Philadelphia Flyers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Monday, October 5, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

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Lightning roll past Flyers 4-1 behind Holmberg's big night

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Monday night at Benchmark International Arena. Tampa Bay never trailed, outshot Philadelphia 36-15 and got two goals in the third period to pull away for its second win in a row, improving to 2-1-0. The Flyers fell to 0-2-2.

Brayden Point opened the scoring late in the first period, and Pontus Holmberg struck 17 seconds into the second for what proved to be the winner. Tyson Foerster answered for Philadelphia, but Ilya Mikheyev restored the two-goal lead in the third before Brandon Hagel sealed it with an empty-netter. Every goal scorer notched his first of the season.

Holmberg finished with a goal and an assist to earn first-star honors, Mikheyev added the same line, and Nikita Kucherov chipped in two assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win, while Dan Vladar stopped 32 of 35 in the loss.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PHI	0	1	0	1	15
TBL	1	1	2	4	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brayden Point (1)John Carlson (2), Nikita Kucherov (2)Martone 1:05 into shift0–116:05 TBL

2nd period

Pontus Holmberg (1)Ilya Mikheyev (2), Zemgus Girgensons (1)0–200:17 TBL
Tyson Foerster (1)Nick Seeler (1), Sean Couturier (2)1–207:22 PHI

3rd period

Ilya Mikheyev (1)Pontus Holmberg (1)1–317:00 TBL
Brandon Hagel (1)Nikita Kucherov (3)1–419:53 TBL · EN

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

0–1 · 1st 16:05 · Point. PHI stayed on through an icing. Martone was 1:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPHI on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 TBL

1st 16:05 · Point

Long shift: Martone 1:05

Long shiftMartone 1:05

0–2 TBL

2nd 0:17 · Holmberg

Sanheim 0:17

Fresh legsSanheim 0:17

1–2 PHI

2nd 7:22 · Foerster

Girgensons 0:51

NormalGirgensons 0:51

1–3 TBL

3rd 17:00 · Mikheyev

York 0:40

NormalYork 0:40

1–4 TBL

3rd 19:53 · EN · Hagel

Foerster 1:30

Empty netFoerster 1:30

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

PHITBL

15Shots on goal36

54%Faceoff %46%

0/3Power play0/3

11Penalty minutes11

23Hits15

19Blocked shots12

16Giveaways10

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 05:35Owen Tippett · tripping2 min
1st 12:06Trevor Zegras · high sticking2 min
2nd 09:57Charle-Edouard D'Astous · roughing2 min
2nd 18:27Anthony Cirelli · high sticking2 min
3rd 02:20Simon Benoit · fighting5 min
3rd 02:20Jeffrey Viel · fighting5 min
3rd 03:10Matvei Michkov · high sticking2 min
3rd 13:33Brandon Hagel · elbowing2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

14Sean CouturierC	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	73	16:35
71Tyson FoersterR	1	0	1	-3	4	1	1	0	–	18:55
24Nick SeelerD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	–	19:36
11Travis KonecnyR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	19:05
22Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	44	14:24
27Noah CatesL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	64	11:12
39Matvei MichkovR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	50	16:40
46Trevor ZegrasC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2	42	18:19
52Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50	13:39
74Owen TippettR	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	13:58
86Denver BarkeyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	13:06
91Carl GrundstromR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	10:12
94Porter MartoneR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	14:36
5David JiricekD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:42
6Travis SanheimD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	5	0	–	25:04
8Cam YorkD	0	0	0	-3	2	1	2	0	–	23:31
9Jamie DrysdaleD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	18:10
44Simon BenoitD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	–	11:52

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
53Joseph WollG		0	0	0	–	00:00
80Dan VladarG	L	35	32	3	.914	57:24

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

29Pontus HolmbergR	1	1	2	+1	3	1	1	0	–	13:05
86Nikita KucherovR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	21:59
95Ilya MikheyevR	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	–	16:43
21Brayden PointC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	67	18:09
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	47	14:23
38Brandon HagelL	1	0	1	+1	8	0	1	2	–	20:11
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:51
25Jeffrey VielL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	–	08:49
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	50	21:20
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	50	16:31
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	16:12
94Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	11:47
24Max CrozierD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	–	15:24
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	15:21
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	10:56
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:01
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	+3	1	3	1	0	–	22:15
90J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	2	0	–	17:03

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Dennis HildebyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	15	14	1	.933	60:00