Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

20-13-3, 10-4-3 Away

FLA

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

20-14-2, 12-7-2 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	13	7	2	1	2.32	.915
J. Johansson	7	6	1	0	2.76	.897

Panthers

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
S. Bobrovsky	16	8	1	3	2.78	.889
D. Tarasov	4	6	1	0	2.97	.899

Amerant Bank Arena

Amerant Bank Arena

12:00 AM, 28 December 2025

Sunrise, FL

Atlantic Division foes meet when Panthers host the Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning (20-13-3, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Florida Panthers (20-14-2, in the Atlantic Division)

Dec 26, 2025, 09:12 am - Data Skrive

TB

FLA

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Brad MarchandLW #63

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

Brad MarchandLW #63

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Brad MarchandLW #63

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brandon Hagel LW	IR	27 Dec
Emil Lilleberg D	IR	20 Jan
Erik Cernak D	IR-LT	31 Dec
Victor Hedman D	IR	1 Feb

Florida Panthers

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Mackie Samoskevich RW	OUT	27 Dec
Matthew Tkachuk LW	IR-NR	30 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.25	2.61	27.7	26.6	413	21	18.1	18	84.3	2	0
FLA	3.19	3.14	29.3	26.7	335	24	19.0	21	82.2	4	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/23/25	vsSTL	W4-1
12/21/25	vsCAR	W6-4
12/19/25	vsLA	L2-1
12/16/25	vsFLA	L5-2
12/13/25	@NYI	L3-2 SO

Panthers Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/24/25	@CAR	W5-2
12/20/25	vsSTL	L6-2
12/20/25	vsCAR	W4-3 SO
12/18/25	vsLA	W3-2
12/16/25	@TB	W5-2

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lightning
3
Panthers
1

Game 1

15/11

Panthers
5
Lightning
2

Game 2

16/12

Lightning
Panthers

Game 3

28/12

Panthers
Lightning

Game 4

6/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Florida	20	14	2	42
Ottawa	18	13	5	41
Boston	20	17	1	41
Buffalo	18	14	4	40
Toronto	16	15	5	37

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Capitals enter matchup with the Devils on losing streak

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Washington Capitals (19-13-5, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (20-16-1, in the Metropolitan Division)

Toronto takes on Ottawa following Nylander's 2-goal game

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Ottawa Senators (18-13-5, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (16-15-5, in the Atlantic Division)

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