Tampa Bay Lightning Lines

The most-used Tampa Bay Lightning forward line in the Oct 17 game vs VAN was Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Nikita Kucherov (12:14 together at 5-on-5).

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Tue, Oct 20, 10:30 PM ET · at Vegas Golden Knights

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 50:19 at 5-on-5, 0:55 on the power play and 3:16 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Brandon Hagel(moved up) – Anthony Cirelli(moved up) – Nikita Kucherov(moved up)	12:14	24.3%
L2	Zemgus Girgensons(moved down) – Pontus Holmberg(moved down) – Ilya Mikheyev(moved down)	11:24	22.7%
L3	Gage Goncalves(new to the top lines and pairs) – Jake Guentzel(new to the top lines and pairs) – Brayden Point(new to the top lines and pairs)	9:45	19.4%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	J.J. Moser – John Carlson	14:46	29.3%
D2	Charle-Edouard D'Astous(new to the top lines and pairs) – Emil Lilleberg(new to the top lines and pairs)	13:09	26.1%
D3	Victor Hedman – Erik Cernak(moved down)	8:38	17.2%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Brandon Hagel – Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov – Charle-Edouard D'Astous	0:42	76.4%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Erik Cernak – Ryan McDonagh	1:46	54.1%
PK2	Zemgus Girgensons – Ilya Mikheyev – Victor Hedman – J.J. Moser	0:32	16.3%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 243:46 at 5-on-5, 23:46 on the power play and 21:09 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Zemgus Girgensons – Pontus Holmberg – Ilya Mikheyev	55:33	22.8%	5
L2	Gage Goncalves – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov	27:37	11.3%	4
L3	Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Jake Guentzel	23:10	9.5%	4
L4	Jeffrey Viel – Conor Geekie – Dominic James	8:41	3.6%	1

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	J.J. Moser – John Carlson	66:02	27.1%	5
D2	Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak	47:49	19.6%	5
D3	Charle-Edouard D'Astous – Max Crozier	33:58	13.9%	3

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Brandon Hagel – Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov – John Carlson	12:41	53.4%	4
PP2	Anthony Cirelli – Conor Geekie – Gage Goncalves – Pontus Holmberg – Charle-Edouard D'Astous	2:47	11.7%	3

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Erik Cernak – Ryan McDonagh	7:40	36.2%	5
PK2	Zemgus Girgensons – Ilya Mikheyev – Victor Hedman – J.J. Moser	4:35	21.7%	4

Over 8 games, the team played 373:05 at 5-on-5, 46:46 on the power play and 33:42 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Zemgus Girgensons – Pontus Holmberg – Ilya Mikheyev	72:21	19.4%	7
L2	Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Jake Guentzel	49:50	13.4%	7
L3	Gage Goncalves – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov	47:01	12.6%	6

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	J.J. Moser – John Carlson	99:51	26.8%	8
D2	Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak	76:20	20.5%	8
D3	Charle-Edouard D'Astous – Max Crozier	43:20	11.6%	4

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Brandon Hagel – Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov – John Carlson	28:41	61.3%	7
PP2	Anthony Cirelli – Conor Geekie – Gage Goncalves – Pontus Holmberg – Charle-Edouard D'Astous	6:27	13.8%	5

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Erik Cernak – Ryan McDonagh	9:47	29.0%	8
PK2	Zemgus Girgensons – Ilya Mikheyev – Victor Hedman – J.J. Moser	6:31	19.3%	6

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 17 vs VAN): Dennis Hildeby

Goalie	Starts this season
Andrei Vasilevskiy	6
Dennis Hildeby	2

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#37 Yanni Gourde, Center
#49 Scott Sabourin, Right wing
#25 Jeffrey Viel, Left wing
#24 Max Crozier, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.