Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Preseason

4-3-0, 1-3-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Panthers FLA	1	2	3	6
Lightning TB	1	2	0	3

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

4-2-0, 3-1-0 Home

Florida Panthers


forwards
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Nick CousinsN. Cousins#21
Zac DalpeZ. Dalpe#22
Ryan LombergR. Lomberg#94
Anton LundellA. Lundell#15
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#13
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#17
Mackie SamoskevichM. Samoskevich#25
Justin SourdifJ. Sourdif#24
Kevin StenlundK. Stenlund#82
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
defensemen
Uvis BalinskisU. Balinskis#26
Oliver Ekman-LarssonO. Ekman-Larsson#91
Casey FitzgeraldC. Fitzgerald#4
Joshua MahuraJ. Mahura#28
Niko MikkolaN. Mikkola#77
Mike ReillyM. Reilly#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	9:43	0:41	0:00	9:02	2	3	40.0
1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	17:07	2:32	0:00	14:35	1	2	33.3
0	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	17	9:57	0:00	0:12	9:45	5	4	55.6
1	1	3	2	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	21	15:35	0:00	0:00	15:35	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	17:26	3:46	0:00	13:40	5	4	55.6
1	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	15:02	3:39	0:12	11:11	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	17:46	3:46	0:00	14:00	4	4	50.0
0	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	18:59	3:47	0:00	15:12	0	7	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	16:04	2:36	0:00	13:28	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:32	0:00	0:00	12:32	0	0	0.0
2	0	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:42	1:49	0:00	14:53	6	5	54.5
0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	19:28	2:26	0:00	17:02	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	20:58	0:00	0:12	20:46	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	7	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	32	23:14	3:58	0:00	19:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	1	1	5	2	1	0	22	15:26	0:00	0:00	15:26	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	15:50	0:05	0:00	15:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	19:46	0:00	0:12	19:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	27	18:13	2:20	0:00	15:53	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anthony StolarzA. Stolarz#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
19	3	16	.842	16	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Alex Barre-BouletA. Barre-Boulet#12
Michael EyssimontM. Eyssimont#23
Gabriel FortierG. Fortier#82
Tanner JeannotT. Jeannot#84
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Waltteri MerelaW. Merela#39
Tyler MotteT. Motte#64
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Steven StamkosS. Stamkos#91
defensemen
Zach BogosianZ. Bogosian#24
Haydn FleuryH. Fleury#7
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Nick PerbixN. Perbix#48
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43
Mikhail SergachevM. Sergachev#98

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	17	13:58	0:00	0:00	13:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	14:09	0:00	0:00	14:09	0	1	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	16	12:05	0:00	0:46	11:19	4	6	40.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	14:17	0:00	2:22	11:55	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	18	16:06	0:12	0:04	15:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	17	13:16	0:00	2:22	10:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	19	16:48	0:00	3:27	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:42	0:12	3:02	14:28	9	11	45.0
0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	15:11	0:12	0:24	14:35	10	4	71.4
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	15:33	0:00	0:00	15:33	0	0	0.0
1	0	-3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	16	16:39	0:12	0:00	16:27	7	2	77.8
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	2	4	16	2	0	0	15	14:36	0:00	0:00	14:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	18	15:45	0:00	0:56	14:49	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	23:41	0:12	2:57	20:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	26	22:03	0:00	2:12	19:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	25	21:50	0:00	3:15	18:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	22:58	0:00	3:21	19:37	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matt TomkinsM. Tomkins#90

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
52	6	46	.885	36	10	0	0	0	59:15	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Panthers	1	2	3	6
	Lightning	1	2	0	3

1st Period			FLA	TB
2:54		Victor Hedman (1) Assists: Austin Watson (1), Gabriel Fortier (1)	0	1
5:04		Kevin Stenlund (2) Assists: Evan Rodrigues (1), Carter Verhaeghe (1)	1	1

2nd Period		FLA	TB
1:16	Nikita Kucherov (2) Assists: Brayden Point (2)	1	2
10:59	Eetu Luostarinen (3) (Power Play) Assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (4), Anton Lundell (1)	2	2
13:01	Steven Stamkos (1) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Paul (1), Nikita Kucherov (1)	2	3
14:17	Nick Cousins (1) Assists: Ryan Lomberg (1), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (5)	3	3

3rd Period		FLA	TB
10:07	Justin Sourdif (1) Assists: Zac Dalpe (1), Anton Lundell (2)	4	3
11:38	Ryan Lomberg (1) Assists: Justin Sourdif (2), Joshua Mahura (2)	5	3
19:18	Kevin Stenlund (3) Assists: Nick Cousins (4)	6	3

Benchmark International Arena

12:00 AM, 6 October 2023

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 12,924

Referees:
Dan O'Rourke
Pierre Lambert

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	46	21	8	100
Tampa Bay	46	22	6	98
Montreal	43	21	10	96
Boston	43	24	8	94
Ottawa	38	26	10	86
Detroit	39	27	8	86
Toronto	32	30	13	77
Florida	36	35	3	75

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