8-11-1, 4-6-1 Away

11-4-2, 8-0-0 Home

San Jose Sharks @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Sharks

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
Y. Askarov	5	8	0	0	3.22	.889
A. Nedeljkovic	3	3	1	0	3.23	.895

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	4	1	0	2.85	.883
D. Hildeby	3	0	1	0	2.95	.880

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, February 23, 2027

Tampa, FL

Points

Macklin CelebriniC #71

21PTS

14A

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Goals

Macklin CelebriniC #71

3PPG

77S

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Assists

Macklin CelebriniC #71

14A

7PPA

-5+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
SJ	2.45	3.50	27.6	30.2	219	15	20.3	17	76.4	4	0
TB	3.71	3.06	29.9	24.7	140	12	19.4	13	72.9	0	0

San Jose Sharks

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Igor Chernyshov LW	IR	Nov 14
Quentin Musty LW	IR-NR	Dec 1
Kyle Keyser G	IR-NR	Dec 1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

Sharks Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/9/26	vsNYI	W3-2 SO
11/7/26	@DAL	L4-3
11/6/26	@MIN	L4-1
11/4/26	@LA	L7-2
11/2/26	vsCGY	L2-1

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 2/23

Sharks
Lightning

Game 1

2/23

Lightning
Sharks

Game 2

3/6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Edmonton	13	3	3	29
Vegas	12	5	2	26
Anaheim	10	7	1	21
Seattle	9	6	1	19
Calgary	8	9	1	17
San Jose	8	11	1	17
Los Angeles	5	8	2	12
Vancouver	3	16	1	7

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

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