Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Sunday, March 23, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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2–4

Final

SOG 37–30

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday, March 23, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Lightning outshot the Golden Knights 37-30.

Goals came from Nicolas Roy, Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel, Nick Paul, Nicolas Hague and Nikita Kucherov.

Ilya Samsonov made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	0	1	1	2	37
VGK	3	0	1	4	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicolas Roy (11)William Karlsson (13), Alex Pietrangelo (27)0–111:02 VGK · PPG
Tomas Hertl (31)Reilly Smith (22)Hedman 1:39 into shift0–213:33 VGK
Jack Eichel (23)Zach Whitecloud (8)0–319:13 VGK

2nd period

Nick Paul (21)Gage Goncalves (9), Darren Raddysh (27)1–317:38 TBL

3rd period

Nicolas Hague (5)Alex Pietrangelo (28), Brett Howden (14)1–417:18 VGK · EN
Nikita Kucherov (30)Victor Hedman (42), Brandon Hagel (45)2–419:55 TBL · PPG

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:39

0–2 · 1st 13:33 · Hertl. Hedman was 1:39 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VGK

1st 11:02 · PP · Roy

McDonagh 0:29

Fresh legsMcDonagh 0:29

0–2 VGK

1st 13:33 · Hertl

Stuck out there: Hedman 1:39

Stuck out thereHedman 1:39

0–3 VGK

1st 19:13 · Eichel

Cirelli 0:33

Fresh legsCirelli 0:33

1–3 TBL

2nd 17:38 · Paul

Kolesar 0:54

NormalKolesar 0:54

1–4 VGK

3rd 17:18 · EN · Hague

Point 1:02

Empty netPoint 1:02

2–4 TBL

3rd 19:55 · Kucherov

Saad 0:44

NormalSaad 0:44

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TBLVGK

37Shots on goal30

57%Faceoff %43%

1/4Power play1/4

13Penalty minutes13

27Hits14

5Blocked shots12

14Giveaways10

3Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 04:46Nikita Kucherov · high sticking2 min
1st 05:10Pavel Dorofeyev · tripping2 min
1st 09:20Yanni Gourde · cross checking2 min
1st 09:20Yanni Gourde · fighting5 min
1st 09:20Brett Howden · fighting5 min
1st 17:09Nick Perbix · interference2 min
1st 19:55Brett Howden · slashing2 min
2nd 07:16Brayden McNabb · tripping2 min
3rd 14:11Emil Lilleberg · boarding2 min
3rd 18:06Keegan Kolesar · slashing2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

20Nick PaulL	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	46	12:10
38Brandon HagelL	0	1	1	-1	6	0	1	0	–	21:45
86Nikita KucherovR	1	0	1	-2	6	0	0	2	–	22:09
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	–	13:50
43Darren RaddyshD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:44
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	-2	2	1	1	0	–	24:17
11Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	69	10:57
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	60	22:42
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	13:22
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	100	09:54
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	7	100	15:10
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	75	22:19
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	36	15:25
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	18:03
48Nick PerbixD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2	–	13:26
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	12:06
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	17:28
90J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	13:03

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Brandon HalversonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	29	26	3	.897	58:28

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

7Alex PietrangeloD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	–	25:03
9Jack EichelC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	43	20:04
10Nicolas RoyC	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1	0	14	14:04
19Reilly SmithR	0	1	1	+2	1	2	1	0	–	13:59
21Brett HowdenC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	7	40	13:19
48Tomas HertlC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	0	53	12:54
71William KarlssonC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	18:46
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	–	20:00
14Nicolas HagueD	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	20:47
16Pavel DorofeyevL	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	2	–	15:42
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	33	15:09
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:34
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	2	100	10:25
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	16:44
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	12:12
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	–	15:46
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	21:27
17Ben HuttonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	11:16

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Ilya SamsonovG	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00