Lightning vs Sharks

Final · Sat Jan 3 · 4:00 PM ET · SAP Center at San Jose

Tampa Bay LightningLightning25-13-3

FinalJan 3, 2026

San Jose SharksSharks20-18-3

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

TB−218

SJ+180

Puck line

TB −1.5+120

SJ +1.5−142

Total O/U

Over 6.5+114

Under 6.5−135

Puck line: Lightning −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 6.5 (10 goals).

Recap

The Tampa Bay Lightning routed the San Jose Sharks 7-3 at SAP Center at San Jose on Jan 3, 2026, a 4-goal win to move to 25-13-3.

The Lightning scored 3 power-play goals. They outscored the Sharks 4-1 in the second period.

Score by period

Tampa Bay Lightning and San Jose Sharks, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
TB	3	4	0	7
SJ	1	1	1	3

W: Vasilevskiy · L: Nedeljkovic

Scoring plays

First Period

TBGoal · 2:37Brayden Point Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Max Crozier (8), Nikita Kucherov (36)1-0
TBGoal · 4:08Darren Raddysh Goal (10) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (37), Gage Goncalves (9)2-0
TBGoal · 6:46Brandon Hagel Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (24), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (11)3-0
SJGoal · 10:50Pavol Regenda Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Timothy Liljegren (5), Macklin Celebrini (41)3-1

Second Period

TBGoal · 2:49Darren Raddysh Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (38), Jake Guentzel (25)4-1
TBGoal · 3:55Dominic James Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (13)5-1
SJGoal · 9:50Pavol Regenda Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Timothy Liljegren (6), Jeff Skinner (4)5-2
TBGoal · 14:08Nikita Kucherov Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (14), Brayden Point (16)6-2
TBGoal · 16:53Darren Raddysh Goal (12) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (39), Nick Paul (6)7-2

Third Period

SJGoal · 16:11Pavol Regenda Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Jeff Skinner (5)7-3

Team stats

TBSJ

Shots: 26; 22
Power Play Goals: 3; 1
Faceoff Win Percent: 44.1; 55.9
Hits: 8; 23
Blocked Shots: 8; 17
Penalty Minutes: 16; 30

Top performers

Tampa Bay LightningSan Jose Sharks

Goals

Darren Raddysh3

Pavol Regenda3

Assists

Nikita Kucherov4

Jeff Skinner2

Points

Nikita Kucherov5

Pavol Regenda3

Player stats

Lightning · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW	0	0	0	1	14:28	0	2	3	0.0	0
Anthony Cirelli C	0	0	0	0	18:08	0	0	0	33.3	0
Zemgus Girgensons C	0	0	0	-1	13:27	0	0	2	0.0	0
Gage Goncalves C	0	0	0	2	13:31	0	1	1	0.0	2
Yanni Gourde C	0	0	1	-1	15:19	0	0	3	70.0	2
Jake Guentzel C	1	0	0	0	16:56	0	2	1	0.0	2
Brandon Hagel LW	0	1	0	0	16:58	1	0	2	0.0	2
Pontus Holmberg RW	0	1	0	-1	13:36	0	0	2	0.0	0
Dominic James C	0	0	0	1	10:35	1	0	1	16.7	0
Nikita Kucherov RW	0	1	0	2	15:37	1	4	2	0.0	0
Nick Paul LW	0	0	0	1	16:38	0	1	1	33.3	0
Brayden Point C	0	0	1	2	14:44	1	1	2	64.3	0

Lightning · Defense

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	PIM
Declan Carlile D	1	0	1	17:36	0	0	1	0
Erik Cernak D	2	1	0	19:29	0	0	0	2
Maxwell Crozier D	0	2	1	16:49	0	1	1	0
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	2	0	0	20:48	0	1	1	0
J.J. Moser D	1	1	1	16:57	0	0	0	6
Darren Raddysh D	1	1	1	20:48	3	0	3	0

Lightning · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy G	3	22	19	.864	60:00	0

Sharks · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Macklin Celebrini C	0	1	0	0	24:19	0	1	5	47.4	0
Igor Chernyshov LW	3	2	0	-1	16:05	0	0	1	0.0	0
Ty Dellandrea C	1	2	0	0	10:28	0	0	1	83.3	0
William Eklund LW	1	2	0	-1	21:54	0	0	2	0.0	4
Barclay Goodrow C	1	4	0	-2	11:31	0	0	0	0.0	12
Collin Graf RW	0	0	0	0	17:17	0	0	0	0.0	0
Zack Ostapchuk C	0	1	0	-2	11:35	0	0	2	70.0	2
Ryan Reaves RW	0	5	0	-2	9:15	0	0	0	0.0	4
Pavol Regenda LW	0	2	1	1	9:11	3	0	6	100.0	2
Jeff Skinner LW	1	0	1	1	9:33	0	2	3	100.0	0
Tyler Toffoli C	1	0	1	0	13:56	0	0	0	0.0	0
Alexander Wennberg C	2	0	0	0	19:38	0	0	0	45.5	0

Sharks · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Sam Dickinson D	0	1	1	0	20:03	0	1	2
Mario Ferraro D	0	1	1	-2	21:02	0	0	0
Vincent Iorio D	4	0	1	1	23:58	0	0	0
Timothy Liljegren D	2	1	0	0	21:39	2	0	0
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	1	0	0	-3	5:33	0	0	0
Dmitry Orlov D	0	1	1	0	23:20	0	1	4

Sharks · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Yaroslav Askarov G	3	10	7	.700	6:46	0
Alex Nedeljkovic G	4	16	12	.750	53:14	0

Three stars

Nikita Kucherov (TB)
Darren Raddysh (TB)
Pavol Regenda (SJ)

Game info

VenueSAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA

Attendance17,435

OfficialsLinesman: Ryan Gibbons · Referee: Trevor Hanson · Referee: Brandon Schrader · Linesman: Travis Toomey

TVNBC Sports BA · localThe Spot - MTN · local

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