Tampa Bay Lightning vs. St. Louis BluesJan 16, 2026

Final / SOFriday, Jan 16, 2026· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
TBL	0	2	0	0	0	2		TBL	11	15	8	2	36
STL	2	0	0	0	1	3		STL	7	5	5	4	21

: TBL 74STL 42
: TBL 4.43STL 2.38
PP goals: TBL 2STL 0
Hits: TBL 12STL 24
Blocks: TBL 10STL 10
PIM: TBL 4STL 6
: TBL 54%STL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in a shootout at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Raddysh and Hagel) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:39 together.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:37.Kucherov
Points
Darren Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 27:01.Raddysh
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Raddysh and Hagel) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:39 together.Kucherov Guentzel Bjorkstrand Raddysh Hagel
Usage
Brandon Hagel (TBL) played 25:43, +6:03 up on his 19:41 season average over 70 games.Hagel
Luck
TBL scored 2 goals on 4.43 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Joel Hofer (STL) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +9 against a season average of 27.2; the win.Hofer
New line
New look for TBL: Guentzel–Paul–Goncalves skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Guentzel Paul Goncalves
Usage
Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 27:01, +4:23 up on his 22:38 season average over 72 games.Raddysh

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

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

STL
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · STL 42 · TBL 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 53% of the game, STL 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

STL 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	TBL	STL
	71	37
	3.05	2.16
	2.92	2.03
	11	10
	4	5
	17	25
	+0.039	−0.040
	53%	17%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
11:5763% CF
L2Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel
8:5879% CF
L3Guentzel – Paul – Goncalves
6:1469% CF
L4Bjorkstrand – Finley – James
5:4930% CF
D1Cernak – D'Astous
16:1375% CF
D2Raddysh – Moser
15:2657% CF
D3Crozier – Carlile
11:5466% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Raddysh – Hagel
4:39100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:48
PK2FGourde – Girgensons
1:12
PK1DCernak – Moser
2:20
PK2DCrozier – Carlile
1:27

Current TBL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Snuggerud – Stenberg
10:4432% CF
L2Kyrou – Neighbours – Dvorsky
9:0521% CF
L3Sundqvist – Walker – Toropchenko
8:4862% CF
L4Bjugstad – Buchnevich – Berggren
7:5140% CF
D1Parayko – Broberg
15:3733% CF
D2Faulk – Tucker
10:5347% CF
D3Fowler – Mailloux
10:3541% CF

PP1Schenn – Kyrou – Broberg – Neighbours – Snuggerud
2:12100% CF
PP2Faulk – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Berggren – Dvorsky
1:28100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Buchnevich
1:32
PK2FBjugstad – Toropchenko
1:02
PK1DParayko – Broberg
2:53
PK2DFaulk – Fowler
1:02

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:03
STLJake Neighbours (Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler)wrist0.39 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Paul, Raddysh, MoserSTL: Faulk, Kyrou, Broberg, Neighbours, Dvorsky
TBL 0 – 1 STL
17:33
STLNick Bjugstad (Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.13 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Paul, Cernak, D'AstousSTL: Bjugstad, Parayko, Buchnevich, Berggren, Broberg
TBL 0 – 2 STL

2nd period

9:59
TBLNikita KucherovPP (Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh)slap0.19 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Raddysh, HagelSTL: Faulk, Sundqvist, Tucker
TBL 1 – 2 STL
11:01
TBLOliver BjorkstrandPP (Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh)wrist0.12 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Raddysh, HagelSTL: Faulk, Bjugstad, Fowler, Toropchenko
TBL 2 – 2 STL

Decided in the shootout: TBL 2 – 3 STL.

Box score

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	59	54
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	14:22	—	—	63	77
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	57	54
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.45	0	0	0	25:43	—	—	72	78
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	1	1	2	-2	3	0.44	0	0	0	23:37	—	—	80	69
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.58	0	2	0	20:09	—	—	77	91
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	0	0	-2	8	0.73	0	0	2	22:10	—	—	77	59
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	0	1	0	14:05	—	—	75	56
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	11:50	—	—	62	53
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	31	24
Dominic James C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:43	—	—	42	29
Jack Finley C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	3	0	0	7:08	—	—	31	29
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	21:26	—	—	76	72
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	74	64
Darren Raddysh D	D2	0	2	2	-1	6	0.62	1	3	0	27:01	—	—	60	37
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	58	40
Maxwell Crozier D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	68	87
Declan Carlile D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	66	83

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	O	21	19	2	.905	2.38	64:42

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	19:55	—	—	36	53
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	32	26
Otto Stenberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	37	25
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.44	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	27	53
Jake Neighbours L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.39	4	0	0	16:36	—	—	27	54
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	26	38
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	53	49
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	4	0	2	12:25	—	—	56	55
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	6	0	2	11:28	—	—	60	66
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	25	18
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	29	24
Jonatan Berggren R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	29	19
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	0	0	0	25:15	—	—	36	50
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	3	0	22:54	—	—	31	19
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.10	0	0	0	23:08	—	—	36	42
Tyler Tucker D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	15:58	—	—	38	32
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	33	47
Logan Mailloux D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	32	55

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	4.43	64:58

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Neighbours (STL) 1st 17:03 · assists Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler · Cycle · 36.3 mph shot.

Jake Neighbours · 1st 17:03 · STL

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 36.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Nick Bjugstad · 1st 17:33 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 9:59 · TBL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Oliver Bjorkstrand · 2nd 11:01 · TBL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 64.1 mph
Distance: 18 ft

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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.