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Tampa Bay Lightning, 2020-21

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2020-21 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 56 36-17-3 75 0.670 181 147 +34 21-7-0 15-10-3

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 56 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

52.4Corsi for %9th of 31 · 2,348 attempts for, 2,135 against
52.4Fenwick for %9th of 31 · unblocked attempts
51.8Shots for %9th of 31 · shots on goal
53.3Expected goals for %8th of 31 · 109.9 expected for, 96.4 against
53.4Goals for %12th of 31 · 111 for, 97 against
100.5PDO8.4% shooting + 92.1% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

45%50%55%60%65%Game 20Game 40Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Blake Coleman · Barclay Goodrow · Yanni Gourde44400:0856.359.520-11
Alex Killorn · Tyler Johnson · Anthony Cirelli26204:5852.054.39-6
Steven Stamkos · Ondrej Palat · Brayden Point26182:2852.855.39-5
Patrick Maroon · Mathieu Joseph · Ross Colton24177:0652.955.27-3
Ondrej Palat · Brayden Point · Anthony Cirelli24154:5154.155.04-5
Ondrej Palat · Brayden Point · Alex Barré-Boulet13121:3256.563.36-4
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak42373:0755.357.416-11
Victor Hedman · Jan Rutta34352:0052.949.716-10
Mikhail Sergachev · Cal Foote33225:3345.649.714-4
Victor Hedman · Erik Cernak42213:5256.961.514-10
Luke Schenn · Mikhail Sergachev36193:3455.457.38-6

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
1st Round Florida Panthers Won 4-2
2nd Round Carolina Hurricanes Won 4-1
Stanley Cup Semifinals New York Islanders Won 4-3
Stanley Cup Final Montréal Canadiens Won 4-1

Value for money

$81.4MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 22 ranked players
$87.2MWorth at the going rate92.9 goals above replacement
+$5.8MValue14th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Brayden Point C 56 23 25 48 2 11 131 23 53.0 57.3 +10.1 $6.75M+$4.2M
Ondrej Palat L 55 15 31 46 1 26 111 82 52.4 55.6 +7.8 $5.3M+$3.3M
Victor Hedman D 54 9 36 45 5 28 136 51 53.9 53.0 +6.8 $7.875M-$316K
Yanni Gourde C 56 17 19 36 10 44 118 51 56.1 56.7 +8.6 $5.167M+$4.3M
Steven Stamkos C 38 17 17 34 4 16 91 38 53.8 52.7 +2.0 $8.5M-$5.7M
Alex Killorn L 56 15 18 33 -1 37 121 59 53.5 51.3 +1.3 $4.45M-$2.5M
Blake Coleman L 55 14 17 31 15 37 122 109 56.0 57.6 +6.6 $1.8M+$5.6M
Mikhail Sergachev D 56 4 26 30 5 30 108 66 50.5 52.8 +3.1 $4.8M-$935K
Anthony Cirelli C 50 9 13 22 0 10 75 64 52.2 52.3 +2.3 $4.8M-$1.8M
Tyler Johnson C 55 8 14 22 -1 16 77 63 52.4 52.1 +1.3 $5M-$3M
Barclay Goodrow C 55 6 14 20 16 52 72 111 55.9 56.7 +1.6 $925K+$1.4M
Mathieu Joseph R 56 12 7 19 3 10 59 82 49.1 48.6 +1.0 $738K+$950K
Erik Cernak D 46 5 13 18 8 38 85 98 54.7 57.0 +6.2 $2.95M+$4M
Patrick Maroon L 55 4 14 18 2 60 46 75 46.3 48.7 -2.0 $900K-$2.2M
Ross Colton C 30 9 3 12 3 16 46 36 51.9 53.3 +2.1 $700K+$2.1M
Ryan McDonagh D 50 4 8 12 13 14 85 69 52.8 54.3 +4.4 $6.75M-$1.6M
Jan Rutta D 35 0 8 8 12 22 46 30 51.1 48.8 -0.7 $1.3M-$1.4M
Alexander Volkov R 19 3 2 5 2 4 18 20 43.1 43.8 +0.2 $700K+$231K
Luke Schenn D 38 2 2 4 2 51 43 99 53.8 56.0 +1.1 $800K+$1M
Alex Barré-Boulet C 15 3 0 3 0 0 26 8 55.7 63.4 +0.8
Cal Foote D 35 1 2 3 9 29 40 39 48.8 48.7 -0.8 $925K-$1M
Gemel Smith C 5 0 3 3 3 11 0 6 43.6 42.0 -0.5
Andreas Borgman D 7 0 2 2 -2 4 7 10 53.1 54.9 +0.3 $700K
Mitchell Stephens C 7 0 1 1 -5 0 3 8 30.7 22.8 -1.4 $738K
Ben Thomas D 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 53.4 55.4 +0.2 $700K
Daniel Walcott L 1 0 0 0 -1 5 1 7 33.3 25.2 -0.1 $700K
David Savard D 14 0 0 0 -8 0 21 37 44.6 46.7 +0.1 $4.25M-$3.5M
Fredrik Claesson D 2 0 0 0 -1 12 1 2 46.4 53.5 -0.3 $700K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Andrei Vasilevskiy 42 311015 1237 1144 93 2.21 0.925 +18.7 +30.1 $9.5M+$238K
Curtis McElhinney 12 4621 296 259 37 3.09 0.875 -10.6 -7.9 $1.3M
Christopher Gibson 2 1100 40 35 5 2.66 0.875 -1.7 -1.4 $700K

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
May 10, 2021 @ FLA L 0-4 30 30
May 8, 2021 @ FLA L 1-5 29 35
May 7, 2021 vs DAL L 2-5 27 31
May 5, 2021 vs DAL W 6-2 20 22
May 2, 2021 @ DET W 2-1 42 23
May 1, 2021 @ DET L 0-1 (SO) 33 15
Apr 29, 2021 vs DAL W 3-0 28 20
Apr 27, 2021 @ CHI W 7-4 30 40
Apr 25, 2021 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 34 22
Apr 22, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 28 25
Apr 20, 2021 vs CAR L 1-4 27 36
Apr 19, 2021 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 36 27
Apr 17, 2021 vs FLA L 3-5 31 32
Apr 15, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 19 38
Apr 13, 2021 @ NSH L 2-7 23 22
Apr 10, 2021 @ NSH W 3-0 34 36
Apr 8, 2021 @ CBJ W 6-4 30 36
Apr 6, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-4 38 30
Apr 4, 2021 vs DET L 1-5 28 18
Apr 3, 2021 vs DET W 2-1 29 26
Apr 1, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-2 34 38
Mar 30, 2021 vs CBJ L 1-3 38 21
Mar 27, 2021 @ CAR L 3-4 22 40
Mar 25, 2021 @ DAL L 3-4 27 41
Mar 23, 2021 @ DAL W 2-1 26 17
Mar 21, 2021 vs FLA W 5-3 24 32
Mar 20, 2021 vs CHI W 4-1 29 31
Mar 18, 2021 vs CHI W 4-2 23 21
Mar 16, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 36 27
Mar 15, 2021 vs NSH L 1-4 39 26
Mar 13, 2021 vs NSH W 6-3 28 31
Mar 11, 2021 @ DET L 4-6 44 23
Mar 9, 2021 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 29 23
Mar 7, 2021 @ CHI W 6-3 39 25
Mar 5, 2021 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 42 27
Mar 4, 2021 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 34 37
Mar 2, 2021 @ DAL W 2-0 19 28
Feb 27, 2021 vs DAL W 5-0 21 20
Feb 25, 2021 vs CAR W 3-1 22 32
Feb 24, 2021 vs CAR W 3-0 28 25
Feb 22, 2021 @ CAR W 4-2 32 36
Feb 20, 2021 @ CAR L 0-4 24 28
Feb 15, 2021 vs FLA L 4-6 31 21
Feb 13, 2021 @ FLA W 6-1 28 34
Feb 11, 2021 @ FLA L 2-5 21 29
Feb 9, 2021 @ NSH W 6-1 30 33
Feb 8, 2021 @ NSH W 4-1 35 24
Feb 5, 2021 vs DET W 3-1 32 28
Feb 3, 2021 vs DET W 5-1 27 16
Feb 1, 2021 vs NSH W 5-2 28 31
Jan 30, 2021 vs NSH W 4-3 33 26
Jan 28, 2021 @ CAR L 0-1 (OT) 32 35
Jan 23, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-5 32 28
Jan 21, 2021 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 37 25
Jan 15, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 37 37
Jan 13, 2021 vs CHI W 5-1 33 23