Tampa Bay Lightning vs. San Jose SharksJan 2, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 2, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	1	0	1		TBL	8	6	11	25
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	9	12	4	25

: TBL 50SJS 45
: TBL 2.29SJS 2.34
PP goals: TBL 0SJS 0
Hits: TBL 13SJS 17
Blocks: TBL 8SJS 13
PIM: TBL 11SJS 11
: TBL 55%SJS 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1

San Jose Sharks beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 at home. Anthony Cirelli (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for SJS: Granlund–Kostin–Zetterlund skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for SJS: Granlund–Kostin–Zetterlund skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Kostin Zetterlund
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New look for SJS: Goodrow–Kunin–Sturm skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Goodrow Kunin Sturm
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New look for SJS: Smith–Celebrini–Graf skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Celebrini Graf
Usage
Tyler Toffoli (SJS) played 13:24, −3:35 down on his 16:59 season average over 77 games.Toffoli
Usage
Collin Graf (SJS) played 11:54, −4:05 down on his 15:59 season average over 32 games.Graf
Usage
Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 8:55, −3:57 down on his 12:52 season average over 59 games.Goncalves
Usage
Henry Thrun (SJS) played 21:16, +3:49 up on his 17:27 season average over 59 games.Thrun
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Timothy Liljegren (SJS) played 15:12, −4:03 down on his 19:15 season average over 67 games.Liljegren

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 45 · TBL 50

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 32% of the game, SJS 31%.

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
	46	44
	1.92	2.28
	1.87	2.23
	10	5
	1	2
	25	17
	+0.029	−0.030
	32%	31%

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 – Guentzel – Point
10:5050% CF
L2Glendening – Girgensons – Eyssimont
5:3055% CF
L3Cirelli – Hagel – Geekie
5:2150% CF
L4Paul – Chaffee – Goncalves
4:1044% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
13:3125% CF
D2Perbix – Lilleberg
13:2767% CF
D3Hedman – Raddysh
12:5379% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
3:3567% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:59
PK2FGlendening – Girgensons
1:14
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:34
PK2DHedman – Lilleberg
1:01

Current TBL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Granlund – Kostin – Zetterlund
10:0750% CF
L2Toffoli – Wennberg – Kovalenko
8:5263% CF
L3Smith – Celebrini – Graf
8:4750% CF
L4Goodrow – Kunin – Sturm
6:3850% CF
D1Ceci – Thrun
15:4640% CF
D2Ferraro – Liljegren
12:0365% CF
D3Vlasic – Rutta
8:2873% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Wennberg – Zetterlund – Celebrini
3:26
PP2Granlund – Wennberg – Kunin – Liljegren – Smith
0:200% CF
PK1FGranlund – Kunin
2:28
PK2FGoodrow – Wennberg
0:40
PK1DCeci – Ferraro
3:18
PK2DRutta – Thrun
0:26

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:52
SJSTyler Toffoli (Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Jan Rutta)wrist0.11 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Cernak, Cirelli, Hagel, GeekieSJS: Vlasic, Toffoli, Wennberg, Rutta, Kovalenko
TBL 0 – 1 SJS

2nd period

12:55
SJSMario Ferraro (Mikael Granlund)wrist0.12 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Girgensons, Cernak, Eyssimont, GeekieSJS: Granlund, Ferraro, Kostin, Liljegren, Zetterlund
TBL 0 – 2 SJS
17:44
TBLAnthony Cirelli (Erik Cernak, Brandon Hagel)tip-in0.05 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Paul, Cernak, Cirelli, HagelSJS: Toffoli, Wennberg, Ferraro, Rutta, Kovalenko
TBL 1 – 2 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	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	23:01	—	—	54	42
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	22:45	—	—	52	47
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	0	0	0	21:25	—	—	52	48
Michael Eyssimont C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	44	33
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:49	—	—	54	25
Luke Glendening C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:34	—	—	50	31
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	21:39	—	—	56	43
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	57	61
Conor Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.26	3	0	0	10:45	—	—	38	32
Nick Paul L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	2	1	0	15:17	—	—	50	49
Mitchell Chaffee R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	2	0	5	9:34	—	—	56	66
Gage Goncalves C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:55	—	—	41	53
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	28	22
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:19	—	—	27	16
Emil Lilleberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	5	0	4	18:31	—	—	60	57
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:40	—	—	68	57
Darren Raddysh D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	62	60
Victor Hedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	19:12	—	—	73	88

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.34	58:24

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	21:47	—	—	45	56
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	44	56
Klim Kostin C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	5	0	0	12:56	—	—	42	55
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	52	58
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	53	51
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	3	1	0	11:46	—	—	61	60
Macklin Celebrini C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	2	19:11	—	—	46	49
Will Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	46	49
Collin Graf R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	50	56
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	2	16:18	—	—	54	63
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	1	2	14:01	—	—	50	56
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:02	—	—	55	17
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	24:31	—	—	37	45
Henry Thrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	1	2	0	21:16	—	—	39	49
Mario Ferraro D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	1	0	5	22:13	—	—	55	44
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	0	15:12	—	—	61	64
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	3	0	17:16	—	—	52	54
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	59	81

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.29	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tyler Toffoli (SJS) 1st 13:52 · assists Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Jan Rutta · Cycle · 55.7 mph shot.

Tyler Toffoli · 1st 13:52 · SJS

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 55.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Mario Ferraro · 2nd 12:55 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.2 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Anthony Cirelli · 2nd 17:44 · TBL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: deflection

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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.