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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY
Tampa Bay at NY Islanders
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Where: UBS Arena, Elmont, New York
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Steve Barton, James Tobias
Tampa Bay at NY Islanders
Final 1 2 3
TB 1 2 1 4
NYI 1 0 0 1
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Tampa Bay   NY Islanders
Yanni Gourde wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 0:00  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Simon Holmstrom. 0:20  
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 1:03  
Brandon Hagel blocks shot from J.J. Moser. 1:06  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 1:18  
Darren Raddysh shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 1:20  
  1:28 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  1:37 Giveaway by Adam Pelech.
Darren Raddysh shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 2:13  
  2:53 Kyle MacLean hits Emil Lilleberg.
Giveaway by Nick Paul. 2:59  
  3:01 Shot by Maxim Tsyplakov misses the net
  3:03 Pierre Engvall wins the faceoff against Yanni Gourde.
Emil Lilleberg hits Hudson Fasching. 3:21  
  3:25 Hudson Fasching shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Emil Lilleberg blocks shot from Pierre Engvall. 3:27  
Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 4:01  
Shot by Erik Cernak misses the net 4:14  
Mitchell Chaffee penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kyle Palmieri. 4:16  
  4:16 Kyle Palmieri penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mitchell Chaffee.
Nick Paul wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 4:16  
Nick Paul shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 4:19  
  4:25 Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  4:28 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  4:50 Shot by Anders Lee misses the net
Brayden Point shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 5:18  
Brandon Hagel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 5:32  
  6:05 Shot by Adam Boqvist misses the net
Mitchell Chaffee hits Adam Boqvist. 6:24  
  6:31 Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  6:48 Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  6:49 Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net
  6:54 Anthony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Mitchell Chaffee hits Anders Lee. 7:06  
  7:17 Kyle MacLean wins the faceoff against Yanni Gourde.
  7:19 Alexander Romanov shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  7:45 Giveaway by Noah Dobson.
Shot by Yanni Gourde misses the net 7:51  
  8:27 Giveaway by Maxim Tsyplakov.
Oliver Bjorkstrand scores. Assisted by Darren Raddysh and Brayden Point. 8:46  
  8:46 Pierre Engvall wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  9:07 Casey Cizikas penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nikita Kucherov.
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 9:07  
  9:38 Ryan Pulock blocks shot from Brandon Hagel.
Giveaway by Brayden Point. 9:41  
  10:06 Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Nikita Kucherov.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 10:14  
Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net 10:35  
  10:57 Bo Horvat scores a short handed goal. Assisted by Ryan Pulock.
Nick Paul wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 10:57  
Nick Paul hits Adam Pelech. 11:25  
  11:34 Casey Cizikas hits Anthony Cirelli.
Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli. 11:35  
  11:36 Hudson Fasching shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Yanni Gourde wins the faceoff against Kyle MacLean. 11:38  
Giveaway by Victor Hedman. 11:49  
  11:55 Maxim Tsyplakov hits J.J. Moser.
  11:56 Marc Gatcomb hits Victor Hedman.
  12:05 Marc Gatcomb hits Gage Goncalves.
Giveaway by Gage Goncalves. 12:06  
Shot by Victor Hedman misses the net 12:12  
Shot by Emil Lilleberg misses the net 12:36  
Mitchell Chaffee hits Casey Cizikas. 13:08  
  13:09 Adam Pelech shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  13:13 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  13:52 Shot by Anders Lee misses the net
Nikita Kucherov hits Kyle Palmieri. 13:54  
  14:19 Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Brandon Hagel.
Brandon Hagel penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Anthony DeAngelo. 14:46  
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 14:46  
Yanni Gourde shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 15:18  
  16:13 Maxim Tsyplakov penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Zemgus Girgensons.
Nick Paul wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 16:13  
Gage Goncalves blocks shot from Alexander Romanov. 16:35  
  16:39 Alexander Romanov hits Nick Paul.
Giveaway by Nick Paul. 16:39  
Shot by Nikita Kucherov misses the net 17:04  
Shot by Victor Hedman misses the net 17:24  
Nikita Kucherov shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 17:31  
Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net 17:32  
Shot by Victor Hedman misses the net 17:39  
  18:01 Shot by Alexander Romanov misses the net
Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net 18:12  
  18:20 Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons.
  18:29 Casey Cizikas hits Oliver Bjorkstrand.
  18:32 Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Zemgus Girgensons.
  18:40 Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Nick Paul shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 19:15  
  19:28 Giveaway by Marc Gatcomb.
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 19:36  
  19:45 Jean-Gabriel Pageau blocks shot from Victor Hedman.
2
Tampa Bay   NY Islanders
Yanni Gourde wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 0:00  
  0:10 Ryan Pulock hits Zemgus Girgensons.
  0:34 Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Zemgus Girgensons.
  0:41 Giveaway by Adam Boqvist.
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 1:00  
Brandon Hagel hits Noah Dobson. 1:07  
  1:22 Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Giveaway by Brandon Hagel. 1:25  
Nick Paul blocks shot from Alexander Romanov. 1:27  
  1:29 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Anthony DeAngelo. 1:33  
  2:10 Kyle MacLean hits Nick Perbix.
  2:33 Maxim Tsyplakov shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  2:59 Giveaway by Casey Cizikas.
  3:06 Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Gage Goncalves.
  3:16 Hudson Fasching shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  3:18 Shot by Casey Cizikas misses the net
Emil Lilleberg blocks shot from Alexander Romanov. 3:22  
Emil Lilleberg penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Casey Cizikas. 3:26  
  3:26 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
Ryan McDonagh blocks shot from Adam Boqvist. 4:17  
Shot by Zemgus Girgensons misses the net 4:45  
  5:12 Giveaway by Ryan Pulock.
J.J. Moser penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Simon Holmstrom. 5:13  
  5:13 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  5:19 Shot by Anthony DeAngelo misses the net
  5:23 Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net
  5:42 Giveaway by Bo Horvat.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 6:01  
  6:39 Anthony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  7:19 Anthony Duclair shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  7:21 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Nick Paul.
  7:44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
Jake Guentzel scores. Assisted by Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point. 8:09  
  8:09 Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  8:36 Hudson Fasching blocks shot from Emil Lilleberg.
  8:46 Giveaway by Alexander Romanov.
  8:57 Shot by Pierre Engvall misses the net
Yanni Gourde wins the faceoff against Kyle MacLean. 9:00  
  9:14 Marc Gatcomb hits Yanni Gourde.
  9:33 Marc Gatcomb blocks shot from Erik Cernak.
Erik Cernak blocks shot from Maxim Tsyplakov. 9:56  
J.J. Moser hits Kyle Palmieri. 10:13  
  10:13 Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  10:34 Giveaway by Adam Pelech.
Victor Hedman scores. Assisted by Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel. 10:41  
  10:41 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Nick Paul.
Giveaway by Mitchell Chaffee. 11:26  
  11:35 Pierre Engvall hits Zemgus Girgensons.
Brandon Hagel blocks shot from Ryan Pulock. 12:08  
  12:15 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  12:49 Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Brayden Point.
Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh. 13:21  
Erik Cernak blocks shot from Maxim Tsyplakov. 13:33  
  13:35 Kyle MacLean wins the faceoff against Yanni Gourde.
Gage Goncalves blocks shot from Adam Pelech. 13:37  
Oliver Bjorkstrand blocks shot from Adam Pelech. 13:46  
  13:59 Anthony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  14:02 Marc Gatcomb shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy. 14:39  
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 14:45  
Nick Paul blocks shot from J.J. Moser. 15:36  
  15:37 Adam Boqvist blocks shot from Nick Paul.
Brandon Hagel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 16:03  
Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 16:17  
  16:45 Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Yanni Gourde.
Mitchell Chaffee hits Alexander Romanov. 16:55  
  17:09 Noah Dobson hits Yanni Gourde.
Yanni Gourde hits Alexander Romanov. 17:17  
Yanni Gourde shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 17:25  
  17:27 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
Takeaway by Brayden Point. 18:01  
Shot by Brayden Point misses the net 18:09  
  18:11 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  18:19 Anthony Duclair blocks shot from Victor Hedman.
  18:25 Giveaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  18:37 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
Victor Hedman blocks shot from Simon Holmstrom. 19:00  
  19:22 Giveaway by Pierre Engvall.
  19:28 Shot by Pierre Engvall misses the net
  19:43 Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Anthony Cirelli penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Pierre Engvall. 20:00  
3
Tampa Bay   NY Islanders
  0:00 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Yanni Gourde.
  0:24 Anders Lee penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Erik Cernak.
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 0:24  
  0:28 Takeaway by Adam Pelech.
  0:48 Simon Holmstrom blocks shot from Nikita Kucherov.
Nick Paul wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 0:50  
Nick Paul shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 0:59  
  1:20 Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  1:22 Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Nick Paul.
  1:26 Anthony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  1:27 Adam Pelech shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  2:12 Anthony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Brayden Point hits Alexander Romanov. 2:44  
  3:59 Pierre Engvall penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Anthony Cirelli.
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat. 3:59  
  4:15 Ryan Pulock shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Nikita Kucherov shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 4:32  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 4:34  
Brayden Point shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 4:40  
Oliver Bjorkstrand shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 5:19  
  5:21 Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Jake Guentzel.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Pierre Engvall. 6:12  
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Kyle MacLean. 6:26  
Erik Cernak hits Kyle MacLean. 7:03  
  7:05 Maxim Tsyplakov hits Ryan McDonagh.
  7:08 Kyle MacLean hits Erik Cernak.
Shot by Victor Hedman misses the net 7:56  
  8:47 Giveaway by Anthony Duclair.
Erik Cernak shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 9:30  
Brayden Point blocks shot from Anthony DeAngelo. 9:53  
  10:39 Giveaway by Hudson Fasching.
  11:17 Marc Gatcomb hits Oliver Bjorkstrand.
  11:20 Giveaway by Adam Boqvist.
Yanni Gourde hits Ryan Pulock. 11:28  
Yanni Gourde wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 13:19  
  13:21 Casey Cizikas penalty for fighting against Yanni Gourde - 5 mins (Minor).
Yanni Gourde penalty for fighting against Casey Cizikas - 5 mins (Minor). 13:21  
  13:21 Kyle MacLean wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons.
Zemgus Girgensons hits Adam Boqvist. 13:49  
Anthony Cirelli blocks shot from Noah Dobson. 14:25  
  16:05 Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  16:06 Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
  16:14 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
Ryan McDonagh blocks shot from Adam Boqvist. 16:19  
  16:22 Giveaway by Adam Boqvist.
Nick Paul scores on an empty net. Assisted by Anthony Cirelli and Erik Cernak. 16:29  
  16:29 Kyle MacLean wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons.
Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy. 16:37  
Zemgus Girgensons blocks shot from Marc Gatcomb. 16:37  
Mitchell Chaffee shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin. 16:51  
Nick Paul blocks shot from Anthony Duclair. 17:43  
Darren Raddysh blocks shot from Adam Pelech. 17:44  
  17:52 Kyle MacLean wins the faceoff against Nick Paul.
Mitchell Chaffee blocks shot from Adam Boqvist. 17:54  
  17:56 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Nick Paul.
  18:00 Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Nick Paul.
  18:03 Jean-Gabriel Pageau shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Nick Paul wins the faceoff against Kyle MacLean. 18:30  
  18:44 Alexander Romanov shoots Saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Zemgus Girgensons wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas. 19:35  
  19:44 Ryan Pulock blocks shot from Zemgus Girgensons.