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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Seattle KrakenMar 17, 2026

Final· Climate Pledge Arena
away
TBL
6
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home
SEA
2
Goals123TShots123T
TBL2136TBL961126
SEA0202SEA49518
TBL 63SEA 36
TBL 3.32SEA 1.50
PP goals
TBL 1SEA 0
Hits
TBL 21SEA 23
Blocks
TBL 7SEA 20
PIM
TBL 11SEA 11
TBL 54%SEA 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Seattle Kraken 6–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Seattle Kraken 6–2 at SEA. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 3G 2A. TBL scored 6 goals on 3.32 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

  1. Points
    Nikita Kucherov had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 7 shots in 19:49.Kucherov
  2. Points
    Brandon Hagel had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 17:21.Hagel
  3. Points
    Anthony Cirelli had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:48.Cirelli
  4. Points
    Gage Goncalves had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:58.Goncalves
  5. Luck
    TBL scored 6 goals on 3.32 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  6. New line
    New look for SEA: Stephenson–Gaudreau–McCann skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StephensonGaudreauMcCann
  7. Usage
    Jared McCann (SEA) played 12:53, −3:37 down on his 16:30 season average over 51 games.McCann
  8. Usage
    Yanni Gourde (TBL) played 12:07, −4:18 down on his 16:25 season average over 81 games.Gourde

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, TBL at SEA: 99 attempts, 44 on goal, 8 goals, 4.81 expected goals; best chance Nikita Kucherov at 0.93 xG.

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

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · SEA 36 · TBL 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, TBL at SEA: expected goals 1.50 to 3.32 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 36 to 63, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdSEATBLGKKMMCHKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • SEA
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SEATBLcontrol2nd3rdGoncalves · 1st 5:45Kucherov · 1st 18:49Kucherov · 2nd 0:57McMann · 2nd 1:07McCann · 2nd 9:46Cirelli · 3rd 4:35Hagel · 3rd 16:54Kucherov · 3rd 17:16
  • SEA 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 49% of the game, SEA 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, TBL at SEA: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Philipp Grubauer (59:23) for SEA and Andrei Vasilevskiy (59:03) for TBL, 8 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, SEA rows versus TBL columns: 250 matchups; most common Montour vs Guentzel, 11:20 at 36% xGF.

SEA ↓ · TBL →GuentzelPointGoncalvesKucherovHagelCirelliBjorkstrandPaulPerryGourdeGirgensonsHolmbergMcDonaghD'AstousRaddyshMoserHedmanCernakL1 EberleL1 BeniersL1 McMannL2 WrightL2 CattonL2 KakkoL3 StephensonL3 GaudreauL3 McCannL4 WintertonL4 MeyersL4 MelansonD1 MontourD1 LindgrenD2 DunnD2 LarssonD3 EvansD3 Oleksiak
SEA 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
StatTBLSEA
6031
2.231.35
2.131.34
136
42
2922
−0.001+0.001
49%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 →

Seattle Kraken

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:45
    TBLGage Goncalves (Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.10 xG
    TBL: Guentzel, Point, Raddysh, Goncalves, MoserSEA: Stephenson, Gaudreau, McCann, Montour, Lindgren
    TBL 1 – 0 SEA
  2. 18:49
    TBLNikita Kucherov (Brandon Hagel)wrist0.25 xG
    TBL: McDonagh, Kucherov, Guentzel, Raddysh, HagelSEA: Montour, Lindgren, Winterton, Melanson, Meyers
    TBL 2 – 0 SEA

2nd period

  1. 0:57
    TBLNikita Kucherov (Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel)wrist0.19 xG
    TBL: Kucherov, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, MoserSEA: Eberle, Larsson, Dunn, McMann, Beniers
    TBL 3 – 0 SEA
  2. 1:07
    SEABobby McMann (Matty Beniers)wrist0.13 xG
    TBL: Kucherov, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel, MoserSEA: Eberle, Larsson, Dunn, McMann, Beniers
    TBL 3 – 1 SEA
  3. 9:46
    SEAJared McCann (Jordan Eberle, Philipp Grubauer)wrist0.19 xG
    TBL: Hedman, Guentzel, Raddysh, Cernak, GoncalvesSEA: Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn, Beniers
    TBL 3 – 2 SEA

3rd period

  1. 4:35
    TBLAnthony Cirelli (Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel)snap0.24 xG
    TBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Cernak, Cirelli, HagelSEA: Eberle, Montour, Lindgren, McMann, Beniers
    TBL 4 – 2 SEA
  2. 16:54
    TBLBrandon HagelPP (Gage Goncalves, Nikita Kucherov)wrist0.12 xG
    TBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Cirelli, Hagel, GoncalvesSEA: Larsson, Gaudreau, Lindgren, Meyers
    TBL 5 – 2 SEA
  3. 17:16
    TBLNikita KucherovEN (Anthony Cirelli)wrist0.93 xG
    TBL: McDonagh, Kucherov, Cernak, Cirelli, HagelSEA: Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Montour, Dunn, Beniers
    TBL 6 – 2 SEA

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
Jake Guentzel CL1011+120.1510019:39——5953
Brayden Point CL1011+100.1201018:46——5853
Gage Goncalves CL1112020.2150012:58——6742
Nikita Kucherov RL2325+371.5210019:49——5169
Brandon Hagel LL2134+320.2502017:21——6072
Anthony Cirelli CL2123+220.2600015:48——6467
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL3000010.1101015:01——91100
Nick Paul LL3000000.1710013:34——8092
Corey Perry RL3000000.0520213:06——9196
Yanni Gourde CL4000000.0010512:07——708
Zemgus Girgensons CL4000020.0730012:05——7734
Pontus Holmberg RL4000000.0020010:25——7734
Ryan McDonagh DD1000+210.1100021:17——6763
Charle-Edouard D'Astous DD1000020.0541217:59——6553
Darren Raddysh DD2000+150.1111222:10——6766
J.J. Moser DD2000+100.0100019:11——7173
Victor Hedman DD3000000.0901017:14——5750
Erik Cernak DD3000+100.0000016:27——6354
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)W18162.8891.5059:03

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jordan Eberle RL1011-110.0901018:44——4140
Matty Beniers CL1011-100.0101018:21——3536
Bobby McMann CL1101-120.1720216:58——4227
Shane Wright CL2000010.0502215:51——2919
Berkly Catton CL2000010.0900013:55——1813
Kaapo Kakko RL2000000.0300013:22——1913
Chandler Stephenson CL3000-110.0300017:54——2949
Frederick Gaudreau CL3000-110.1000016:53——4050
Jared McCann LL3101-110.2701012:53——3960
Ryan Winterton CL4000-120.2421014:26——3252
Ben Meyers CL4000-100.0000511:52——6764
Jacob Melanson RL4000-100.239109:14——2742
Brandon Montour DD1000-430.0811023:11——3023
Ryan Lindgren DD1000-310.0502018:05——3229
Vince Dunn DD2000010.0211019:23——3850
Adam Larsson DD2000020.0424018:43——3535
Ryker Evans DD3000000.0013217:50——4294
Jamie Oleksiak DD3000010.0252017:14——3037
SEA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)L25205.8002.3859:23

Goal anatomy

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

Gage Goncalves (TBL) 1st 5:45 · assists Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel · Deflection · loose puck · 18.3 mph shot · 4.8 s from entry to goal.

Gage Goncalves · 1st 5:45 · TBL

Play
deflection
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
18.3 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
4.8 s

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Bobby McMann · 2nd 1:07 · SEA

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
66.4 mph
Distance
27 ft
Entry to goal
7.8 s

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Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 0:57 · TBL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-0
Passes
4 (royal road)
Shot
27.9 mph
Distance
2 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s
Type
one-timer

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Jared McCann · 2nd 9:46 · SEA

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
pass
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
0
Shot
23.3 mph
Distance
10 ft
Entry to goal
7.0 s

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Brandon Hagel · 3rd 16:54 · TBL PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
5-on-4
Passes
0
Shot
37.7 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
4.7 s

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Nikita Kucherov · 3rd 17:16 · TBL EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
30.4 mph
Distance
20 ft
Entry to goal
2.1 s

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