Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Recap
written from the game dataThe Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-1. The Lightning scored first and never trailed. The Lightning led 4-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Zemgus Girgensons's goal at 14:08 of the first period, which took the Lightning's chances from 67% to 82%. Expected goals were close — FLA 2.8, TBL 2.6; shots on goal were FLA 34, TBL 28. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Panthers win a replay of these chances 56% of the time. Daniil Tarasov stopped 20 of 25 (.800), 2.6 goals below expected; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 of 34 (.971), 1.8 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Andrei Vasilevskiy (33 saves, .971), 2. Pontus Holmberg (1 G, 1 A), 3. Brandon Hagel (1 G).
Three stars
- ★A. Vasilevskiy33 saves, .971

- ★★P. Holmberg1 G, 1 A

- ★★★B. Hagel1 G

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
7 goals1st period
0-12:08
0-214:08
2nd period
0-31:14
0-417:50
3rd period
0-56:09
1-59:50
1-615:41
Penalties
1st
- 15:14
Nikita Kucherov · Cross checkingdrawn by Anton Lundell2 min
- 15:50
Zemgus Girgensons · Trippingdrawn by Uvis Balinskis2 min
- 18:58
Dominic James · Roughingdrawn by Jesper Boqvist2 min
- 18:58
Mackie Samoskevich · Roughingdrawn by Gage Goncalves2 min
- 18:58
Gage Goncalves · Roughingdrawn by Mackie Samoskevich2 min
- 18:58
Jesper Boqvist · Roughingdrawn by Dominic James2 min
- 20:00
Matthew Tkachuk · Abuse of officials2 min
2nd
- 10:48
Anton Lundell · Interferencedrawn by Oliver Bjorkstrand2 min
- 14:20
Nikita Kucherov · Slashingdrawn by Uvis Balinskis2 min
- 16:06
Sam Bennett · Roughingdrawn by J.J. Moser2 min
- 16:06
J.J. Moser · Roughingdrawn by Sam Bennett2 min
- 16:06
Matthew Tkachuk · Roughingdrawn by Victor Hedman2 min
- 16:06
Victor Hedman · Roughingdrawn by Matthew Tkachuk2 min
3rd
- 4:06
Matthew Tkachuk · Interferencedrawn by Nikita Kucherov2 min
- 4:06
Niko Mikkola · Interferencedrawn by Brandon Hagel2 min
- 4:06
Matthew Tkachuk · Fightingdrawn by Brandon Hagel5 min
- 4:06
Gustav Forsling · Fightingdrawn by J.J. Moser5 min
- 4:06
J.J. Moser · Fightingdrawn by Gustav Forsling5 min
- 4:06
Brandon Hagel · Fightingdrawn by Matthew Tkachuk5 min
- 4:06
Matthew Tkachuk · Game misconduct10 min
- 4:06
J.J. Moser · Game misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Donovan Sebrango · Misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Gustav Forsling · Game misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Sam Bennett · Misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Jake Guentzel · Misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Nikita Kucherov · Misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Bench · Game misconduct head coach0 min
- 4:06
Yanni Gourde · Misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Darren Raddysh · Misconduct10 min
- 4:06
Carter Verhaeghe · Misconduct10 min
- 6:33
Curtis Douglas · Fightingdrawn by Niko Mikkola5 min
- 6:33
Curtis Douglas · Aggressor10 min
- 16:05
Declan Carlile · Cross checkingdrawn by Mikulas Hovorka2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Zemgus Girgensons, 1st 14:08 — 67% → 82%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.81 G
- All situations
- 6 G2.6
- 1.90 G
- Even strength
- 5 G1.3
- 0.91 G
- Power play
- 1 G1.3
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 83 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.73 – 2.42
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 34
- Shots on goal
- 28
- 55%
- Faceoffs
- 45%
- 1/6
- Power play
- 1/4
- 76
- Penalty minutes
- 91
- 17
- Hits
- 34
- 5
- Blocked shots
- 16
- 16
- Giveaways
- 18
- 3
- Takeaways
- 5
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).






