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New York Islanders @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Islanders

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
I. Sorokin	3	2	0	1	1.81	.934
S. Varlamov	0	1	1	0	1.93	.902

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	4	2	0	0	2.53	.886
D. Hildeby	1	0	0	0	2.01	.944

Benchmark International Arena

5:30 AM, 14 March 2027

Tampa, FL

NYI

Points

Bo HorvatC #14

7PTS

Brandon HagelLW #38

10PTS

Goals

Bo HorvatC #14

3PPG

24S

Brandon HagelLW #38

0PPG

33S

Assists

Matthew SchaeferD #48

2PPA

2+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

2PPA

1+/-

New York Islanders

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Mathew Barzal C	IR-NR	20 Oct
Alexander Romanov D	OUT	8 Apr

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	2 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
NYI	2.86	2.29	25.6	25.9	87	4	18.2	4	85.2	2	0
TB	3.00	2.71	30.3	24.3	62	2	7.4	4	77.8	0	0

Islanders Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
16/10/26	@OTT	L2-1 SO
14/10/26	vsVAN	W3-2
11/10/26	vsTB	L5-3
9/10/26	vsCHI	W4-1
7/10/26	@NYR	L5-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
16/10/26	vsSEA	W4-3 OT
14/10/26	@NYR	L4-1
11/10/26	@NYI	W5-3
9/10/26	vsMIN	W3-2
6/10/26	vsPHI	W4-1

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Lightning
5
Islanders
3

Game 1

11/10

Islanders
Lightning

Game 2

31/1

Islanders
Lightning

Game 3

14/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	6	1	1	13
NY Rangers	6	3	0	12
Washington	4	3	0	8
New Jersey	4	3	0	8
NY Islanders	3	3	1	7
Pittsburgh	3	3	1	7
Columbus	2	3	0	4
Philadelphia	0	6	3	3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Ottawa	6	2	0	12
Boston	5	2	0	10
Tampa Bay	5	2	0	10
Florida	4	2	2	10
Buffalo	4	3	1	9
Toronto	3	3	2	8
Montreal	3	3	1	7
Detroit	2	3	2	6

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New York Islanders @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Bo HorvatC #14

Brandon HagelLW #38

Bo HorvatC #14

Brandon HagelLW #38

Matthew SchaeferD #48

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

Team Stats

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