New York Islanders @ Tampa Bay Lightning

16-9-2, 8-8-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Islanders NYI	0	2	0	2
Lightning TB	2	3	1	6

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

19-6-2, 11-2-1 Home

ISLANDERS

LIGHTNING

TIME	NYI	TB
0:00
0:00
0:14
0:22	0	0
0:34	0	1
0:34
1:30
1:30
2:06	0	1
2:13
3:20	0	1
3:25
3:29
3:48	0	1
3:50
3:50
4:11	0	1
4:28
4:52
5:02
5:15
5:15
5:48	0	1
5:54
6:17
6:17
6:25
6:53	0	1
6:56	0	1
7:02	0	1
7:08
7:09	0	1
7:12	0	1
7:20	0	1
7:29
7:36	0	1
8:46
8:49	0	1
8:49
8:49
9:13	0	1
9:13
9:13
9:18
9:47
9:49	0	1
9:49
9:49
10:06	0	1
10:11
10:18	0	1
10:29
10:58	0	1
11:13	0	1
11:29	0	1
11:29
11:29
12:02	0	1
12:02
12:02
12:16	0	1
12:52
12:57	0	1
13:08
13:12	0	1
13:28	0	1
13:52	0	1
14:26
14:50	0	1
15:02
15:08
15:08
15:29
15:59
16:13
17:36
17:43
17:47	0	2
17:47
17:58
17:58
18:13
18:16
18:18
18:18
18:48
19:06
19:39	0	2
20:00

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Islanders
5
Lightning
3

Game 1

19/11

Islanders
2
Lightning
6

Game 2

6/12

Lightning
7
Islanders
6

Game 3

22/3

Benchmark International Arena

12:30 AM, 6 December 2017

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Brad Meier
Ian Walsh

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Pierre Racicot

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Florida	20	14	2	42
Ottawa	18	13	5	41
Boston	20	17	1	41
Buffalo	18	14	4	40
Toronto	16	15	5	37

Kraken play the Flyers on 3-game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers (19-10-7, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (15-14-6, in the Pacific Division)

Will Zellers leads U.S. past Germany in world juniors opener

Will Zellers scored twice and added an assist as the United States beat Germany 6-3 in both team's opening game of the World Junior Championships on Friday.

ECHL postpones 13 games after players go on strike

The ECHL postponed 13 games Friday after players went on strike, causing a work stoppage in the North American development minor hockey league two tiers below the NHL.

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New York Islanders @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Game Information

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

Kraken play the Flyers on 3-game winning streak

Will Zellers leads U.S. past Germany in world juniors opener

ECHL postpones 13 games after players go on strike