Tampa Bay Lightning vs. San Jose SharksMar 21, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 21, 2024· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	1	0	3	4		TBL	4	6	11	21
SJS	1	0	0	1		SJS	7	9	6	22

: TBL 44SJS 51
: TBL 2.65SJS 2.52
PP goals: TBL 1SJS 0
Hits: TBL 17SJS 21
Blocks: TBL 18SJS 12
PIM: TBL 8SJS 8
: TBL 52%SJS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at SJS. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 0G 4A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:28 together.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had 4 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 16:47.Kucherov
Points
Brayden Point had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:14.Point
Points
Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:05.Duclair
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:28 together.Stamkos Hedman Kucherov Paul Point
New line
New look for SJS: Kunin–Zadina–Barabanov skated 9:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kunin Zadina Barabanov
Usage
Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 16:47, −4:57 down on his 21:44 season average over 80 games.Kucherov
Usage
Brayden Point (TBL) played 16:14, −3:51 down on his 20:05 season average over 80 games.Point
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 2.53 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · SJS 51 · TBL 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 37% of the game, SJS 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	SJS
	38	52
	2.16	1.92
	2.10	1.88
	12	8
	4	0
	16	14
	+0.014	−0.014
	37%	33%

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

L1Kucherov – Duclair – Point
9:3642% CF
L2Stamkos – Cirelli – Hagel
9:3236% CF
L3Glendening – Motte – Jeannot
8:0133% CF
L4Paul – Sheary – Eyssimont
7:1360% CF
D1Dumba – Lilleberg
7:4560% CF
D2Hedman – Raddysh
7:369% CF
D3de Haan – Cernak
5:5510% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Paul – Point
3:2889% CF
PP2Duclair – Raddysh – Cirelli – Hagel – Eyssimont
0:47
PK1FGlendening – Motte
2:08
PK2FCirelli – Hagel
1:50
PK1Dde Haan – Dumba
2:02
PK2DHedman – Cernak
0:48

Current TBL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Bailey – Sturm – Bordeleau
10:3350% CF
L2Kunin – Zadina – Barabanov
9:0373% CF
L3Granlund – Kostin – Zetterlund
8:4753% CF
D1Burroughs – Ferraro
14:5855% CF
D2Vlasic – Addison
12:5768% CF
D3Rutta – Thrun
12:2545% CF

PP1Granlund – Kostin – Zetterlund – Addison – Bordeleau
1:590% CF
PP2Granlund – MacDonald – Zetterlund – Barabanov – Eklund
1:40100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Sturm
0:56
PK2FZetterlund – Eklund
0:44
PK1DFerraro – Rutta
1:40
PK2DVlasic – Thrun
0:12

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:53
TBLNick Paul (Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov)wrist0.16 xG
TBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Paul, Cernak, EyssimontSJS: Burroughs, Ferraro, Zadina, Sturm, Barabanov
TBL 1 – 0 SJS
7:21
SJSWilliam Eklund (Jacob MacDonald)wrist0.17 xG
TBL: de Haan, Motte, Point, Cernak, JeannotSJS: Carpenter, MacDonald, Rutta, Thrun, Eklund
TBL 1 – 1 SJS

3rd period

0:34
TBLBrayden PointPP (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos)wrist0.19 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul, PointSJS: Granlund, Carpenter, Ferraro, Thrun
TBL 2 – 1 SJS
6:50
TBLAnthony Duclair (Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point)backhand0.18 xG
TBL: Kucherov, Duclair, Point, Raddysh, CernakSJS: Granlund, Kostin, Zetterlund, Addison, Thrun
TBL 3 – 1 SJS
14:02
TBLBrayden Point (Nikita Kucherov, Anthony Duclair)slap0.31 xG
TBL: de Haan, Kucherov, Duclair, Point, RaddyshSJS: Bailey, Carpenter, Ferraro, Rutta, Sturm
TBL 4 – 1 SJS

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
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	4	4	+3	5	0.52	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	46	77
Brayden Point C	L1	2	1	3	+1	2	0.75	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	36	64
Anthony Duclair L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.45	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	56	79
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:31	—	—	57	66
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	57	66
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	0	0	2	15:14	—	—	40	52
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	26	3
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	12:39	—	—	31	4
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:44	—	—	24	3
Nick Paul L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	41	48
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	57	56
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:52	—	—	38	21
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	0	0	20:13	—	—	55	66
Emil Lilleberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	15:21	—	—	44	41
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	4	2	24:07	—	—	43	59
Darren Raddysh D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	4	0	19:31	—	—	38	55
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:47	—	—	43	51
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	2	0	18:03	—	—	36	44

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.52	59:46

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Sturm C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	54	38
Thomas Bordeleau C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	16:41	—	—	55	64
Justin Bailey R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	15:14	—	—	50	41
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	57	38
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	4	0	2	15:11	—	—	69	65
Filip Zadina R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.53	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	60	39
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:33	—	—	47	26
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	53	28
Klim Kostin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	50	28
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	3	0	22:11	—	—	53	39
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	1	0	18:57	—	—	59	48
Calen Addison D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	2	0	17:39	—	—	65	65
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	17:26	—	—	68	72
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	18:47	—	—	43	27
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	2	16:30	—	—	39	27
William Eklund L	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.43	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	69	96
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	68	96
Ryan Carpenter C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	1	0	12:28	—	—	58	58

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.65	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nick Paul (TBL) 1st 4:53 · assists Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Cycle · 38.3 mph shot.

Nick Paul · 1st 4:53 · TBL

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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William Eklund · 1st 7:21 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Brayden Point · 3rd 0:34 · TBL PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s
Type: rebound

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Anthony Duclair · 3rd 6:50 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 25.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Brayden Point · 3rd 14:02 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.7 mph
Distance: 19 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.