Tampa Bay Lightning @ San Jose Sharks

18-11-2, 10-4-2 Away

15-14-3, 9-5-3 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	11	6	2	1	2.31	.917
J. Johansson	7	5	0	0	2.65	.905

Sharks

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
Y. Askarov	10	8	1	0	3.14	.903
A. Nedeljkovic	5	6	2	0	2.94	.902

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Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

40PTS

13G

27A

Macklin CelebriniC #71

44PTS

15G

29A

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

18G

2PPG

92S

Macklin CelebriniC #71

15G

4PPG

89S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

27A

7PPA

9+/-

Macklin CelebriniC #71

29A

11PPA

8+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Andrei Vasilevskiy G	IR	Dec 15
Dominic James C	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Victor Hedman D	IR	Feb 1
Ryan McDonagh D	IR	Dec 15
Erik Cernak D	IR	Dec 15

San Jose Sharks

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Ty Dellandrea C	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Ryan Reaves RW	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Vincent Desharnais D	IR	Dec 27
Michael Misa C	IR-LT	Dec 16

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.29	2.58	27.6	27.5	368	17	17.9	14	85.9	2	0
SJ	2.78	3.25	24.1	31.3	263	21	18.4	21	80.0	2	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/11/25	@NJ	W8-4
12/9/25	@MTL	W6-1
12/8/25	@TOR	L2-0
12/6/25	vsNYI	L2-0
12/4/25	vsPIT	L4-3

Sharks Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/11/25	@TOR	W3-2 OT
12/9/25	@PHI	L4-1
12/7/25	@CAR	W4-1
12/5/25	@DAL	L4-1
12/3/25	vsWSH	L7-1

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Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	18	11	2	38
Boston	19	13	0	38
Detroit	17	12	3	37
Montreal	16	11	3	35
Toronto	14	11	5	33
Florida	15	13	2	32
Ottawa	14	12	4	32
Buffalo	13	14	4	30

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	15	6	9	39
Anaheim	19	11	1	39
Los Angeles	14	8	8	36
Edmonton	14	11	6	34
San Jose	15	14	3	33
Seattle	12	10	6	30
Calgary	12	16	4	28
Vancouver	11	17	3	25

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