Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

East 1st Round - Game 2 • FLA leads series 2-0

47-31-4, 20-19-2 Away

Final

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

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

47-27-8, 29-8-4 Home

Florida Panthers


forwards
Aleksander BarkovA. Barkov#16
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Jesper BoqvistJ. Boqvist#70
Anton LundellA. Lundell#15
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Brad MarchandB. Marchand#63
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#13
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#17
Mackie SamoskevichM. Samoskevich#25
Nico SturmN. Sturm#8
Matthew TkachukM. Tkachuk#19
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
defensemen
Uvis BalinskisU. Balinskis#26
Gustav ForslingG. Forsling#42
Seth JonesS. Jones#3
Dmitry KulikovD. Kulikov#7
Niko MikkolaN. Mikkola#77
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	28	15:41	2:44	4:35	8:22	8	7	53.3
1	0	1	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	25	17:02	4:36	0:16	12:10	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	6:20	0:06	0:25	5:49	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	3	22	16:33	1:01	1:00	14:32	7	2	77.8
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	25	17:06	0:52	3:33	12:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	23	17:10	2:34	0:40	13:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	35	22:45	4:56	4:23	13:26	3	5	37.5
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	16	11:26	2:49	0:04	8:33	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	21	13:24	4:41	0:00	8:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	17	10:08	0:05	3:17	6:46	5	3	62.5
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	21	13:31	4:39	0:09	8:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	24	16:00	3:19	0:00	12:41	0	2	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	10:58	0:00	0:00	10:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	30	22:55	0:12	4:53	17:50	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	34	27:31	5:30	5:37	16:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	0	1	31	17:00	0:00	2:55	14:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	32	19:42	0:22	3:37	15:43	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	26	14:48	2:39	1:28	10:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sergei BobrovskyS. Bobrovsky#72

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
19	0	19	1.000	14	2	3	0	0	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Mitchell ChaffeeM. Chaffee#41
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Conor GeekieC. Geekie#14
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Luke GlendeningL. Glendening#11
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Emil LillebergE. Lilleberg#78
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Nick PerbixN. Perbix#48

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	6:49	0:00	0:00	6:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	0	1	23	15:09	0:50	4:04	10:15	11	6	64.7
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	11:16	1:23	0:00	9:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	9:42	0:00	2:53	6:49	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	16	10:11	0:00	3:09	7:02	4	4	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	17	12:28	1:59	0:00	10:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	18	13:42	2:01	0:47	10:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	2	1	2	4	1	1	1	26	23:10	7:20	2:18	13:32	0	5	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	5	4	0	2	23	22:41	6:26	1:45	14:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	20:58	7:43	0:02	13:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	17	15:09	1:48	1:28	11:53	3	5	37.5
0	0	-1	3	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	20:37	7:11	0:00	13:26	6	5	54.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	25	19:44	0:00	4:44	15:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	27:27	6:34	3:32	17:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	10:54	0:00	0:00	10:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	29	22:30	2:39	4:43	15:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	16:27	0:11	3:27	12:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	14:01	0:00	0:00	14:01	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	1	21	.955	17	3	1	0	0	58:05	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	0	1	2
	Lightning	0	0	0	0

1st Period			FLA	TB
4:15		Nate Schmidt (3) Assists: Sam Reinhart (2), Aleksander Barkov (3)	1	0

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period			FLA	TB
19:56		Sam Bennett (2) (Empty Net) Assists: Seth Jones (1)	2	0

Panthers
6
Lightning
2

Game 1

23/4

Panthers
2
Lightning
0

Game 2

24/4

Lightning
5
Panthers
1

Game 3

26/4

Lightning
2
Panthers
4

Game 4

29/4

Panthers
6
Lightning
3

Game 5

1/5

Benchmark International Arena

11:30 PM, 24 April 2025

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Gord Dwyer
TJ Luxmore
Pierre Lambert

Linesmen:
Devin Berg
Bevan Mills

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

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