New York Islanders vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Islanders

16-10-3, 35 PTS

2-0

Final

Lightning

16-10-2, 34 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NYI shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NYI	4	8	7	19
TB	9	12	11	32

In net

Ilya Sorokin32/32 SV, 1.000

Jonas Johansson17/18 SV, .944

Team	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	2	2
TB	0	0	0	0

Who won: Islanders 2-0

The New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Islanders lead the series 2-0. The Islanders outscored the Lightning 2-0 in the 3rd period. Casey Cizikas led the Islanders in goals (1).

NYI

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Mathew BarzalC	3	1	1	1	16:38	3:15	0:06	13:17	17	0	8	0	0	0	1	8	11.1	0	0	0
Casey CizikasC	2	2	0	1	14:04	0:00	2:52	11:12	18	1	3	0	1	0	5	5	50.0	0	0	0
Anthony DuclairLW	1	0	0	0	14:13	3:18	0:00	10:55	16	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Marc GatcombC	1	4	0	0	10:29	0:00	0:00	10:29	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Emil HeinemanLW	3	4	0	0	18:16	1:11	1:25	15:40	19	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Simon HolmstromRW	0	0	0	0	18:45	1:14	2:01	15:30	18	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Bo HorvatC	0	1	0	0	22:13	3:20	0:37	18:16	20	0	17	0	1	2	8	8	50.0	2	1	2
Anders LeeLW	0	1	0	1	13:45	1:12	0:00	12:33	18	0	6	1	0	4	1	1	50.0	1	1	2
Kyle MacLeanC	1	1	0	0	12:56	0:00	0:59	11:57	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Calum RitchieC	0	2	0	0	12:41	1:12	0:00	11:29	16	1	3	0	2	0	3	3	50.0	0	0	0
Maxim ShabanovRW	2	0	0	0	15:44	3:17	0:00	12:27	15	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Maxim TsyplakovRW	0	1	0	0	10:35	0:00	0:00	10:35	13	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	50.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Adam BoqvistD	1	0	0	0	11:46	0:00	0:00	11:46	13	0	0	1	0	1
Tony DeAngeloD	0	1	0	0	16:25	1:15	0:00	15:10	20	1	1	0	0	1
Scott MayfieldD	2	2	0	1	18:39	0:00	1:58	16:41	23	0	0	1	0	0
Adam PelechD	1	1	0	0	21:56	0:06	2:03	19:47	24	1	0	1	0	2
Ryan PulockD	3	0	0	0	22:38	0:00	2:57	19:41	24	0	0	1	2	1
Matthew SchaeferD	2	1	1	1	24:27	3:20	1:02	20:05	26	8	0	4	0	4