Game

Lightning at Oilers

Lightning 5, Oilers 2 · first star Nikita Kucherov (2 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Edmonton Oilers 2

Lightning TBL

5 FINAL 2

Oilers EDM

Saturday, March 21, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET · Rogers Place, Edmonton · TV CBC · SN · TVAS2

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Lightning	0	3	2	5	28
Oilers	1	0	1	2	27

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Lightning attack left, Oilers attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: TBL 28, EDM 27.

TBL in red EDM in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Lightning 28 shots on goal (5 goals, 17 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Oilers 28 shots on goal (2 goals, 10 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	TBL SOG	TBL G	TBL ATT	EDM SOG	EDM G	EDM ATT
1st	9	0	24	11	1	16
2nd	13	3	21	11	0	20
3rd	6	2	17	6	1	16
Total	28	5	62	28	2	52

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	TBL SOG	TBL G	EDM SOG	EDM G
Even strength	22	2	25	2
Power play	3	1	3	0
Short-handed	3	2	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Lightning took 54.4% of the shot attempts, and 54.2% of the 96 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Oilers and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Lightning hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Lightning at Oilers
Period	EDM CF%	EDM FF%
1st	40.0	44.8
2nd	48.8	50.0
3rd	48.5	41.7
Game	45.6	45.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

19:37 Connor McDavid (38) Evan Bouchard (60) · tip-in 0–1

2nd period

01:37 Anthony Cirelli (18) Nikita Kucherov (77), Brandon Hagel (34) · backhand 1–1
12:13 Jake Guentzel (31) PP Nikita Kucherov (78), Brayden Point (29) · wrist 2–1
16:58 Nikita Kucherov (39) SH J.J. Moser (19) · wrist 3–1

3rd period

07:16 Josh Samanski (1) Unassisted 3–2
15:32 Nikita Kucherov (40) Brandon Hagel (35) · snap 4–2
19:28 Anthony Cirelli (19) SH EN Unassisted · wrist 5–2

Three stars

Nikita Kucherov TBL · R #86 · 2 G, 2 A
Brandon Hagel TBL · L #38 · 0 G, 2 A
Vasily Podkolzin EDM · R #92 · 0 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	06:03	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	roughing	2	Connor McDavid
2nd	06:03	EDM	Connor McDavid	roughing	2	Pontus Holmberg
2nd	10:29	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	fighting (major)	5	Connor Murphy
2nd	10:29	EDM	Connor Murphy	fighting (major)	5	Pontus Holmberg
2nd	11:03	EDM	Darnell Nurse	illegal check to head	2	Brandon Hagel
2nd	11:03	TBL	Anthony Cirelli	fighting (major)	5	Vasily Podkolzin
2nd	11:03	EDM	Vasily Podkolzin	fighting (major)	5	Anthony Cirelli
2nd	13:06	EDM	Connor McDavid	holding	2	Corey Perry
2nd	14:47	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	tripping	2	Jason Dickinson
2nd	15:34	TBL	Yanni Gourde	slashing	2	Connor McDavid
3rd	15:50	EDM	Max Jones	hooking	2	Zemgus Girgensons
3rd	19:09	TBL	Erik Cernak	cross checking	2	Vasily Podkolzin

Boxscore

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	2	2	4	+3	7	0	0	2	0.0	19:53
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	2	0	2	+2	5	0	0	5	20.0	10:28
Brandon Hagel #38	L	0	2	2	+3	2	0	1	0	0.0	20:47
Jake Guentzel #59	C	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	80.0	19:22
Brayden Point #21	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	50.0	17:54
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	0.0	22:42
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0.0	14:13
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	63.6	15:16
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	50.0	14:09
Nick Paul #20	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	62.5	14:01
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	09:59
Oliver Bjorkstrand #22	R	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0.0	10:10
Pontus Holmberg #29	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	0.0	11:00
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0.0	11:58
Darren Raddysh #43	D	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	0.0	26:00
Emil Lilleberg #78	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:02
Erik Cernak #81	D	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	0.0	20:14
Ryan McDonagh #27	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	0.0	22:01

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88	W	27	26	2	.963	23/24	3/3	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

Oilers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Connor McDavid #97	C	1	0	1	-3	4	0	2	4	50.0	22:42
Josh Samanski #81	C	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	0	33.3	10:05
Evan Bouchard #2	D	0	1	1	-3	3	0	0	0	0.0	27:37
Adam Henrique #19	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50.0	09:29
Jack Roslovic #28	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	16.7	12:43
Jason Dickinson #16	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	60.0	15:44
Matt Savoie #22	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:27
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins #93	C	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	60.0	19:56
Max Jones #46	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0.0	09:27
Roby Jarventie #15	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	08:30
Zach Hyman #18	L	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:28
Kasperi Kapanen #42	R	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	17:37
Vasily Podkolzin #92	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	5	0.0	14:08
Connor Murphy #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0.0	17:23
Darnell Nurse #25	D	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	2	0.0	20:26
Jake Walman #96	D	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:19
Mattias Ekholm #14	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0	0.0	23:49
Ty Emberson #49	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:18

Oilers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Connor Ingram #39	L	27	23	4	.852	20/22	2/3	58:42

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.