SYRNorth Division · 2nd of 7 · Tampa Bay Lightning

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Upstate Medical University Arena, Syracuse, NY

41-24-7
Record: 89
Points: 237
Goals for: 189
Against: +48
Differential

At home23-11-2129–90 (+39)

On the road18-13-5108–99 (+9)

Last 103-5-2 · oldest first

The story

SYR controlled play at both ends: 5th of 32 in chances created and 2nd of 32 in chances allowed.

They finished 24 goals above what the chances were worth (8th of 32 in shooting), and conceded 12 more than the chances against were worth (7th of 32 in save percentage).

The power play was 7th of 32 at 21.5%.

Where SYR ranks

Expected Goals For % · 2 of 32

54.56%

xGF/60 · 5 of 32

2.92

xGA/60 · 2 of 32

2.43

Scoring Chance % · 1 of 32

56.57%

High Danger Chance % · 1 of 32

58.83%

Shooting % · 8 of 32

11.81%

Save % · 7 of 32

89.7%

PDO · 6 of 32

101.5%

Power Play % · 7 of 32

21.45%

Penalty Kill % · 11 of 32

83.05%

Special Teams Index · 7 of 32

104.51%

Rush Share of Goals · 10 of 32

42.2%

Goals For · 8 of 32

237

Goals Against · 6 of 32

189

Each bar is a percentile against all 32 clubs, with the league median on the tick. Metrics where less is better are flipped, so longer is always better.

Shots for and against

SYR2,007 shots · 213 xG

quiet3.9 xG per 5 ft

Allowed1,829 shots · 177 xG

quiet3.9 xG per 5 ft

Special teams

	Goals	Chances	Rate
Power play	59	275	21.5%
Penalty kill	40	236	83.1%

Special-teams index 104.5 — power play plus penalty kill, the one number that says whether a club wins the nights the referee decides.

How the game unfolds

1st period52.8%of goals scored

Goals: 67–60
xG share: 56.9%

2nd period63.2%of goals scored

Goals: 84–49
xG share: 55.1%

3rd period53.2%of goals scored

Goals: 83–73
xG share: 51.6%

	1st	2nd	3rd
Goals for	67	84	83
Goals against	60	49	73
xG for	72.4	75.5	62.4
xG against	54.7	61.6	58.5
Shots for	691	664	624
Shots against	585	615	603

Share of goals is this club’s goals as a percentage of every goal scored in that period, so 50% is even. xG share is the same sum over chance quality, which says whether the result matched the play. Regulation only — overtime is three skaters a side and a different game.

How the goals came

Goals	For	Share	Against	Share
Off the rush	100	42.2%	56	29.6%
Off the cycle	105	44.3%	96	50.8%
In a scramble	31	13.1%	33	17.5%

Attempts	For	Sh%	Against	Sv%
Off the rush	559	17.9%	450	87.6%
Off the cycle	1301	8.1%	1245	92.3%
In a scramble	147	21.1%	134	75.4%

A rush is the first shot of a possession, taken inside 40 ft up the middle; the cycle is a shot after sustained pressure, or a first shot from distance or the wall; a scramble is a second attempt inside four seconds. League-wide they convert at about 17%, 8% and 23%. Shares are of goals scored in play — shootout winners are not shots.

Volume

	For	Against
Shots	2007	1829
Expected goals	212.8	177.2
Scoring chances	818	—
High-danger chances	363	—

With a lead, level, and from behind

Score state	Share of play	GF–GA	GF%	GF% ex. EN	xGF%	SF%	Sh%ex. EN	Sv%ex. EN
Leading	39%1,786 min	106–68	60.9%lg 52.6%	56.4%lg 47.9%	51.0%lg 48.2%	47.7%lg 46.3%	12.0%lg 10.4%	91.7%lg 90.4%
Tied	32%1,440 min	70–65	51.9%lg 50.0%	51.9%lg 50.0%	55.5%lg 50.0%	53.2%lg 50.0%	10.5%lg 9.6%	88.9%lg 90.4%
Trailing	29%1,334 min	68–57	54.4%lg 47.4%	61.8%lg 52.1%	59.1%lg 52.0%	57.7%lg 53.4%	10.1%lg 9.6%	91.2%lg 89.6%

Regulation only — overtime is three-on-three and always starts level, so pooling it here would contaminate every rate. The small figure under each percentage is the league in the same score state; SYR being above it is the claim, not the percentage itself. GF% ex. EN drops empty-net goals from both sides, and across the league it reverses the headline: clubs are outscored at even play while protecting a lead, and outscore while chasing. The empty net is what settles it.

2025-26 skaters · 42

Player	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG
Jakob PelletierLW	63	28	49	77	157	20.52
Conor GeekieC	57	17	42	59	179	19.29
Dylan DukeC	72	32	27	59	151	20.84
Mitchell ChaffeeRW	54	24	33	57	152	20.48
Nick AbruzzeseLW	56	15	36	51	86	12.25
Matthew PecaC	63	12	35	47	111	13.04
Wojciech StachowiakLW	48	13	19	32	97	12.83
Matteo PietroniroD	65	8	23	31	86	5.46
Brendan FurryLW	58	14	14	28	92	11.03
Ethan GauthierRW	56	12	15	27	68	9.38
Ian MitchellD	60	4	23	27	104	5.64
Lucas MercuriC	67	14	12	26	99	12.61
Boris KatchoukLW	46	11	14	25	58	7.15
Tristan AllardC	70	7	17	24	90	10.44
Maxim GroshevD	58	3	18	21	100	5.13
Gabriel SzturcC	60	9	10	19	62	7.79
Ethan SamsonD	40	5	13	18	84	4.46
Declan CarlileD	16	2	9	11	46	3.10
Simon LundmarkD	54	1	10	11	59	3.16
Tommy MillerD	55	3	7	10	40	2.48
Wyatt NewpowerD	53	2	7	9	42	1.48
Jarred TinordiD	44	2	6	8	58	2.90
Scott SabourinF	24	6	2	8	32	4.07
Cooper FlintonLW	50	5	1	6	39	5.66
Michael MilneF	39	2	4	6	50	4.73
Spencer KerstenRW	12	3	3	6	9	1.38
Steven SantiniD	33	0	6	6	48	2.01
Dominic JamesC	4	3	2	5	10	1.14
Reece NewkirkF	15	0	4	4	8	0.75
Charle-Édouard D’AstousD	4	1	2	3	9	0.81
Jack FinleyC	3	1	2	3	2	0.34
Milo RoelensC	20	0	3	3	5	0.29
Niko HuuhtanenRW	5	0	3	3	3	0.23
Roman SchmidtD	48	0	3	3	43	1.98
Chris HarpurD	18	0	2	2	5	0.29
Max GrondinC	8	1	1	2	16	1.71
Curtis DouglasC	6	0	1	1	6	0.66
Noah SteenLW	5	1	0	1	4	0.71
Dyllan GillD	3	0	0	0	3	0.18
Ethan CzataC	3	0	0	0	1	0.10
Romain RodzinskiD	6	0	0	0	10	0.47
Vincent SévignyD	14	0	0	0	12	0.61

2025-26 goaltending

Goalie	GP	W	SV%	GAA	GSAx
Brandon Halverson	43	24	90.5%	2.42	3.2
Ryan Fanti	27	13	90.5%	2.41	1.7
Jon Gillies	3	3	95.1%	1.33	3.2
Kevin Mandolese	2	2	93.3%	1.50	1.2
Harrison Meneghin	1	0	50.0%	9.33	-1.3

Full schedule · 72 regular + 4 playoff

Recent Full schedule

Date	Opp	Result	Goals	xG
2025-10-11	@ HER	W	5–2	4.5–1.4
2025-10-12	@ HER	W	3–2	2.0–3.2
2025-10-18	vs ROC	W	3–0	3.6–2.4
2025-10-19	@ BEL	W	5–3	4.4–2.0
2025-10-22	@ ROC	L	2–4	2.7–2.9
2025-10-24	vs UTC	W	3–0	3.7–1.1
2025-10-29	@ TOR	W	5–4	2.4–2.6
2025-10-31	vs UTC	W	4–0	3.6–3.6
2025-11-01	vs BEL	L	4–7	4.9–2.6
2025-11-05	@ ROC	W	5–3	3.5–3.5
2025-11-07	@ CLT	L	1–4	1.9–1.9
2025-11-08	@ CLT	L	2–3	2.7–3.4
2025-11-11	@ UTC	W	6–2	1.6–2.2
2025-11-14	vs HER	L	1–2	1.8–2.4
2025-11-15	vs BEL	L	1–4	3.8–1.7
2025-11-19	@ LAV	W	3–2	3.6–2.2
2025-11-22	vs BRI	W	5–3	2.8–2.7
2025-11-26	@ UTC	W	5–3	1.8–1.8
2025-11-28	@ ROC	L	3–4	2.9–2.1
2025-11-29	vs UTC	W	5–3	2.3–4.6
2025-12-04	@ CLE	L	1–4	3.7–2.0
2025-12-06	@ CLE	OTL	2–3	3.8–3.5
2025-12-10	@ UTC	L	2–3	2.2–2.6
2025-12-12	vs LV	W	3–1	3.5–1.4
2025-12-13	vs HFD	W	7–2	5.0–2.4
2025-12-17	@ BRI	W	5–0	4.3–1.8
2025-12-19	@ HFD	W	5–3	3.6–2.4
2025-12-20	@ PRO	L	1–3	1.9–2.5
2025-12-27	@ LAV	OTL	3–4	3.8–1.7
2025-12-28	@ LAV	L	2–4	2.3–1.7
2026-01-01	@ TOR	OTL	1–2	2.8–1.5
2026-01-03	vs WBS	W	6–0	4.6–1.5
2026-01-07	vs ROC	L	2–3	3.1–2.3
2026-01-09	@ UTC	L	0–3	1.2–1.4
2026-01-10	vs LAV	W	3–2	3.1–1.6
2026-01-14	@ ROC	L	0–3	1.6–2.6
2026-01-16	vs UTC	W	5–2	3.7–4.6
2026-01-17	@ LV	W	4–1	2.2–2.9
2026-01-19	vs ROC	W	3–2	3.9–2.6
2026-01-24	vs UTC	W	6–3	3.4–3.8
2026-01-25	@ UTC	L	1–5	2.1–2.2
2026-01-30	vs LAV	OTL	1–2	2.4–2.6
2026-01-31	@ WBS	L	1–4	2.4–2.1
2026-02-04	vs SPR	W	4–3	2.2–4.1
2026-02-06	vs BEL	W	5–3	2.7–2.8
2026-02-07	@ BEL	W	5–2	1.7–2.7
2026-02-14	@ WBS	W	5–0	3.5–1.3
2026-02-15	@ LV	W	3–1	2.6–2.3
2026-02-18	@ BEL	W	2–1	2.8–2.3
2026-02-20	vs CLT	W	4–0	4.0–2.2
2026-02-21	vs CLT	L	3–4	3.3–2.6
2026-02-28	vs LAV	W	6–4	2.9–3.1
2026-03-01	vs ROC	W	3–1	2.6–2.3
2026-03-04	@ LAV	W	2–0	2.2–1.1
2026-03-06	vs WBS	W	3–2	2.0–2.7
2026-03-08	@ UTC	W	4–1	2.0–2.1
2026-03-11	vs TOR	L	1–5	3.1–2.7
2026-03-13	vs LV	L	1–4	4.1–2.6
2026-03-14	vs LAV	OTL	3–4	3.8–2.3
2026-03-20	@ ROC	W	5–3	1.6–3.1
2026-03-21	vs CLE	W	6–2	3.3–2.8
2026-03-22	vs CLE	W	6–3	2.5–2.8
2026-03-27	vs HER	L	3–4	3.4–2.1
2026-03-28	vs ROC	W	5–3	2.9–2.3
2026-03-29	@ ROC	OTL	2–3	2.6–2.5
2026-04-03	vs PRO	L	2–4	2.1–2.5
2026-04-04	@ SPR	OTL	3–4	2.5–4.1
2026-04-08	vs ROC	L	2–3	1.6–1.5
2026-04-11	vs UTC	W	5–1	3.9–3.0
2026-04-12	vs TOR	L	1–4	3.1–2.4
2026-04-17	@ BEL	L	4–6	2.5–3.4
2026-04-18	vs BEL	W	4–0	4.4–1.5
2026-04-24	@ CLEPlayoff	L	2–3	2.5–1.2
2026-04-26	@ CLEPlayoff	W	4–1	1.6–2.2
2026-05-01	vs CLEPlayoff	OTL	3–4	3.3–2.3
2026-05-03	vs CLEPlayoff	OTL	1–2	4.3–4.4