99 attempts, 41 on goal, 5 goals, 4.58 expected goals; best chance Anthony Cirelli at 0.25 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • TBL
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · TBL 48 · STL 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at TBL: expected goals 2.64 to 1.94 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 48 to 51, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdTBLSTLHRFCBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • TBL
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
TBLSTLcontrol2nd3rdHolmberg · 1st 0:21Raddysh · 1st 9:12Faulk · 2nd 6:43Cirelli · 2nd 8:01Bjorkstrand · 3rd 5:36
  • TBL pressure
  • STL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 25% of the game, TBL 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, STL at TBL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Andrei Vasilevskiy (60:00) for TBL and Jordan Binnington (60:00) for STL, 5 goals.

TBL
STL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TBL skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TBL side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, TBL rows versus STL columns: 249 matchups; most common Moser vs Buchnevich, 11:19 at 56% xGF.

TBL ↓ · STL →NeighboursSchennStenbergThomasBuchnevichBerggrenJosephToropchenkoSundqvistFabbriDvorskySuterBrobergParaykoFaulkTuckerFowlerMaillouxL1 CirelliL1 GirgensonsL1 HolmbergL2 PointL2 KucherovL2 GourdeL3 GuentzelL3 BjorkstrandL3 PaulL4 JamesL4 GoncalvesL4 FinleyD1 D'AstousD1 McDonaghD2 RaddyshD2 MoserD3 CrozierD3 Carlile
TBL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatSTLTBL
5344
2.022.01
1.981.95
108
62
1620
+0.017−0.016
25%30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 0:21
    TBLPontus Holmberg (Darren Raddysh, Zemgus Girgensons)tip-in0.05 xG
    STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Berggren, MaillouxTBL: Girgensons, Raddysh, Cirelli, Holmberg, Moser
    STL 0 – 1 TBL
  2. 9:12
    TBLDarren RaddyshPP (Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel)slap0.09 xG
    STL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Thomas, TuckerTBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point, Raddysh
    STL 0 – 2 TBL

2nd period

  1. 6:43
    STLJustin Faulk (Tyler Tucker, Otto Stenberg)slap0.08 xG
    STL: Schenn, Faulk, Tucker, Neighbours, StenbergTBL: McDonagh, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Paul, D'Astous
    STL 1 – 2 TBL
  2. 8:01
    TBLAnthony Cirelli (Darren Raddysh)tip-in0.09 xG
    STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Berggren, MaillouxTBL: Girgensons, Raddysh, Cirelli, Holmberg, Moser
    STL 1 – 3 TBL

3rd period

  1. 5:36
    TBLOliver BjorkstrandPP (Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov)wrist0.15 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, BrobergTBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point, Raddysh
    STL 1 – 4 TBL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jake Neighbours LL1000+120.2260017:03——6861
Brayden Schenn CL1000+100.0430016:09——6850
Otto Stenberg CL1011+100.0041014:22——5929
Robert Thomas CL2000-200.0001217:43——4844
Pavel Buchnevich LL2000-220.2001017:19——5044
Jonatan Berggren RL2000-210.0530014:57——3930
Mathieu Joseph RL3000010.1530013:03——5044
Alexey Toropchenko RL3000000.0033012:55——4759
Oskar Sundqvist CL3000020.2521012:29——4340
Robby Fabbri CL4000010.1500014:05——6075
Dalibor Dvorsky RL4000030.2900013:34——5053
Pius Suter CL4000020.0301012:23——5698
Philip Broberg DD1000020.1201022:38——5562
Colton Parayko DD1000000.0003021:19——5662
Justin Faulk DD2101+140.3001022:52——6042
Tyler Tucker DD2011+120.0722217:30——6032
Cam Fowler DD3000-210.0800020:43——4149
Logan Mailloux DD3000-210.0011412:27——4741
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)L17134.7652.6460:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Anthony Cirelli CL1101+220.5101015:59——5265
Zemgus Girgensons CL1011+210.1421213:22——4657
Pontus Holmberg RL1101+220.1900012:32——4858
Brayden Point CL2000020.3901019:10——3922
Nikita Kucherov RL2022010.1000016:36——4018
Yanni Gourde CL2000000.0021015:42——3618
Jake Guentzel CL3022-110.4500020:31——5379
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL3101-110.1500016:24——5680
Nick Paul LL3000-110.1200014:02——5984
Dominic James CL4000000.0112013:46——4238
Gage Goncalves CL4000000.0502013:16——4438
Jack Finley CL4000000.0000211:01——3726
Charle-Edouard D'Astous DD1000-110.0001020:55——3545
Ryan McDonagh DD1000-100.0003020:16——3223
Darren Raddysh DD2123+210.2510022:43——4856
J.J. Moser DD2000+210.0111021:35——5762
Maxwell Crozier DD3000010.0510014:09——5439
Declan Carlile DD3000020.2122014:01——4844
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)W24231.9581.9460:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Pontus Holmberg (TBL) 1st 0:21 · assists Darren Raddysh, Zemgus Girgensons · Deflection · 29.7 mph shot.

Justin Faulk · 2nd 6:43 · STL

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
pass
Odd man
4-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
82.5 mph
Distance
59 ft
Entry to goal
7.1 s
Type
one-timer

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