Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

Thursday, September 28, 2017, 6:00 PM ET BB&T Center, Sunrise Preseason Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	54-23-5
at Florida Panthers	5	44-30-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	0	1	2
Florida Panthers	2	1	2	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	11	11	14	36
Florida Panthers	13	13	6	32

Three stars

J. McCann, Florida Panthers (3 goals)
J. Reimer, Florida Panthers (goaltender)
R. Vrbata, Florida Panthers (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:17	Florida Panthers	Radim Vrbata (2)	Brandon Pirri (1)	Even strength	TBL 0, FLA 1
1st	14:24	Florida Panthers	Jared McCann (2)	Alexander Petrovic (2), Ian McCoshen (2)	Even strength	TBL 0, FLA 2
1st	18:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Alex Killorn (1)	Nikita Kucherov (2), Steven Stamkos (3)	Power play	TBL 1, FLA 2
2nd	13:32	Florida Panthers	Jared McCann (3)	Jamie McGinn (1)	Even strength	TBL 1, FLA 3
3rd	09:53	Florida Panthers	Jared McCann (4)	Connor Brickley (2), Radim Vrbata (1)	Even strength	TBL 1, FLA 4
3rd	18:36	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vladislav Namestnikov (1)	Mikhail Sergachev (2), Nikita Kucherov (3)	Even strength	TBL 2, FLA 4
3rd	19:31	Florida Panthers	Colton Sceviour (1)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	TBL 2, FLA 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Stat	Tampa Bay Lightning	Florida Panthers
Shots on goal	36	32
Power play	1 of 4	0 of 2
Penalty minutes	6	10
Hits	23	22
Blocked shots	7	11
Giveaways	11	10
Takeaways	0	6
Faceoffs won	34/64 (53.1%)	30/64 (46.9%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 T. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0	62.5%	14:27
Number 13 C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	66.7%	12:05
Number 17 A. Killorn	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1	1		17:11
Number 18 O. Palat	L	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0	0	0		14:05
Number 21 B. Point	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0	0		13:51
Number 23 J. Brown	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		11:25
Number 24 R. Callahan	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	0	0	100%	12:10
Number 37 Y. Gourde	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	37.5%	16:23
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0		20:26
Number 89 C. Conacher	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		11:54
Number 90 V. Namestnikov	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	66.7%	19:55
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	66.7%	21:18
Number 5 D. Girardi	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	0		17:09
Number 6 A. Stralman	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0		20:07
Number 55 B. Coburn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		17:31
Number 62 A. Sustr	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0		17:15
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0	0		21:44
Number 98 M. Sergachev	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	2	0		18:17

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Budaj	32	28	4	.875	58:47	Loss

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 C. Sceviour	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		16:09
Number 9 B. Pirri	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	100%	15:26
Number 18 M. Haley	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	37.5%	12:25
Number 23 C. Brickley	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	0	50%	14:09
Number 25 H. Haapala	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50%	16:31
Number 26 H. Zolnierczyk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		14:12
Number 27 N. Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	0	50%	17:22
Number 62 D. Malgin	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	41.2%	17:33
Number 71 R. Vrbata	R	1	1	2	+3	0	5	0	0		16:34
Number 74 O. Tippett	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0		13:17
Number 88 J. McGinn	L	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	100%	07:42
Number 90 J. McCann	L	3	0	3	+2	0	4	1	0	55.6%	14:31
Number 6 A. Petrovic	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	3		18:52
Number 12 I. McCoshen	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		20:04
Number 19 M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	1		23:59
Number 52 M. Weegar	D	0	0	0	+1	4	3	3	0		17:29
Number 85 E. Wittchow	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		17:33
Number 96 J. Brown	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	6	0		18:51

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 J. Reimer	36	34	2	.944	59:58	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Cory Conacher	Tripping	2
1st	03:27	Florida Panthers	Joshua Brown	Interference	2
1st	17:32	Florida Panthers	Ian McCoshen	Slashing	2
2nd	01:33	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Stamkos	Interference	2
2nd	14:11	Florida Panthers	Mike Matheson	Interference	2
3rd	11:23	Florida Panthers	MacKenzie Weegar	Roughing	2
3rd	11:23	Florida Panthers	MacKenzie Weegar	Roughing	2
3rd	11:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Callahan	Tripping	2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Florida Panthers head coach: Bob Boughner
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Jean Hebert
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Michael Leighton, Vasily Koshechkin, Chris Kunitz, Jamie McBain, Erik Condra, Nicola Riopel, Kevin Lynch, Gabriel Dumont, Michael Bournival, Tye McGinn, Reid McNeill, Matthew Peca, Slater Koekkoek, Jake Dotchin, Carter Verhaeghe, Adam Erne, Mathew Bodie, Dominik Masin, Johnathan MacLeod, Ben Thomas, Daniel Walcott, Erik Cernak, Matthew Spencer, Dennis Yan, Mathieu Joseph, Mitchell Stephens, Anthony Cirelli, Jonne Tammela, Ryan Zuhlsdorf, Kristian Oldham, Connor Ingram, Alex Gallant, Shane Conacher, Libor Hajek, Brett Howden, Boris Katchouk, Taylor Raddysh, Otto Somppi, Ross Colton, Christopher Paquette, Ryan Lohin, Oleg Sosunov, Cal Foote, Alexey Lipanov, Alexander Volkov, Nick Perbix, Cole Guttman, Sammy Walker
Florida Panthers scratches: Roberto Luongo, Derek MacKenzie, Keith Yandle, Evgenii Dadonov, Sergei Gayduchenko, Mark Pysyk, Matt MacKenzie, Reece Scarlett, Chase Balisy, Yaroslav Kosov, Vincent Trocheck, Alexandre Grenier, Jonathan Huberdeau, Alexander Delnov, Michael Downing, Aleksander Barkov, Curtis Valk, Ryan Horvat, Aaron Ekblad, Jayce Hawryluk, Juho Lammikko, Joe Wegwerth, Miguel Fidler, Hugo Fagerblom, Dryden Hunt, Thomas Schemitsch, Karch Bachman, Samuel Montembeault, Christopher Wilkie, Patrick Shea, Ryan Bednard, Adam Mascherin, Jonathan Ang, Riley Stillman, Henrik Borgstrom, Anthony Greco, Linus Hultstrom, Linus Nassen, Maxim Mamin, Ben Finkelstein, Mikkel Aagaard, Aleksi Heponiemi, Max Gildon, Tyler Inamoto, Rob Hamilton, Sebastian Repo

2017-2018 season series

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sun, Sep 24, 2017
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Florida Panthers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Tue, Sep 26, 2017
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Florida Panthers 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Thu, Sep 28, 2017

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Colorado Avalanche 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
San Jose Sharks 0 at Anaheim Ducks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks, Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Arizona Coyotes 1 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Sep 28, 2017