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Tampa Bay Lightning

2011–12·38–36–8·84 points·3rd in the Southeast, 10th in the Eastern

Points
84#21
Goal differential
−46#27
xGF% (5v5, adj.)
47.4%#25
Power play
14.5%#27
Penalty kill
79.2%#26
GSAx
−51.0#30

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.

Home4125–14–2520.6313212651.3%
Away4113–22–6320.3910015244.3%
October115–4–2120.55333347.8%
November136–7–0120.46314149.0%
December136–6–1130.50384645.3%
January125–6–1110.46364550.1%
February147–5–2160.57364546.0%
March157–7–1150.50465544.6%
April42–1–150.63121357.3%
Division rivals2413–7–4300.63767051.1%
Rest of conference4016–22–2340.4310714947.0%
Other conference189–7–2200.56495943.3%
FLA64–1–190.75221755.0%
WSH63–1–280.67201849.4%
WPG63–2–170.58141648.1%
CAR63–3–060.50201952.4%
BUF43–1–060.75121144.2%
PHI43–1–060.75141042.0%
NYR42–1–150.63111350.9%
BOS42–2–040.50141337.1%
NYI42–2–040.50101450.0%
CBJ22–0–041.007452.9%

On the road

70,276 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

2011-10-07: to Raleigh, 942 km (W)2011-10-08: to Boston, 984 km (L)2011-10-10: to Washington, 633 km (SOL)2011-10-13: to Uniondale, 356 km (L)2011-10-15: to Sunrise, 1,734 km (SOL)2011-10-17: to Tampa, 289 km (L)2011-10-25: to Buffalo, 1,691 km (W)2011-10-27: to Nashville, 1,008 km (L)2011-10-29: to Tampa, 1,000 km (W)2011-11-01: to Raleigh, 942 km (L)2011-11-04: to Tampa, 942 km (OTW)2011-11-06: to Sunrise, 289 km (SOW)2011-11-09: to Tampa, 289 km (OTW)2011-11-12: to St. Louis, 1,388 km (L)2011-11-14: to Winnipeg, 1,368 km (L)2011-11-17: to Tampa, 2,741 km (W)2011-11-25: to Sunrise, 289 km (OTW)2011-11-26: to Tampa, 289 km (W)2011-11-28: to St. Paul, 2,113 km (L)2011-11-30: to Detroit, 859 km (L)2011-12-03: to Tampa, 1,600 km (L)2011-12-05: to Ottawa, 2,014 km (L)2011-12-06: to Uniondale, 543 km (L)2011-12-08: to New York, 34 km (SOW)2011-12-10: to Philadelphia, 137 km (L)2011-12-12: to Tampa, 1,488 km (L)2011-12-17: to Columbus, 1,338 km (W)2011-12-21: to San Jose, 3,364 km (L)2011-12-23: to Denver, 1,491 km (OTL)2011-12-27: to Tampa, 2,451 km (W)2012-01-03: to Toronto, 1,767 km (L)2012-01-05: to Ottawa, 330 km (L)2012-01-07: to Montreal, 185 km (L)2012-01-10: to Tampa, 2,103 km (SOL)2012-01-13: to Washington, 1,318 km (L)2012-01-15: to Tampa, 1,318 km (L)2012-01-20: to Dallas, 1,478 km (W)2012-01-21: to Glendale, 1,439 km (W)2012-01-24: to Tampa, 2,905 km (W)2012-02-09: to New York, 1,620 km (OTL)2012-02-11: to Buffalo, 468 km (W)2012-02-12: to Pittsburgh, 286 km (L)2012-02-14: to Tampa, 1,408 km (L)2012-02-23: to Winnipeg, 2,741 km (L)2012-02-25: to Pittsburgh, 1,700 km (L)2012-02-26: to Newark, 492 km (W)2012-02-28: to Tampa, 1,611 km (W)2012-03-03: to Raleigh, 942 km (OTW)2012-03-06: to Tampa, 942 km (L)2012-03-08: to Washington, 1,318 km (OTL)2012-03-10: to Tampa, 1,318 km (L)2012-03-26: to Philadelphia, 1,488 km (W)2012-03-27: to Boston, 440 km (L)2012-03-29: to Newark, 316 km (L)2012-03-31: to Tampa, 1,611 km (OTW)2012-04-04: to Montreal, 2,103 km (L)2012-04-05: to Toronto, 504 km (OTL)2012-04-07: to Winnipeg, 1,516 km (OTW)RaleighBostonWashingtonUniondaleSunriseTampaBuffaloNashvilleSt. LouisWinnipegSt. PaulDetroitOttawaNew YorkPhiladelphiaColumbusSan JoseDenverTampaTorontoMontrealDallasGlendalePittsburghNewark
Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)
Back-to-back
10 GP · 4–5–1 · 8 vs fresher opponent
45.0%
44.9%
1 day
46 GP · 18–22–6 · 13 vs fresher opponent
45.7%
48.5%
2 days
22 GP · 13–8–1 · 2 vs fresher opponent
61.4%
48.9%
3+ days
3 GP · 2–1–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent
66.7%
31.4%

Pulling the goalie

31 times this season the Lightning were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

0:001:002:003:004:005:006:00Down 1Down 2+time left when the goalie came off →
Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Lightning in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
Expected goals share
45.7%
46.4%
Goals share
45.5%
51.5%
Shooting %
10.4%
13.4%
Save %
.893
.903