GRIT & GF

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Tampa Bay Lightning

Los Angeles Kings

Expected goals, TBL–LAK
3.0–2.7
all situations, empty nets out
LAK share of xG
47.6%
50% is even
Shots on goal
24–20
TBL–LAK
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Lightning beat the Kings 5-3. Expected goals had it close, 2.9 to 2.7. Three points for Corey Perry: three assists. Three points for Nikita Kucherov: one goal and two assists.

  • Corey PerryBig night

    Three points for Corey Perry: three assists. He has 20 points in 33 games this season. He played 11:29 and had two shots on goal. The Kings lost 5-3 to the Lightning.

  • Three points for Nikita Kucherov: one goal and two assists. He has now scored in 4 straight. That makes 6 straight games with a point. The Lightning beat the Kings 5-3.

  • Brayden PointTwo goals

    Brayden Point had two goals. He has 9 goals this season. He played 18:56 and had five shots on goal. The Lightning beat the Kings 5-3.

  • Alex Turcotte played 15:49, about 6 minutes more than his average this season. He has 6 points in 38 games this season. The Kings lost 5-3 to the Lightning.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

TBLLAK

Where the shots came from

8 goals from 74 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← TBL shootingLAK shooting →

Tampa Bay Lightning

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Darren Raddysh D24:550200.100162
J.J. Moser D24:490110.001067
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D21:390000.003345
Nikita Kucherov R20:511221.090169
Erik Cernak D20:130000.025153
Brayden Point C18:562050.890061
Brandon Hagel L18:320130.293060
Jake Guentzel C17:440220.250052
Anthony Cirelli C17:131140.552069
Gage Goncalves C16:501020.171081
Yanni Gourde C15:180010.001018
Max Crozier D14:250000.000337
Zemgus Girgensons C12:240000.003021
Pontus Holmberg R11:550010.101221
Declan Carlile D11:240000.000051
Oliver Bjorkstrand R10:210020.260041
Nick Paul L9:580010.130036
Dominic James C9:230000.002141

Los Angeles Kings

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Drew Doughty D22:150000.000238
Mikey Anderson D21:350000.003244
Brandt Clarke D20:200040.130539
Kevin Fiala L19:221130.590037
Joel Edmundson D19:190020.061130
Quinton Byfield R19:010000.300055
Adrian Kempe R18:370010.113231
Alex Laferriere R17:250010.302051
Anze Kopitar C16:530000.001237
Brian Dumoulin D16:500000.010365
Andrei Kuzmenko L16:471110.200146
Alex Turcotte C15:490000.001238
Cody Ceci D15:450000.000051
Warren Foegele L15:450020.401050
Joel Armia R15:110030.282036
Corey Perry R11:290320.250092
Jeff Malott L7:471010.093187
Samuel Helenius C7:220000.003082

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.