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2025-26 regular season

Islanders at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–0

Islanders beat Lightning 2–0 at AMALIE Arena on December 6, 2025.

NYI – TBL
19–32
Shots on goal
1/3–0/2
Power play
22–21
Hits
22–10
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Calum Ritchie
1 G
2 shots · 12:41 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Casey Cizikas
1 G
1 shots · 14:04 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Ilya Sorokin
32 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
3rd period
🏝️ Calum Ritchie PP Go-ahead 3rd · 12:46
Assists: Anders Lee, Tony DeAngelo · beat Jonas Johansson
1–0
🏝️ Casey Cizikas Empty net 3rd · 19:58
Unassisted
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Heineman · Horvat · Holmstrom 18:45
L2 Duclair · Barzal · Shabanov 15:44
L3 Lee · Cizikas · MacLean 13:45
L4 Ritchie · Gatcomb · Tsyplakov 10:35
D1 Schaefer · Pulock 23:32
D2 Pelech · Mayfield 20:18
D3 DeAngelo · Boqvist 14:06
⚡Lightning
L1 Hagel · Guentzel · Cirelli 22:04
L2 Paul · Gourde · Girgensons 17:36
L3 James · Bjorkstrand · Holmberg 13:43
L4 Goncalves · Finley · Douglas 8:50
D1 Raddysh · D'Astous 22:55
D2 Moser · Martinsen Lilleberg 18:43
D3 Crozier · Hedman 16:44

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI TBL⚡
19 Shots on goal 32
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
22 Hits 21
22 Blocked shots 10
2 Takeaways 7
16 Giveaways 10
4 Penalty minutes 6
NYI shooting 10.5% (2/19) TBL shooting 0.0% (0/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Ilya Sorokin Shutout
32/32
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:50 TOI
⚡Lightning
Jonas Johansson
17/18
.944 SV% · 1 GA · 56:46 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located
Calum Ritchie · 3rd 12:46 · 1–0 Casey Cizikas · 3rd 19:58 · 2–0
NYI TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 5-2-1 (62% win rate, 8 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 6-1-2 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Islanders lead the season series 2–0
Dec 22025 ⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI 1–2 Apr 12025 ⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI 4–1 Mar 292025 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 3–5 Feb 12025 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 3–2 OT Mar 302024 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 1–4
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Who won Islanders vs Lightning on December 6, 2025?

Islanders won 2–0. The final score was Islanders 2, Lightning 0.

Who scored for Islanders?

Calum Ritchie, Casey Cizikas.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves on 32 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Jonas Johansson made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Lightning season series?

Islanders lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 4 🏔️COL @ 🏝️NYI 3–6 AfterDec 7 🏝️NYI @ 🐆FLA 1–4
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 4 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 4–3 AfterDec 8 ⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR 0–2
Also on December 6
🏔️COL 3–2 🗽NYR 🧥CBJ 6–7 🐆FLA 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 🍁TOR 🐯NSH 3–6 🌪️CAR 🦣UTA 0–2 🔥CGY 🎵STL 2–1 🏛️OTT 😈NJD 1–4 🐻BOS 🪶CHI 0–6 👑LAK
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