New York Islanders vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 6, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 6, 2025· Benchmark International Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	2	2		NYI	4	8	7	19
TBL	0	0	0	0		TBL	9	12	11	32

: NYI 42TBL 74
: NYI 2.55TBL 3.40
PP goals: NYI 1TBL 0
Hits: NYI 22TBL 21
Blocks: NYI 22TBL 10
PIM: NYI 4TBL 6
: NYI 43%TBL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0

New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 at TBL. Calum Ritchie (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for TBL: Guentzel–Cirelli–Hagel skated 11:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (85% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for TBL: Guentzel–Cirelli–Hagel skated 11:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (85% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Guentzel Cirelli Hagel
Luck
TBL scored 0 goals on 3.40 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for TBL: Bjorkstrand–Paul–James skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjorkstrand Paul James
New line
New look for TBL: Douglas–Finley–Goncalves skated 4:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Douglas Finley Goncalves
Usage
Anthony Cirelli (TBL) played 21:33, +4:18 up on his 17:15 season average over 70 games.Cirelli
Usage
Nick Paul (TBL) played 17:57, +4:21 up on his 13:36 season average over 50 games.Paul
Usage
Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 16:38, −4:05 down on his 20:43 season average over 80 games.Barzal
Usage
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL) played 22:22, +3:40 up on his 18:42 season average over 69 games.D'Astous

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYI attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · TBL 74 · NYI 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL pressure
NYI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 17% of the game, TBL 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

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
Stat	NYI	TBL
	37	61
	0.99	2.03
	0.97	1.91
	5	10
	5	4
	12	24
	−0.030	+0.030
	17%	42%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Horvat – Heineman – Shabanov
10:2638% CF
L2Duclair – Holmstrom – Ritchie
9:0737% CF
L3Lee – Barzal – Tsyplakov
8:4144% CF
L4Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
7:3133% CF
D1Pulock – Schaefer
14:3052% CF
D2Pelech – DeAngelo
11:1633% CF
D3Mayfield – Boqvist
9:5017% CF

PP1Duclair – Horvat – Barzal – Schaefer – Shabanov
3:1375% CF
PP2Lee – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Heineman – Ritchie
1:10100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Holmstrom
1:33
PK2FHorvat – Heineman
0:32
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:55
PK2DMayfield – Schaefer
1:00

Current NYI line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
11:3985% CF
L2Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
10:1158% CF
L3Bjorkstrand – Paul – James
7:3271% CF
L4Douglas – Finley – Goncalves
4:5267% CF
D1Hedman – Crozier
14:2768% CF
D2Raddysh – Moser
13:5853% CF
D3D'Astous – Lilleberg
13:3568% CF

PP1Guentzel – Paul – Cirelli – Hagel – D'Astous
2:07100% CF
PP2Bjorkstrand – Raddysh – Finley – Goncalves – James
1:45100% CF
PK1FGourde – Girgensons
1:50
PK2FGuentzel – Cirelli
1:40
PK1DMoser – Lilleberg
2:22
PK2DRaddysh – D'Astous
1:50

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

12:46
NYICalum RitchiePP (Anders Lee, Tony DeAngelo)other0.35 xG
NYI: Lee, DeAngelo, Holmstrom, Heineman, RitchieTBL: Guentzel, Cirelli, Moser, Lilleberg
NYI 1 – 0 TBL
19:58
NYICasey CizikasENbackhand0.47 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Lee, Mayfield, Barzal, SchaeferTBL: Guentzel, Paul, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, D'Astous
NYI 2 – 0 TBL

Box score

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

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	1	0	2	22:13	—	—	32	21
Emil Heineman L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	18:16	—	—	35	25
Maxim Shabanov R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	2	0	15:44	—	—	36	34
Simon Holmstrom R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	33	22
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	14:13	—	—	46	55
Calum Ritchie C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	35	26
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:38	—	—	41	36
Anders Lee L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.48	1	0	2	13:45	—	—	43	36
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	44	33
Casey Cizikas C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.47	2	2	0	14:04	—	—	42	40
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	33	36
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	4	1	0	10:29	—	—	42	46
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.07	1	2	0	24:27	—	—	53	45
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	0	22:38	—	—	50	39
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	33	15
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	33	30
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	2	0	18:39	—	—	21	39
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	11:46	—	—	24	30

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	3.40	59:50

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	-1	0	0.14	1	1	0	22:39	—	—	69	73
Brandon Hagel L	L1	-1	5	0.54	3	0	4	22:04	—	—	66	71
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	-1	6	0.79	2	0	0	21:33	—	—	68	75
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:36	—	—	56	57
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	55	67
Pontus Holmberg R	L2	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	13:43	—	—	52	55
Nick Paul L	L3	-1	3	0.65	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	74	68
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	59	63
Dominic James C	L3	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	57	60
Gage Goncalves C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	73	63
Jack Finley C	L4	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	8:50	—	—	50	87
Curtis Douglas C	L4	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	5:55	—	—	67	92
Maxwell Crozier D	D1	0	3	0.07	2	1	0	16:44	—	—	68	59
Victor Hedman D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	16:43	—	—	62	47
Darren Raddysh D	D2	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	23:28	—	—	50	41
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:11	—	—	57	73
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D3	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	68	96
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	3	0.05	4	2	0	18:15	—	—	74	98

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	L	18	17	1	.944	1.75	56:46

Goal anatomy

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

Calum Ritchie (NYI PP) 3rd 12:46 · assists Anders Lee, Tony DeAngelo · Rebound · 11.1 mph shot.

Calum Ritchie · 3rd 12:46 · NYI PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 11.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Casey Cizikas · 3rd 19:58 · NYI EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.3 mph
Distance: 90 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.