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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Seattle Kraken

Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 2026 · Climate Pledge Arena

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6–2

Final

SOG 26–18

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at Climate Pledge Arena. The Lightning outshot the Kraken 26-18.

Nikita Kucherov scored a hat trick. Gage Goncalves, Bobby McMann, Jared McCann, Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel also scored.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL213626
Seattle KrakenSEA020218

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNikita KucherovTBL · 3G 2A
  2. ★2nd starBrandon HagelTBL · 1G 3A
  3. ★3rd starAnthony CirelliTBL · 1G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:05

1–0 · 1st 5:45 · Goncalves. Montour was 1:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceSEA on ice

1–0 TBL

1st 5:45 · Goncalves

Long shift: Montour 1:05

2–0 TBL

1st 18:49 · Kucherov

Long shift: Montour 1:05

3–0 TBL

2nd 0:57 · Kucherov

Eberle 0:20

3–1 SEA

2nd 1:07 · McMann

Hagel 0:29

3–2 SEA

2nd 9:46 · McCann

Cernak 0:49

4–2 TBL

3rd 4:35 · Cirelli

Montour 0:30

5–2 TBL

3rd 16:54 · PP · Hagel

Meyers 0:38

6–2 TBL

3rd 17:16 · EN · Kucherov

Eberle 0:09

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

TBLSEA
26Shots on goal18
54%Faceoff %46%
1/3Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes11
21Hits23
7Blocked shots20
16Giveaways21
5Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 12:42Shane Wright · holding2 min
  • 1st 14:35Ryker Evans · tripping2 min
  • 1st 16:35Corey Perry · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 07:42Darren Raddysh · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 10:28Charle-Edouard D'Astous · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 00:41Yanni Gourde · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 00:41Ben Meyers · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 15:06Bobby McMann · boarding2 min

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