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Atlantic Division · Est. 1992

Tampa Bay Lightning

2025–26 · 50–26–6 · 106 pts · #2 Atlantic

Cup 2020Cup 2021GM: Julien BriseBois

STANLEY CUP

2021

2020

2004

Team xGF%

53.3

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

12th in NHL

Identity

Speed-skill veteran

Cup-window contender

Contention window

Open

3 straight Cup Final apps

Coach

Cooper

Possession-first architect

Avg age · forwards

29.8

Aging core

Team Identity

Speed-skill veteran · Cup-window contender

Nikita Kucherov hit 130 points and finished second in the Art Ross race behind only McDavid, while Andrei Vasilevskiy continued his climb past 350 career wins anchoring a defensively sound system. The Bolts still play the same fast, structured, possession-first hockey that won three straight Cup Finals appearances, and they're a legitimate threat to come out of the East again. Brayden Point is the 1C and is producing like one, with Jake Guentzel a year into the system now driving the second line.

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 15 48.4

top Nikita Kucherov (140.3) league 40.1 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 9 31.5

top Darren Raddysh (78.6) league 25.3 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 3 .893

top Andrei Vasilevskiy (0.911) league .895 SV%

Forwards

Lines: even-strength via DailyFaceoff

L · #38

Brandon Hagel

36G · 38A · 74P · 1.04 P/GP

C · #21

Brayden Point

18G · 32A · 50P · 0.79 P/GP

R · #86

Nikita Kucherov

44G · 86A · 130P · 1.71 P/GP

Line 1

L · #37

Yanni Gourde

9G · 19A · 28P · 0.34 P/GP

C · #71

Anthony Cirelli

23G · 29A · 52P · 0.73 P/GP

R · #59

Jake Guentzel

38G · 50A · 88P · 1.09 P/GP

Line 2

L · #22

Oliver Bjorkstrand

12G · 20A · 32P · 0.40 P/GP

C · #17

Dominic James

7G · 8A · 15P · 0.35 P/GP

R · #93

Gage Goncalves

11G · 22A · 33P · 0.45 P/GP

Line 3

L · #90

Corey Perry

17G · 20A · 37P · 0.51 P/GP

C · #28

Zemgus Girgensons

9G · 11A · 20P · 0.27 P/GP

R · #20

Nick Paul

7G · 8A · 15P · 0.29 P/GP

Line 4

Defense

LD · #90

J.J. Moser

7G · 22A · 29P · 0.37 P/GP

RD · #43

Darren Raddysh

22G · 48A · 70P · 0.96 P/GP

Pair 1

LD · #27

Ryan McDonagh

6G · 15A · 21P · 0.44 P/GP

RD · #81

Erik Cernak

3G · 8A · 11P · 0.18 P/GP

Pair 2

Emil Lilleberg

4G · 8A · 12P · 0.24 P/GP

RD · #24

Maxwell Crozier

1G · 9A · 10P · 0.29 P/GP

Pair 3

Goaltending

Starter

G · #88

Andrei Vasilevskiy

39-15-4 · .912 SV% · 2.31 GAA

Backup

G · #31

Jonas Johansson

11-10-2 · .884 SV% · 3.29 GAA

Injury report (1)

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Pontus Holmberg· Collarbone

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