Ottawa Senators vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

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Final

SOG 28–27

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Senators outshot the Lightning 28-27.

Goals came from Dylan Cozens, Jordan Spence, Brandon Hagel, Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Emil Lilleberg and Jake Guentzel.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 23 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
OTT	2	0	0	2	28
TBL	0	2	2	4	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dylan Cozens (25)Tyler Kleven (15), Brady Tkachuk (31)1–000:18 OTT
Jordan Spence (5)Nick Cousins (13), Artem Zub (22)Raddysh 1:30 into shift2–004:25 OTT

2nd period

Brandon Hagel (34)Charle-Edouard D'Astous (21), Emil Lilleberg (5)2–103:37 TBL
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (5)Yanni Gourde (18), Zemgus Girgensons (8)Zub 1:00 into shift2–205:14 TBL

3rd period

Emil Lilleberg (3)Brandon Hagel (38), Gage Goncalves (18)2–308:51 TBL
Jake Guentzel (34)Corey Perry (19), Emil Lilleberg (6)2–417:48 TBL

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:30

2–0 · 1st 4:25 · Spence. Raddysh was 1:30 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 OTT

1st 0:18 · Cozens

McDonagh 0:18

Fresh legsMcDonagh 0:18

2–0 OTT

1st 4:25 · Spence

Stuck out there: Raddysh 1:30

Stuck out thereRaddysh 1:30

2–1 TBL

2nd 3:37 · Hagel

Tkachuk 0:39

Fresh legsTkachuk 0:39

2–2 TBL

2nd 5:14 · D'Astous

Long shift: Zub 1:00

Long shiftZub 1:00

2–3 TBL

3rd 8:51 · Lilleberg

Stützle 0:38

Fresh legsStützle 0:38

2–4 TBL

3rd 17:48 · Guentzel

Spence 0:17

Fresh legsSpence 0:17

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

OTTTBL

28Shots on goal27

55%Faceoff %45%

0/2Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes6

23Hits21

24Blocked shots12

18Giveaways15

7Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 09:09Drake Batherson · holding2 min
1st 18:14Warren Foegele · holding2 min
2nd 07:40Emil Lilleberg · interference2 min
2nd 08:09Anthony Cirelli · roughing2 min
2nd 08:09Carter Yakemchuk · roughing2 min
2nd 08:09Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
2nd 17:52Erik Cernak · interference2 min
2nd 19:23Brady Tkachuk · cross checking2 min

Season series

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

7Brady TkachukL	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	2	50	16:55
21Nick CousinsC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	11:05
24Dylan CozensC	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	60	15:03
2Artem ZubD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	3	0	–	24:02
10Jordan SpenceD	1	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	–	22:41
43Tyler KlevenD	0	1	1	-1	1	3	4	0	–	27:04
12Shane PintoC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	42	17:03
18Tim StützleC	0	0	0	-2	3	4	0	0	67	21:41
19Drake BathersonR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	2	–	18:51
20Fabian ZetterlundL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	11:13
22Michael AmadioR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	15:19
28Claude GirouxR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	55	14:53
37Warren FoegeleL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	10:47
71Ridly GreigC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	100	15:13
89Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	46	09:49
33Nikolas MatinpaloD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	16:41
58Carter YakemchukD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	–	13:58
60Lassi ThomsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	11:24

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG		0	0	0	–	00:00
47James ReimerG	L	27	23	4	.852	58:18

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

78Emil LillebergD	1	2	3	+4	1	1	1	2	–	14:58
38Brandon HagelL	1	1	2	+2	3	1	1	0	100	22:17
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	1	1	2	+4	1	2	2	0	–	17:29
10Corey PerryR	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	14:35
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	50	15:54
37Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	18:44
59Jake GuentzelC	1	0	1	0	3	4	1	0	55	19:25
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	1	+2	3	1	0	0	–	20:06
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	20:44
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	07:11
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	16:05
46Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	05:50
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	2	44	19:31
16Steven SantiniD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:49
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	19:45
43Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	25:32
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	14:17
90J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	21:48

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00