GRIT & GF

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Tampa Bay Lightning

Edmonton Oilers

Expected goals, TBL–EDM
3.1–2.4
all situations, empty nets out
EDM share of xG
44.1%
50% is even
Shots on goal
28–28
TBL–EDM
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Lightning beat the Oilers 5-2. Expected goals had it close, 3.0 to 2.4. Four points for Nikita Kucherov: two goals and two assists. Anthony Cirelli has scored in 3 straight games.

  • Four points for Nikita Kucherov: two goals and two assists. He has now scored in 3 straight. He put 7 shots on goal, against an average of 3.0. It finished 5-2 for the Lightning.

  • Anthony Cirelli has scored in 3 straight games. He scored twice. That was his 19th goal of the season. The Lightning beat the Oilers 5-2.

  • Darnell Nurse threw 8 hits, the most in the league that night. He has 21 points in 71 games this season. The Oilers lost 5-2 to the Lightning.

  • Josh SamanskiFirst of the year

    Josh Samanski scored his first goal of the season, 14 games in. That was his first goal of the season. The Oilers lost 5-2 to the Lightning.

  • Evan Bouchard had 9 shot attempts. Three got through to the goalie, and none went in. He came in averaging 5.5 attempts a game. The Oilers fell 5-2 to the Lightning.

Shot attempts

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

TBLEDM

Where the shots came from

7 goals from 83 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← TBL shootingEDM shooting →

Tampa Bay Lightning

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Darren Raddysh D26:000030.110174
J.J. Moser D22:420100.000065
Ryan McDonagh D22:010000.000240
Brandon Hagel L20:470220.240171
Erik Cernak D20:140010.003033
Nikita Kucherov R19:532270.730065
Jake Guentzel C19:221020.420047
Brayden Point C17:540110.050151
Yanni Gourde C15:160000.040053
Gage Goncalves C14:130010.000249
Zemgus Girgensons C14:090010.052312
Nick Paul L14:010000.032150
Emil Lilleberg D13:020000.011033
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D11:580000.051161
Pontus Holmberg R11:000010.451069
Anthony Cirelli C10:282051.310061
Oliver Bjorkstrand R10:100030.341125
Corey Perry R9:590010.060035

Edmonton Oilers

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Evan Bouchard D27:370130.370028
Mattias Ekholm D23:490000.092335
Connor McDavid C22:421040.470231
Zach Hyman L20:280010.070031
Darnell Nurse D20:260030.218149
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C19:560020.170032
Kasperi Kapanen R17:370010.083153
Connor Murphy D17:230000.000368
Jason Dickinson C15:440020.303252
Matt Savoie C15:270010.080030
Jake Walman D15:190030.120070
Vasily Podkolzin R14:080020.064070
Ty Emberson D13:180010.011044
Jack Roslovic C12:430010.181171
Josh Samanski C10:051010.020249
Adam Henrique C9:290020.160181
Max Jones L9:270000.005077
Roby Jarventie L8:300010.041256

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.
TBL at EDM, 2026-03-21 · Grit & GF