New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 28, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 28, 2024· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	1	2		NYR	17	8	19	44
TBL	2	3	1	6		TBL	6	12	7	25

: NYR 78TBL 48
: NYR 3.50TBL 3.08
PP goals: NYR 0TBL 2
Hits: NYR 23TBL 13
Blocks: NYR 12TBL 18
PIM: NYR 10TBL 6
: NYR 52%TBL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning rout New York Rangers 6–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New York Rangers 6–2 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TBL's first power-play unit (Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point and Hagel) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:22 together.

Points
Brayden Point had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:12.Point
Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:55.Kucherov
Points
Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:59.Cirelli
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:22.Guentzel
Points
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:31.Trocheck
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point and Hagel) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:22 together.Hedman Kucherov Guentzel Point Hagel
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +17 against a season average of 27.2; the win.Vasilevskiy
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Smith–Zibanejad skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Smith Zibanejad

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

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

TBL
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · TBL 48 · NYR 78

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 45% of the game, TBL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

NYR

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	NYR	TBL
	71	42
	2.86	1.95
	2.79	1.89
	14	6
	7	5
	25	24
	+0.027	−0.027
	45%	27%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
11:4262% CF
L2Kreider – Smith – Zibanejad
9:3967% CF
L3Chytil – Berard – Cuylle
7:5662% CF
L4Carrick – Vesey – Edstrom
4:2129% CF
D1Vaakanainen – Schneider
13:4653% CF
D2Borgen – Miller
13:0166% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
10:5063% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
5:3690% CF
PP2Smith – Chytil – Miller – Lafrenière – Cuylle
1:10
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
2:18
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:41
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:15
PK2DBorgen – Miller
0:58

Current NYR line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Paul – Chaffee – Goncalves
11:4842% CF
L2Kucherov – Guentzel – Point
10:3434% CF
L3Cirelli – Hagel – Geekie
7:1850% CF
L4Atkinson – Glendening – Girgensons
5:2242% CF
D1Hedman – Raddysh
14:5845% CF
D2Perbix – Lilleberg
13:1333% CF
D3McDonagh – Cernak
10:5729% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
5:2282% CF
PP2Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Cirelli – Geekie
0:09100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
4:15
PK2FGlendening – Girgensons
2:04
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
3:43
PK2DHedman – Lilleberg
0:39

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.26	0	3	0	24:31	—	—	58	63
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.47	0	1	0	20:08	—	—	63	70
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	64	72
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.52	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	69	64
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	-3	6	0.54	1	0	0	18:39	—	—	65	56
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.22	0	0	2	16:35	—	—	65	62
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	71	57
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	4	1	0	13:21	—	—	65	54
Brett Berard L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	10:05	—	—	64	48
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	0	9:12	—	—	58	48
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	9:10	—	—	61	73
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	6	5:08	—	—	25	4
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	16:15	—	—	59	58
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	53	51
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.11	4	1	0	21:54	—	—	67	55
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	2	17:04	—	—	62	52
Adam Fox D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.36	1	1	0	25:31	—	—	67	66
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	17:42	—	—	59	66

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick	—	12	11	1	.917	1.32	31:32
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	13	8	5	.615	1.75	28:08

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Paul L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	0	1	0	17:15	—	—	39	55
Mitchell Chaffee R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	38	61
Gage Goncalves C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	2	13:16	—	—	38	60
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	1	2	3	0	5	0.33	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	32	41
Brayden Point C	L2	1	2	3	0	3	0.55	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	31	40
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.64	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	33	39
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:43	—	—	39	28
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.33	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	38	22
Conor Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	9:27	—	—	47	2
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	42	29
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	9:58	—	—	43	22
Cam Atkinson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	7:16	—	—	40	22
Victor Hedman D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	0	1	2	25:02	—	—	42	47
Darren Raddysh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	43	47
Emil Lilleberg D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:56	—	—	28	39
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:41	—	—	39	44
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	4	0	20:12	—	—	39	32
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	16:04	—	—	31	31

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	44	42	2	.955	3.50	59:56

Goal anatomy

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

Nikita Kucherov (TBL PP) 1st 2:27 · assists Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel · Odd-man rush · passed in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 33.1 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Nikita Kucherov · 1st 2:27 · TBL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Artemi Panarin · 1st 9:23 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Ryan McDonagh · 1st 18:11 · TBL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Brayden Point · 2nd 3:35 · TBL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s
Type: rebound

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Anthony Cirelli · 2nd 5:02 · TBL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 34.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 8:08 · TBL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 0:13 · NYR SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 81.3 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Nick Paul · 3rd 14:12 · TBL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: rebound

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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.

New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 28, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Tampa Bay Lightning rout New York Rangers 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Nikita Kucherov · 1st 2:27 · TBL PP

Artemi Panarin · 1st 9:23 · NYR

Ryan McDonagh · 1st 18:11 · TBL SH

Brayden Point · 2nd 3:35 · TBL

Anthony Cirelli · 2nd 5:02 · TBL SH

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 8:08 · TBL PP

Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 0:13 · NYR SH

Nick Paul · 3rd 14:12 · TBL