Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks
· SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 7–3 on Saturday, January 3, 2026 on the road.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
3 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
| San Jose Sharks |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
14 |
6 |
6 |
26 |
| San Jose Sharks |
9 |
5 |
8 |
22 |
Three stars
- N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 4 assists)
- D. Raddysh, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 goals)
- P. Regenda, San Jose Sharks (3 goals)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
02:37 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Brayden Point (10) |
Max Crozier (8), Nikita Kucherov (36) |
Even strength |
TBL 1, SJS 0 |
| 1st |
04:08 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Darren Raddysh (10) |
Nikita Kucherov (37), Gage Goncalves (9) |
Even strength |
TBL 2, SJS 0 |
| 1st |
06:46 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Brandon Hagel (19) |
Jake Guentzel (24), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (11) |
Even strength |
TBL 3, SJS 0 |
| 1st |
10:50 |
San Jose Sharks |
Pavol Regenda (3) |
Timothy Liljegren (5), Macklin Celebrini (41) |
Power play |
TBL 3, SJS 1 |
| 2nd |
02:49 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Darren Raddysh (11) |
Nikita Kucherov (38), Jake Guentzel (25) |
Power play |
TBL 4, SJS 1 |
| 2nd |
03:55 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Dominic James (3) |
Oliver Bjorkstrand (13) |
Even strength |
TBL 5, SJS 1 |
| 2nd |
09:50 |
San Jose Sharks |
Pavol Regenda (4) |
Timothy Liljegren (6), Jeff Skinner (4) |
Even strength |
TBL 5, SJS 2 |
| 2nd |
14:08 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Nikita Kucherov (20) |
Oliver Bjorkstrand (14), Brayden Point (16) |
Power play |
TBL 6, SJS 2 |
| 2nd |
16:53 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Darren Raddysh (12) |
Nikita Kucherov (39), Nick Paul (6) |
Power play |
TBL 7, SJS 2 |
| 3rd |
16:11 |
San Jose Sharks |
Pavol Regenda (5) |
Jeff Skinner (5) |
Even strength |
TBL 7, SJS 3 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks
| Stat |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
San Jose Sharks |
| Shots on goal |
26 |
22 |
| Power play |
3 of 5 |
1 of 3 |
| Penalty minutes |
16 |
30 |
| Hits |
8 |
23 |
| Blocked shots |
8 |
17 |
| Giveaways |
19 |
13 |
| Takeaways |
2 |
7 |
| Faceoffs won |
26/59 (44.1%) |
33/59 (55.9%) |
Box score
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 17 D. James |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16.7% |
10:35 |
| Number 20 N. Paul |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33.3% |
16:38 |
| Number 21 B. Point |
C |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
64.3% |
14:44 |
| Number 22 O. Bjorkstrand |
R |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:28 |
| Number 28 Z. Girgensons |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:27 |
| Number 29 P. Holmberg |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:36 |
| Number 37 Y. Gourde |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
70% |
15:19 |
| Number 38 B. Hagel |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:58 |
| Number 59 J. Guentzel |
C |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:56 |
| Number 71 A. Cirelli |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33.3% |
18:08 |
| Number 86 N. Kucherov |
R |
1 |
4 |
5 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
15:37 |
| Number 93 G. Goncalves |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:31 |
| Number 24 M. Crozier |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:49 |
| Number 43 D. Raddysh |
D |
3 |
0 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
20:48 |
| Number 51 C. D'Astous |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
20:48 |
| Number 67 D. Carlile |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
17:36 |
| Number 81 E. Cernak |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
19:29 |
| Number 90 J. Moser |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:57 |
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy |
22 |
19 |
3 |
.864 |
60:00 |
Win |
San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 10 T. Dellandrea |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
83.3% |
10:28 |
| Number 21 A. Wennberg |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
45.5% |
19:38 |
| Number 23 B. Goodrow |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
11:31 |
| Number 51 C. Graf |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
17:17 |
| Number 53 J. Skinner |
L |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
100% |
09:33 |
| Number 63 Z. Ostapchuk |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
70% |
11:35 |
| Number 71 M. Celebrini |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
47.4% |
24:19 |
| Number 72 W. Eklund |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
21:54 |
| Number 73 T. Toffoli |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
13:56 |
| Number 75 R. Reaves |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
09:15 |
| Number 84 P. Regenda |
L |
3 |
0 |
3 |
+1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
100% |
09:11 |
| Number 92 I. Chernyshov |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
16:05 |
| Number 6 S. Dickinson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
20:03 |
| Number 9 D. Orlov |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
23:20 |
| Number 22 V. Iorio |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
23:58 |
| Number 37 T. Liljegren |
D |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
21:39 |
| Number 38 M. Ferraro |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
21:02 |
| Number 85 S. Mukhamadullin |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
05:33 |
San Jose Sharks goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 30 Y. Askarov |
10 |
7 |
3 |
.700 |
06:46 |
|
| Number 33 A. Nedeljkovic |
16 |
12 |
4 |
.750 |
53:14 |
Loss |
Penalties
Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at San Jose Sharks
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
09:14 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Erik Cernak |
Tripping |
2 |
| 1st |
19:03 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
J.J. Moser |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
01:21 |
San Jose Sharks |
Pavol Regenda |
Tripping |
2 |
| 2nd |
13:07 |
San Jose Sharks |
William Eklund |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
13:07 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
J.J. Moser |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
13:07 |
San Jose Sharks |
William Eklund |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
San Jose Sharks |
Ryan Reaves |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
San Jose Sharks |
Ryan Reaves |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
San Jose Sharks |
Zack Ostapchuk |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Jake Guentzel |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Brandon Hagel |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
San Jose Sharks |
Barclay Goodrow |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
J.J. Moser |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
15:39 |
San Jose Sharks |
Barclay Goodrow |
Misconduct (misconduct) |
10 |
| 2nd |
19:23 |
San Jose Sharks |
Dmitry Orlov |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
19:23 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Gage Goncalves |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
06:13 |
San Jose Sharks |
Dmitry Orlov |
High sticking |
2 |
| 3rd |
09:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Yanni Gourde |
Slashing |
2 |
| 3rd |
12:08 |
San Jose Sharks |
Sam Dickinson |
Tripping |
2 |
Game information
- Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
- Jon Cooper
- San Jose Sharks head coach
- Ryan Warsofsky
- Referees
- Trevor Hanson, Brandon Schrader
- Linesmen
- Ryan Gibbons, Travis Toomey
- Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
- Curtis Douglas, Jack Finley, Maxim Groshev
- San Jose Sharks scratches
- Nick Leddy, John Klingberg, Adam Gaudette
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 at Columbus Blue Jackets
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|
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 at Edmonton Oilers
2
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0
 at St. Louis Blues
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Final
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 Winnipeg Jets
2
 at Ottawa Senators
4
|
Final
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 Toronto Maple Leafs
3
 at New York Islanders
4
|
Final/OT
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|
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3
 at Washington Capitals
2
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Final/SO
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5
 at Carolina Hurricanes
3
|
Final
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4
 at Calgary Flames
3
|
Final
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4
 at Los Angeles Kings
5
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Final/SO
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3
 at Vancouver Canucks
2
|
Final/OT
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Sources and further reading
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