Tampa Bay Lightning @ San Jose Sharks

25-13-3, 14-4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	3	4	0	7
Sharks SJ	1	1	1	3

San Jose SharksSharksSJ

20-18-3, 11-8-3 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Maxwell CrozierM. Crozier#24
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	14:28	4:41	0:00	9:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	18:08	3:43	3:13	11:12	6	12	33.3
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:27	0:07	0:46	12:34	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	17	13:31	1:51	0:00	11:40	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	17	15:19	0:08	1:14	13:57	7	3	70.0
0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	19	16:56	3:29	1:52	11:35	0	1	0.0
1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	20	16:58	2:54	2:57	11:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	16	13:36	0:09	0:03	13:24	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	10:35	0:00	0:00	10:35	1	5	16.7
1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	18	15:37	5:43	0:00	9:54	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:38	3:26	1:06	12:06	3	6	33.3
1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	14:44	4:39	0:00	10:05	9	5	64.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:36	0:00	3:24	14:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	3	27	19:29	0:02	3:08	16:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	16:49	0:00	1:23	15:26	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:48	2:58	0:05	17:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	1	3	6	1	0	0	20	16:57	0:00	2:09	14:48	0	0	0.0
3	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	20:48	4:45	1:04	14:59	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	3	19	.864	14	5	0	0	0	60:00	0

San Jose Sharks


forwards
Macklin CelebriniM. Celebrini#71
Igor ChernyshovI. Chernyshov#92
Ty DellandreaT. Dellandrea#10
William EklundW. Eklund#72
Barclay GoodrowB. Goodrow#23
Collin GrafC. Graf#51
Zack OstapchukZ. Ostapchuk#63
Ryan ReavesR. Reaves#75
Pavol RegendaP. Regenda#84
Jeff SkinnerJ. Skinner#53
Tyler ToffoliT. Toffoli#73
Alexander WennbergA. Wennberg#21
defensemen
Sam DickinsonS. Dickinson#6
Mario FerraroM. Ferraro#38
Vincent IorioV. Iorio#22
Timothy LiljegrenT. Liljegren#37
Shakir MukhamadullinS. Mukhamadullin#85
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	24:19	4:45	0:30	19:04	9	10	47.4
0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	18	16:05	1:08	0:00	14:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	16	10:28	0:00	2:37	7:51	5	1	83.3
0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	20	21:54	4:18	0:28	17:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	12	4	0	0	14	11:31	0:01	1:54	9:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:17	0:50	4:09	12:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	16	11:35	0:02	1:50	9:43	7	3	70.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	4	5	0	0	12	9:15	0:00	0:00	9:15	0	0	0.0
3	0	1	6	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	15	9:11	1:09	0:34	7:28	1	0	100.0
0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	9:33	1:18	0:00	8:15	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	16	13:56	4:25	0:00	9:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	21	19:38	4:27	3:24	11:47	10	12	45.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	23	20:03	0:00	0:42	19:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	21:02	0:03	5:46	15:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	25	23:58	0:00	3:32	20:26	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	26	21:39	1:15	4:15	16:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5:33	0:00	0:00	5:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	1	0	24	23:20	4:19	1:11	17:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Yaroslav AskarovY. Askarov#30
Alex NedeljkovicA. Nedeljkovic#33

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
10	3	7	.700	7	0	0	0	0	6:46	0
16	4	12	.750	9	3	0	0	0	53:14	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	3	4	0	7
	Sharks	1	1	1	3

1st Period		TB	SJ
2:37	Brayden Point (10) Assists: Maxwell Crozier (8), Nikita Kucherov (36)	1	0
4:08	Darren Raddysh (10) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (37), Gage Goncalves (9)	2	0
6:46	Brandon Hagel (19) Assists: Jake Guentzel (24), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (11)	3	0
10:50	Pavol Regenda (3) (Power Play) Assists: Timothy Liljegren (5), Macklin Celebrini (41)	3	1

2nd Period		TB	SJ
2:49	Darren Raddysh (11) (Power Play) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (38), Jake Guentzel (25)	4	1
3:55	Dominic James (3) Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (13)	5	1
9:50	Pavol Regenda (4) Assists: Timothy Liljegren (6), Jeff Skinner (4)	5	2
14:08	Nikita Kucherov (20) (Power Play) Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (14), Brayden Point (16)	6	2
16:53	Darren Raddysh (12) (Power Play) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (39), Nick Paul (6)	7	2

3rd Period			TB	SJ
16:11		Pavol Regenda (5) Assists: Jeff Skinner (5)	7	3

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Lightning
7
Sharks
3

Game 1

1/3

Sharks
Lightning

Game 2

1/20

ESPN+

SAP Center at San Jose

4:00 PM, January 3, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

San Jose, CA

Attendance: 17,435

Referees:
Trevor Hanson
Brandon Schrader

Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons
Travis Toomey

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	25	13	6	56
Detroit	26	15	4	56
Tampa Bay	26	13	3	55
Buffalo	23	15	4	50
Toronto	21	15	7	49
Boston	23	19	2	48
Florida	22	18	3	47
Ottawa	20	18	5	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	19	11	12	50
Edmonton	22	16	6	50
Seattle	20	14	8	48
San Jose	22	18	3	47
Los Angeles	18	14	10	46
Anaheim	21	20	3	45
Calgary	18	22	4	40
Vancouver	16	22	5	37

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ San Jose Sharks

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

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