Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

36-16-3, 15-9-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	1	0	1
Panthers FLA	1	3	1	5

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

36-14-5, 19-5-3 Home

Wennberg's hat trick leads Panthers over Lightning 5-1

— Alex Wennberg scored three goals to lead the Florida Panthers past the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Saturday night, keeping alive Florida's hopes of earning home-ice advantage in the upcoming first-round playoff series between the intrastate rivals.

May 9, 2021, 03:49 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	0	1	0	1
	Panthers	1	3	1	5

1st Period			TB	FLA
11:44		Alexander Wennberg (14) Assists: MacKenzie Weegar (30), Gustav Forsling (11)	0	1

2nd Period		TB	FLA
3:07	Sam Bennett (10) (Power Play) Assists: Aleksander Barkov (31), Jonathan Huberdeau (41)	0	2
4:52	Luke Schenn (2) Assists: Yanni Gourde (19), Barclay Goodrow (14)	1	2
12:54	Alexander Wennberg (15) Assists: Frank Vatrano (8)	1	3
14:53	Jonathan Huberdeau (20) Assists: Sam Bennett (17)	1	4

3rd Period			TB	FLA
13:38		Alexander Wennberg (16) Assists: Gustav Forsling (12), Owen Tippett (11)	1	5

LIGHTNING

PANTHERS

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

Stars of the Game

Alexander WennbergC - FLA

Sam BennettC - FLA

Sergei BobrovskyG - FLA

Game Information

Wennberg's hat trick leads Panthers over Lightning 5-1

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