Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

21-13-3, 11-4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	2	1	1	4
Panthers FLA	1	1	0	2

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

20-15-2, 12-8-2 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Curtis DouglasC. Douglas#42
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Scott SabourinS. Sabourin#46
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Maxwell CrozierM. Crozier#24
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43
Steven SantiniS. Santini#16

											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	2	0	3	6	2	1	0	14	12:13	7:06	0:00	5:07	0	0	0.0
0	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	28	17:10	1:44	6:22	9:04	8	12	40.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	0	0	0	6	3:45	0:00	0:00	3:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	24	16:06	0:14	6:25	9:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	10:52	1:24	0:00	9:28	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	3	6	1	0	0	22	15:04	0:23	4:57	9:44	6	5	54.5
1	0	1	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	1	27	27:14	8:57	6:37	11:40	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	20	13:20	0:42	1:36	11:02	1	0	100.0
2	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	17	18:29	9:13	0:00	9:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	19	14:22	1:03	3:39	9:40	8	5	61.5
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	17:16	8:38	0:00	8:38	0	3	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	5	26	1	0	0	10	6:32	0:00	0:00	6:32	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	25	18:32	0:00	6:25	12:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	3	3	6	4	0	0	27	20:25	0:19	5:15	14:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	4	8	1	0	0	24	16:42	2:18	0:45	13:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	2	1	10	2	0	2	29	22:28	0:00	9:16	13:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	29	25:07	8:42	6:41	9:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	14	7:58	0:07	1:18	6:33	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	2	24	.923	13	7	4	0	0	59:46	0

Florida Panthers


forwards
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Jesper BoqvistJ. Boqvist#70
A.J. GreerA.J. Greer#10
Luke KuninL. Kunin#71
Anton LundellA. Lundell#15
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Brad MarchandB. Marchand#63
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#13
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#17
Mackie SamoskevichM. Samoskevich#11
Jack StudnickaJ. Studnicka#53
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
defensemen
Uvis BalinskisU. Balinskis#26
Aaron EkbladA. Ekblad#5
Gustav ForslingG. Forsling#42
Seth JonesS. Jones#3
Niko MikkolaN. Mikkola#77
Jeff PetryJ. Petry#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-4	2	2	0	5	10	3	0	0	26	19:19	7:47	1:03	10:29	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	7:51	0:03	0:22	7:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	3	0	0	15	10:12	0:00	0:00	10:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	1	0	0	11	4:39	0:03	0:00	4:36	5	3	62.5
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	20:13	6:44	4:30	8:59	6	6	50.0
1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	22	20:14	6:04	4:23	9:47	1	0	100.0
1	0	-4	3	3	0	1	2	2	0	3	28	21:55	8:36	3:53	9:26	0	1	0.0
0	1	-2	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	29	24:43	10:51	4:10	9:42	2	2	50.0
0	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	24	16:56	4:00	1:56	11:00	3	6	33.3
0	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	23	18:14	10:02	0:00	8:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3:42	0:03	0:00	3:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	20	14:37	2:52	0:00	11:45	2	1	66.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	15	9:51	0:00	0:00	9:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	26	20:36	5:48	3:18	11:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	19:00	0:10	4:40	14:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	1	28	25:53	8:48	6:27	10:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	23	16:47	0:14	5:36	10:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	22	14:28	2:33	0:22	11:33	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sergei BobrovskyS. Bobrovsky#72

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	3	21	.875	13	5	3	0	0	58:50	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
	Lightning	2	1	1	4
	Panthers	1	1	0	2

1st Period		TB	FLA
5:37	Eetu Luostarinen (4) Assists: Mackie Samoskevich (14), Evan Rodrigues (11)	0	1
13:05	Jake Guentzel (18) (Shorthanded) Assists: Anthony Cirelli (11), Maxwell Crozier (6)	1	1
19:52	Pontus Holmberg (5) Assists: Yanni Gourde (8), Declan Carlile (2)	2	1

2nd Period			TB	FLA
2:31		Nikita Kucherov (14) Assists: Brayden Point (14), Gage Goncalves (6)	3	1
7:05		Brad Marchand (21) (Power Play) Assists: Sam Bennett (14), Sam Reinhart (20)	3	2

3rd Period			TB	FLA
19:04		Nikita Kucherov (15) (Empty Net) Assists: Anthony Cirelli (12)	4	2

Nikita Kucherov tallies goal vs. Panthers

0:34

8 players sent to box after Lightning-Panthers altercation

1:15

Brad Marchand notches goal on the power play

0:39

Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-1

Lightning
3
Panthers
1

Game 1

15/11

Panthers
5
Lightning
2

Game 2

16/12

Lightning
4
Panthers
2

Game 3

28/12

Panthers
Lightning

Game 4

6/2

Amerant Bank Arena

12:00 AM, 28 December 2025

Sunrise, FL

Attendance: 19,651

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Wes McCauley

Linesmen:
David Brisebois
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	14	3	47
Tampa Bay	21	13	3	45
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Florida	20	15	2	42
Buffalo	19	14	4	42
Ottawa	18	14	5	41
Boston	20	18	1	41
Toronto	17	15	5	39

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