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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 2026 · Rogers Place

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5–2

Final

SOG 28–27

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Rogers Place. The Lightning outshot the Oilers 28-27.

Anthony Cirelli scored twice and Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Connor McDavid, Jake Guentzel and Josh Samanski also scored.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Connor Ingram stopped 23 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL032528
Edmonton OilersEDM101227

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNikita KucherovTBL · 2G 2A
  2. ★2nd starBrandon HagelTBL · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starVasily PodkolzinEDM · 0G 0A

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+
2:11

3–1 · 2nd 16:58 · Kucherov. Hyman was 2:11 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceEDM on ice

0–1 EDM

1st 19:37 · McDavid

Lilleberg 0:49

1–1 TBL

2nd 1:37 · Cirelli

Long shift: Ekholm 1:10

2–1 TBL

2nd 12:13 · PP · Guentzel

Kapanen 0:32

3–1 TBL

2nd 16:58 · SH · Kucherov

Stuck out there: Hyman 2:11

3–2 EDM

3rd 7:16 · Samanski

Long shift: Bjorkstrand 1:09

4–2 TBL

3rd 15:32 · Kucherov

Long shift: McDavid 1:01

5–2 TBL

3rd 19:28 · EN · Cirelli

McDavid 1:40

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

TBLEDM
28Shots on goal27
53%Faceoff %47%
1/3Power play0/3
18Penalty minutes18
11Hits28
13Blocked shots17
19Giveaways18
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 2nd 06:03Pontus Holmberg · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 06:03Connor McDavid · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:29Pontus Holmberg · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 10:29Connor Murphy · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 11:03Darnell Nurse · illegal check to head2 min
  • 2nd 11:03Anthony Cirelli · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 11:03Vasily Podkolzin · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 13:06Connor McDavid · holding2 min
  • 2nd 14:47Nikita Kucherov · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 15:34Yanni Gourde · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 15:50Max Jones · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 19:09Erik Cernak · cross checking2 min

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