Tampa Bay Lightning
2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 12th in the NHL · 3rd in the Atlantic · L10 2-1-0 · W2
2025-26: 50-26-6 · 106 pts · 5th in the NHL · 2nd in the Atlantic
vs Minnesota · 7:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Andrei Vasilevskiy 87%Game preview →Tampa Bay are 2-1-0 after 3 games of 2026-27, 3rd in the Atlantic. Last season they finished 5th in the league with 106 points.
3rd in the Atlantic after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 12th in the league · 2-1-0 · 4 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 8 goals for and 7 against in 3 games. Last season: 106 points against 109.9. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Three home, three away next
Next six
See all: Next six →Minnesota Wild104 pts · 7th10 Oct@
New York Islanders91 pts · 19th13 Oct@
New York Rangers77 pts · 30th15 Octvs
Seattle Kraken79 pts · 27th17 Octvs
Vancouver Canucks58 pts · 32nd20 Oct@
Vegas Golden Knights95 pts · 13thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 49.1% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Philadelphia4–136–14W3 Octvs
Washington3–130–21W1 Oct@NY Rangers1–525–25LScores Nikita Kucherov leads with 4 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$1.9M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed against Philadelphia on 5 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
Changes from 3 Oct: in Max Crozier; out Emil Lilleberg.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 28th power play and a 12th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 20.7%, penalty kill 82.6%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Tampa Bay attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every Tampa Bay attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
196 att · 91 on goal · 8 G
By shot type
Tampa Bay Lightning rank 21st for 22+ mph bursts and 1st for shot-attempt differential
How fast Tampa Bay Lightning skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 23.03Nikita Kucherov@NYR1 Oct · 1st 13:18
- 22.58Conor GeekievsWSH3 Oct · 1st 01:07
- 21.98Emil LillebergvsWSH3 Oct · 1st 07:57
- 21.92Brayden PointvsWSH3 Oct · 1st 14:37
- 21.89Zemgus GirgensonsvsWSH3 Oct · 1st 05:33
- 21.85Ilya MikheyevvsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 03:04
- 21.68Anthony CirellivsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 09:08
- 21.59Jake Guentzel@NYR1 Oct · 1st 19:36
Each Tampa Bay Lightning skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 94.94John Carlson@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 03:42
- 92.90Victor Hedman@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 16:28
- 88.92Erik CernakvsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 08:01
- 88.06Charle-Edouard D'AstousvsWSH3 Oct · 1st 12:41
- 85.86Conor GeekievsWSH3 Oct · 1st 16:30
- 81.47Nikita KucherovvsWSH3 Oct · 1st 08:55
- 80.81Brandon Hagel@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 02:40
- 79.94J.J. MoservsPHI5 Oct · 1st 11:44
Each Tampa Bay Lightning skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Andrei Vasilevskiy has started 3 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Three on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Placed C Jansen Harkins on waivers.
Placed D Michael Callahan on waivers.
Placed D Michael Callahan, G Mads Sogaard Nielsenon, LD Maxim Groshev, LW Jakob Pelletier and C Nicholas Abruzzese on waivers.
Assigned Fs Tristan Allard, Cooper Flinton, Ethan Gauthier, Connor Kurth, Gabriel Szturc and Milo Roelens, Ds Dyllan Gill and Tomas Kralovic and Gs Jonas Johansson and Harrison Meneghin to Syracuse (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Syracuse Ds Simon Lundmark and Steven Santini and G Olivier Rodrigue.
Placed G Jonas Johansson on waivers.
Signed F Kole Lind to a professional tryout agreement.
Signed D Tomas Kralovic to a three-year, entry-level contract. Signed F Jansen Harkins to a one-year, two-way contract. Re-signed F vinni Lettieri to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 67% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Tampa Bay Lightning, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 109-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 91%; the market sits 25 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
4 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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Florida is the most-played rivalry: 191 meetings
Tampa Bay against every Atlantic rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Florida Panthers
Montréal Canadiens
Boston Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs
Ottawa Senators
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings17 playoff trips and 3 Stanley Cups in 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 25 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct