9-3-2, 2-3-2 Away

8-5-2, 3-2-0 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	7	3	1	0	2.91	.879
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Panthers

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Schmid	5	2	1	0	2.86	.889
J. Markstrom	3	2	1	1	2.50	.890
C. Black	0	1	0	0	3.15	.857

Amerant Bank Arena

11:00 PM, 26 December 2026

Sunrise, FL

FLA

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

20PTS

16A

Matthew TkachukLW #19

21PTS

17A

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

59S

Brady TkachukLW #8

3PPG

48S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

16A

5PPA

6+/-

Matthew TkachukLW #19

17A

10PPA

0+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zemgus Girgensons C	OUT	5 Nov
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	2 Dec

Florida Panthers

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brad Marchand LW	IR	21 Nov
Aleksander Barkov C	IR-LT	27 Nov
Jonah Gadjovich LW	IR-LT	28 Nov

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.71	3.14	29.9	24.6	110	8	16.3	9	76.9	0	0
FLA	3.13	2.93	28.7	24.5	206	16	23.5	10	83.9	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
4/11/26	vsDET	W4-2
31/10/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO
29/10/26	vsWPG	W6-4
25/10/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
24/10/26	@COL	L6-3

Panthers Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
3/11/26	vsDET	L5-3
30/10/26	vsWPG	W5-2
28/10/26	@WPG	W5-1
25/10/26	@CHI	W3-2
23/10/26	@PIT	L4-0

Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/28

Lightning
Panthers

Game 1

28/11

Lightning
Panthers

Game 2

26/12

Panthers
Lightning

Game 3

17/2

Panthers
Lightning

Game 4

23/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	11	4	1	23
Montreal	9	3	3	21
Tampa Bay	9	3	2	20
Ottawa	9	6	1	19
Florida	8	5	2	18
Toronto	8	7	2	18
Buffalo	7	4	3	17
Detroit	7	6	3	17

Blue Jackets host the Stars after Coyle's 2-goal game

Dallas Stars (9-5-1, in the Central Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (6-7, in the Metropolitan Division)

Predators play the Avalanche, look to stop road losing streak

Nashville Predators (6-4-5, in the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (9-6-1, in the Central Division)

Canadiens host the Mammoth following Caufield's 2-goal showing

Utah Mammoth (10-6, in the Central Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (9-3-3, in the Atlantic Division)

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Brandon HagelLW #38

Brady TkachukLW #8

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Injury Report

Team Stats

Blue Jackets host the Stars after Coyle's 2-goal game

Predators play the Avalanche, look to stop road losing streak

Canadiens host the Mammoth following Caufield's 2-goal showing