Kraken 3, Lightning 4 (OT) — October 15, 2026: recap and analysis

SEASEA
Seattle Kraken
5-2-0 · W3 · L10: 5-2-0
W
W
W
L
W
L
W
Final/OT
3—4
Oct 15, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena
TBLTBL
Tampa Bay Lightning
4-2-0 · L1 · L10: 4-2-0
L
W
W
W
W
L

Final score: Seattle Kraken 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4. Decided in overtime. Lightning dominated expected goals 4.02 to 2.90. PuckLab's first star: Philipp Grubauer (31/35 saves, .886 SV%, +0.2 GSAX). Pre-game PuckLab Edge: Lightning, 77% (won).

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
SEA xG
2.90
ACTUAL
3 — 4
TBL xG
4.02

Scoring Timeline

0.11
HIGH xG
SEA1P 05:43Even Strength
SEA 1 - 0 TBL
0.41
HIGH xG
TBL1P 16:53Even Strength
SEA 1 - 1 TBL
0.06
MED xG
TBL2P 03:38Even Strength
SEA 1 - 2 TBL
0.15
HIGH xG
SEA3P 02:54Power Play
SEA 2 - 2 TBL
0.10
MED xG
TBL3P 09:58Even Strength
Ilya Mikheyev
95
Ilya Mikheyev(2)
R · TBL · #95
SEA 2 - 3 TBL
0.10
MED xG
SEA3P 15:41Even Strength
Matty Beniers
10
Matty Beniers(2)
C · SEA · #10
Vince Dunn (5)
SEA 3 - 3 TBL
0.17
HIGH xG
TBLOT 02:07Even Strength
SEA 3 - 4 TBL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Philipp Grubauer
31
Philipp Grubauer
G · SEA · #31
31/35 saves, .886 SV%, +0.2 GSAX
★2
Andrei Vasilevskiy
88
Andrei Vasilevskiy
G · TBL · #88
24/27 saves, .889 SV%, −0.1 GSAX
★3
Brandon Hagel
38
Brandon Hagel
L · TBL · #38
2G, 6 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

SEATBL
27Shots35
2.90xGF4.02
47.75v5 CF%52.3
58.3FO%41.7
1/3PP0/3
15Hits30
11Blocks7
14Giveaways19
4Takeaways6
6PIM6

Period Breakdown

PeriodSEA SOGTBL SOGSEA xGTBL xG
1st10161.181.33
2nd1090.781.26
3rd670.860.62
OT130.080.82
Total27352.904.02

Penalties

6 TOTAL
1P 10:00
SEA
Shane WrightHooking (2 min)
Drawn by Dominic James
1P 19:53
SEA
Berkly CattonHolding (2 min)
Drawn by Jeffrey Viel
2P 10:14
TBL
Pontus HolmbergTripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jordan Eberle
2P 13:20
TBL
Emil LillebergHigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Mackie Samoskevich
2P 15:38
SEA
Ben MeyersTripping (2 min)
Drawn by Max Crozier
3P 02:47
TBL
Dominic JamesInterference (2 min)
Drawn by Ben Meyers

Lineups