Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Anaheim Ducks 3: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Anaheim Ducks, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 to Anaheim Ducks 3, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Anaheim Ducks vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLWednesday, December 31, 2025
DateDec 31, 2025
Start time4:00 PM ET
VenueHonda Center, Anaheim, CA
TVESPN+
Attendance16,214
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Anaheim Ducks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningAnaheim Ducks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
23-13-3Record21-16-3
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding3rd in Pacific Division
4-6Road record / home record3-6
WLWWWLast 5LWWWW
W1StreakL1
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningAnaheim Ducks
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveAnaheim Ducks
Ryan Poehling C · Knee
Injured ReserveIan Moore D · Lower Body - Not Specified
Injured ReserveA.J. Greer LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:35 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 8:18 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:00 | 2:17 | 2:45 | 12:58 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 | 0:00 | 1:44 | 14:26 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 11:12 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 | 0:00 | 1:26 | 15:35 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:06 | 3:36 | 1:32 | 14:58 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:14 | 2:16 | 2:28 | 14:30 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 14:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:28 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 8:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 14:19 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 11:30 | 2:17 | 0:30 | 8:43 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 | 3:29 | 0:01 | 14:15 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 12:53 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Cernak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:28 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 15:43 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 | 0:00 | 1:18 | 13:09 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18:48 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 16:20 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24:57 | 0:16 | 3:17 | 21:24 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:08 | 3:20 | 1:12 | 21:36 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .893 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 62:47 | 0 | 0 |
Anaheim Ducks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Carlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:26 | 3:39 | 0:04 | 14:43 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:57 | 1:35 | 0:18 | 16:04 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikael Granlund | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 18:28 | 3:41 | 1:56 | 12:51 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jansen Harkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:22 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 7:21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Johnston | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:01 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Killorn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 13:27 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:46 | 1:34 | 1:35 | 12:37 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mason McTavish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:27 | 3:43 | 0:00 | 14:44 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 73.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Nesterenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 | 0:00 | 0:29 | 12:55 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Poehling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 | 0:02 | 3:51 | 9:52 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beckett Sennecke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 14:22 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Terry | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:26 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 14:53 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anaheim Ducks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Helleson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:29 | 0:00 | 2:03 | 13:26 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson LaCombe | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 25:27 | 3:03 | 3:48 | 18:36 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Mintyukov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:31 | 2:11 | 1:13 | 19:07 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:52 | 0:04 | 0:19 | 16:29 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Trouba | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25:42 | 1:28 | 4:15 | 19:59 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:39 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Anaheim Ducks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lukas Dostal | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .862 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 62:47 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Anaheim Ducks?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 4-3, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Anaheim Ducks?
Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Anaheim Ducks 3.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (1 goals). Anaheim Ducks: Mason McTavish (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Anaheim Ducks played?
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA.
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