Tampa Bay Lightning vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

Tampa BayLightningAway

7–3

Final

SOG 26–22

San JoseSharksHome

The Spot · NBCSCA

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 7-3 on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Lightning outshot the Sharks 26-22.

Darren Raddysh scored a hat trick and Pavol Regenda scored a hat trick. Brayden Point, Brandon Hagel, Dominic James and Nikita Kucherov also scored.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 12 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	3	4	0	7	26
SJS	1	1	1	3	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brayden Point (10)Max Crozier (8), Nikita Kucherov (36)Mukhamadullin 1:03 into shift1–002:37 TBL
Darren Raddysh (10)Nikita Kucherov (37), Gage Goncalves (9)2–004:08 TBL
Brandon Hagel (19)Jake Guentzel (24), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (11)3–006:46 TBL
Pavol Regenda (3)Timothy Liljegren (5), Macklin Celebrini (41)Gourde 1:14 into shift3–110:50 SJS · PPG

2nd period

Darren Raddysh (11)Nikita Kucherov (38), Jake Guentzel (25)Liljegren 1:45 into shift4–102:49 TBL · PPG
Dominic James (3)Oliver Bjorkstrand (13)5–103:55 TBL
Pavol Regenda (4)Timothy Liljegren (6), Jeff Skinner (4)5–209:50 SJS
Nikita Kucherov (20)Oliver Bjorkstrand (14), Brayden Point (16)Ferraro 1:01 into shift6–214:08 TBL · PPG
Darren Raddysh (12)Nikita Kucherov (39), Nick Paul (6)Ferraro 1:47 into shift7–216:53 TBL · PPG

3rd period

Pavol Regenda (5)Jeff Skinner (5)7–316:11 SJS

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:47

7–2 · 2nd 16:53 · Raddysh. Ferraro was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 TBL

1st 2:37 · Point

Long shift: Mukhamadullin 1:03

Long shiftMukhamadullin 1:03

2–0 TBL

1st 4:08 · Raddysh

Ferraro 0:19

Fresh legsFerraro 0:19

3–0 TBL

1st 6:46 · Hagel

Reaves 0:34

Fresh legsReaves 0:34

3–1 SJS

1st 10:50 · PP · Regenda

Long shift: Gourde 1:14

Long shiftGourde 1:14

4–1 TBL

2nd 2:49 · PP · Raddysh

Stuck out there: Liljegren 1:45

Stuck out thereLiljegren 1:45

5–1 TBL

2nd 3:55 · James

Orlov 0:15

Fresh legsOrlov 0:15

5–2 SJS

2nd 9:50 · Regenda

Gourde 0:44

NormalGourde 0:44

6–2 TBL

2nd 14:08 · PP · Kucherov

Long shift: Ferraro 1:01

Long shiftFerraro 1:01

7–2 TBL

2nd 16:53 · PP · Raddysh

Stuck out there: Ferraro 1:47

Stuck out thereFerraro 1:47

7–3 SJS

3rd 16:11 · Regenda

Guentzel 0:25

Fresh legsGuentzel 0:25

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

TBLSJS

26Shots on goal22

44%Faceoff %56%

3/5Power play1/3

16Penalty minutes30

8Hits23

8Blocked shots17

19Giveaways13

2Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 09:14Erik Cernak · tripping2 min
1st 19:03J.J. Moser · roughing2 min
2nd 01:21Pavol Regenda · tripping2 min
2nd 13:07William Eklund · roughing2 min
2nd 13:07J.J. Moser · roughing2 min
2nd 13:07William Eklund · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39Ryan Reaves · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39Ryan Reaves · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39Zack Ostapchuk · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39Jake Guentzel · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39Brandon Hagel · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39Barclay Goodrow · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39J.J. Moser · roughing2 min
2nd 15:39Barclay Goodrow · misconduct10 min
2nd 19:23Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
2nd 19:23Gage Goncalves · roughing2 min
3rd 06:13Dmitry Orlov · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:00Yanni Gourde · slashing2 min
3rd 12:08Sam Dickinson · tripping2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

86Nikita KucherovR	1	4	5	+2	2	1	0	0	–	15:37
43Darren RaddyshD	3	0	3	+1	3	1	1	0	–	20:48
21Brayden PointC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	64	14:44
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	14:28
59Jake GuentzelC	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	–	16:56
17Dominic JamesC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	17	10:35
20Nick PaulL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	33	16:38
38Brandon HagelL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	16:58
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	2	–	13:31
24Max CrozierD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:49
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	20:48
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	13:27
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	13:36
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	70	15:19
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	18:08
67Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:36
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	19:29
90J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	6	–	16:57

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	22	19	3	.864	60:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

84Pavol RegendaL	3	0	3	+1	6	2	0	2	100	09:11
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	2	2	+1	3	0	1	0	100	09:33
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	–	21:39
71Macklin CelebriniC	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	47	24:19
10Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	83	10:28
21Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	45	19:38
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	12	–	11:31
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:17
63Zack OstapchukC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	2	70	11:35
72William EklundL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	4	–	21:54
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:56
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	4	–	09:15
92Igor ChernyshovL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	–	16:05
6Sam DickinsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	20:03
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	23:20
22Vincent IorioD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	23:58
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	21:02
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	–	05:33

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG		10	7	3	.700	06:46
33Alex NedeljkovicG	L	16	12	4	.750	53:14