Edgehalla

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York IslandersDec 13, 2025

Final / SO· UBS Arena
away
TBL
2
@
home
NYI
3
TBL —NYI —
PP goals
TBL —NYI —
Hits
TBL 27NYI 19
Blocks
TBL 10NYI 20
PIM
TBL 8NYI 8
TBL 51%NYI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (SO)

New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in a shootout at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:09 together.

  1. Points
    Anthony Duclair had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:25.Duclair
  2. Points
    Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:37.Kucherov
  3. PP1
    TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:09 together.KucherovGuentzelBjorkstrandPointRaddysh
  4. New line
    New look for NYI: Drouin–Barzal–Heineman skated 12:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DrouinBarzalHeineman
  5. Usage
    Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 28:22, +5:45 up on his 22:37 season average over 72 games.Raddysh
  6. Usage
    Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 25:37, +5:21 up on his 20:16 season average over 75 games.Kucherov
  7. New line
    New look for TBL: Sabourin–Paul–James skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SabourinPaulJames
  8. Usage
    J.J. Moser (TBL) played 26:02, +4:31 up on his 21:31 season average over 78 games.Moser

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, TBL at NYI: expected goals 1.86 to 4.08 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 41 to 72, 0 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdNYITBLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYI
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYITBLcontrol2nd3rd
  • NYI 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 48% of the game, NYI 16%.

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NYI rows versus TBL columns: 250 matchups; most common Barzal vs Raddysh, 11:30 at 41% xGF.

NYI ↓ · TBL →GourdeGirgensonsHolmbergKucherovHagelCirelliPaulJamesSabourinGuentzelPointBjorkstrandRaddyshMoserD'AstousLillebergCarlileCrozierL1 BarzalL1 DrouinL1 HeinemanL2 CizikasL2 MacLeanL2 GatcombL3 HolmstromL3 PageauL3 LeeL4 DuclairL4 ShabanovL4 RitchieD1 SchaeferD1 PulockD2 MayfieldD2 MitchellD3 PelechD3 DeAngelo
NYI 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
StatTBLNYI
6536
2.461.77
2.261.68
128
04
1911
−0.017+0.017
48%16%

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

Current TBL line combinations →

New York Islanders

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: TBL 2 – 3 NYI.

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Yanni Gourde CL10000220016:17——82
Zemgus Girgensons CL10000140014:19——79
Pontus Holmberg RL10000110013:56——70
Nikita Kucherov RL2022+1421025:37——63
Brandon Hagel LL20000111219:15——62
Anthony Cirelli CL20000230019:11——56
Nick Paul LL3000-1100013:48——58
Dominic James CL3000-132009:37——64
Scott Sabourin RL3000-105006:56——57
Jake Guentzel CL4011+1610020:18——70
Brayden Point CL4011+1300217:23——65
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL40000100011:14——70
Darren Raddysh DD11010322028:22——63
J.J. Moser DD1101+1304026:02——63
Charle-Edouard D'Astous DD20000100422:58——59
Emil Lilleberg DD20000031013:30——53
Declan Carlile DD3000-1111014:33——64
Maxwell Crozier DD30000100013:51——73
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jonas Johansson(start)O17152.88264:54
Brandon Halverson—000—0:06

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mathew Barzal CL10110102024:58——42
Jonathan Drouin LL10000100021:09——45
Emil Heineman LL10000132020:48——42
Casey Cizikas CL20000010214:16——36
Kyle MacLean CL20000232013:25——30
Marc Gatcomb CL2000003109:22——31
Simon Holmstrom RL30000100217:52——36
Jean-Gabriel Pageau CL30000112015:36——39
Anders Lee LL30000310012:49——39
Anthony Duclair LL40220000013:25——23
Max Shabanov RL40000000212:07——27
Calum Ritchie CL4101010109:27——11
Matthew Schaefer DD1101+1212026:16——33
Ryan Pulock DD1000+1202024:02——44
Scott Mayfield DD20000130021:33——24
Travis Mitchell DD2000001029:35——40
Adam Pelech DD3000-1113024:01——33
Tony DeAngelo DD3000-1013014:33——33
NYI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)W34322.94165:00

Goal anatomy

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

Matthew Schaefer () · unassisted · Cycle · 44.2 mph shot.