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Dominic James's 2025-2026 season

Points

NHL#477

Goals

NHL#376

Assists

NHL#514

Plus/minus

NHL#215

Games

52% of 82

Centre Dominic James was 23 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Tampa Bay Lightning. He played 43 of a possible 82 games and scored 7 goals and 8 assists for 15 points, 0.35 points per game. An injury kept him out for 24 straight games between March and April. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 3 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2025-2026Playoffs

Year 2025
1 year ago
A late start
October 23
Dominic James's season starts in game 7 of 82
Tampa Bay Lightning have played 6 games6 of 82 without him
NHL debut
October 23
Dominic James makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠3 loss against Chicago Blackhawks
CHIChicago Blackhawks3–2TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Dominic was 23 years old · Benchmark International Arena, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
0
+/-
9:59
TOI
Swedes on the ice: Pontus Holmberg and Victor Hedman.
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- The game
  CHI3–2TBL
  L
  October 23game 7/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG09:59TOI
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- The game
  ANA3–4TBL
  W
  October 25game 8/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG15:35TOI
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- The game
  VGK1–2TBL
  W
  October 26game 9/825
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:34TOI
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- The game
  TBL5–2NSH
  W
  October 28game 10/824
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG12:32TOI
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- The game
  DAL1–2TBL
  W
  October 30game 11/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG11:02TOI
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- November 2025
- The game
  TBL4–2UTA
  W
  November 2game 12/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG11:28TOI
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- The game
  TBL2–3COL
  L
  November 4game 13/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:38TOI
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- The game
  TBL6–3VGK
  W
  November 6game 14/824
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-1SOG15:13TOI
  +3 points
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Milestone
Dominic James records his first NHL assist
in the game against Vegas Golden Knights · November 6
Milestone
Dominic James scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Vegas Golden Knights · November 6
- The game
  WSH2–3TBL
  W
  November 8game 15/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG12:51TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NJD1–5TBL
  W
  November 18game 19/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG10:31TOI
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- The game
  EDM1–2TBL
  W
  November 20game 20/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:04TOI
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- The game
  TBL5–3WSH
  W
  November 22game 21/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG15:08TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8212 of 21 played
  4
  points
  NHL#438
  1
  goals
  NHL#406
  3
  assists
  NHL#387
  TBL
  12-7-2W-L-OT26Points
  2nd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI0–3TBL
  W
  November 24game 22/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG16:12TOI
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- The game
  CGY1–5TBL
  W
  November 26game 23/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:14TOI
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- The game
  TBL6–3DET
  W
  November 28game 24/825
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG13:56TOI
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- The game
  TBL4–1NYR
  W
  November 29game 25/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:20TOI
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- December 2025
- The game
  TBL1–2NYI
  L
  December 2game 26/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG11:32TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT4–3TBL
  L
  December 4game 27/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG09:02TOI
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- The game
  NYI2–0TBL
  L
  December 6game 28/826
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:06TOI
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- The game
  TBL2–3NYI
  L
  December 13game 32/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG09:37TOI
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- The game
  LAK2–1TBL
  L
  December 18game 34/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG13:58TOI
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- The game
  CAR4–6TBL
  W
  December 20game 35/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-0SOG10:44TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  STL1–4TBL
  W
  December 22game 36/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:46TOI
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- The game
  TBL4–3ANA
  W
  December 31game 39/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG08:19TOI
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Year 2026
this year
- The game
  TBL5–3LAK
  W
  January 1game 40/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG09:23TOI
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- The game
  TBL7–3SJS
  W
  January 3game 41/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG10:35TOI
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8226 of 41 played
  8
  points
  NHL#447
  3
  goals
  NHL#375
  5
  assists
  NHL#449
  TBL
  25-13-3W-L-OT53Points
  1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  COL2–4TBL
  W
  January 6game 42/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:08TOI
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- The game
  TBL7–2PHI
  W
  January 10game 43/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:11TOI
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- The game
  TBL5–1PHI
  W
  January 12game 44/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:29TOI
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- The game
  TBL2–1PIT
  W
  January 13game 45/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG10:35TOI
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- The game
  TBL2–3STL
  L
  January 16game 46/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:43TOI
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- The game
  TBL4–1DAL
  W
  January 18game 47/823
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG11:14TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  SJS1–4TBL
  W
  January 20game 48/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG14:15TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL2–1CHI
  W
  January 23game 49/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG12:38TOI
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- The game
  TBL5–8CBJ
  L
  January 24game 50/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:49TOI
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- The game
  UTA0–2TBL
  W
  January 26game 51/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG13:14TOI
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- The game
  WPG1–4TBL
  W
  January 29game 52/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-3SOG11:30TOI
  +1 goal
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- February 2026
- The game
  BOS5–6TBL
  W
  February 1game 53/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG13:41TOI
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- The game
  BUF3–4TBL
  W
  February 3game 54/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG13:02TOI
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- The game
  FLA1–6TBL
  W
  February 5game 55/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-0SOG15:23TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR2–4TBL
  W
  February 25game 56/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG10:59TOI
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- The game
  TBL4–5CAR
  L
  February 26game 57/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG16:55TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–2TBL
  L
  February 28game 58/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG13:06TOI
  +1 goal
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- March 2026
- The game
  TBL1–5MIN
  L
  March 3game 59/826
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL1–4WPG
  L
  March 5game 60/824
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL5–2TOR
  W
  March 7game 61/825
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL7–8BUF
  L
  March 8game 62/825
  His night
  Out injured
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- Checkpoint
  March 8
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8243 of 62 played
  15
  points
  NHL#407
  7
  goals
  NHL#315
  8
  assists
  NHL#451
  TBL
  39-19-4W-L-OT82Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CBJ5–2TBL
  L
  March 10game 63/823
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  DET1–4TBL
  W
  March 12game 64/825
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  CAR4–2TBL
  L
  March 14game 65/822
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL6–2SEA
  W
  March 17game 66/823
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL6–2VAN
  W
  March 19game 67/829
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL5–2EDM
  W
  March 21game 68/822
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL3–4CGY
  L
  March 22game 69/824
  His night
  Out injured
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Injured
Dominic goes down and misses 24 games
Lower body
- The game
  MIN3–6TBL
  W
  March 24game 70/825
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  SEA4–3TBL
  L
  March 26game 71/822
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  OTT2–4TBL
  W
  March 28game 72/822
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  NSH2–3TBL
  W
  March 29game 73/824
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  MTL4–1TBL
  L
  March 31game 74/821
  His night
  Out injured
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- April 2026
- The game
  PIT3–6TBL
  W
  April 2game 75/824
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  BOS1–3TBL
  W
  April 4game 76/824
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL2–4BUF
  L
  April 6game 77/822
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL2–6OTT
  L
  April 7game 78/823
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL1–2MTL
  L
  April 9game 79/821
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  TBL2–1BOS
  W
  April 11game 80/823
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  DET3–4TBL
  W
  April 13game 81/824
  His night
  Out injured
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- The game
  NYR4–2TBL
  L
  April 15game 82/821
  His night
  Out injured
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The season in numbers
April 15
Dominic James closes the 2025-2026 season with 15 points
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Points
15
NHL#477
Games
43of 82
52%
Goals
7
NHL#376
Assists
8
NHL#514
P/GP
0.35
NHL#378
+/-
+4
NHL#215
Events
15
career best in points
7
career best in goals
8
career best in assists
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL assist
1×
First star
2×
Second star
2×
Third star
4 days later
Playoffs
April 19
Tampa Bay Lightning are in the playoffs
First round
April 19
Tampa Bay Lightning meet Montréal Canadiens
TBLvsMTL
Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
No Swedes
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  MTL4–3TBL
  L
  April 19
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:18TOI
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 2
  MTL2–3TBL
  W
  April 21
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:25TOI
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- Tampa Bay Lightningare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 3
  TBL2–3MTL
  L
  April 24
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG12:20TOI
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 4
  TBL3–2MTL
  W
  April 26
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG11:25TOI
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- Tampa Bay Lightningare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 5
  MTL3–2TBL
  L
  April 29
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG13:14TOI
  +1 goal
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- May 2026
- Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 6
  TBL1–0MTL
  W
  May 1
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG13:36TOI
  +1 assist
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- Tampa Bay Lightningare3–3withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 7
  MTL2–1TBL
  L
  May 3
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP13:27TOI
  +1 goal
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First round
May 3
Montréal Canadiens knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–3
TBL3–4MTL
Eliminated
7Games3Points2Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
May 3
Dominic James ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 3 points
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Points
3
NHL#132
Games
7
Goals
2
NHL#69
Assists
1
NHL#156
P/GP
0.43
+/-
-4
NHL#298
Events
1
First playoff assist
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff goal
1×
Second star
1×
Third star
MTL3–4

Dominic James's season starts in game 7 of 82

Dominic James makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠3 loss against Chicago Blackhawks

Dominic James records his first NHL assist

Dominic James scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Dominic goes down and misses 24 games

Dominic James closes the 2025-2026 season with 15 points

Tampa Bay Lightning are in the playoffs

Tampa Bay Lightning meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–3

Dominic James ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 3 points