Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 8:00 PM ET BB&T Center, Sunrise Playoffs Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 3–1 on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 on the road.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Team	Goals	2020-2021 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	36-17-3
at Florida Panthers	1	37-14-5

Goals by period

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

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	16	4	9	29
Florida Panthers	9	11	13	33

Three stars

A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)
O. Palat, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
M. Marchment, Florida Panthers (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:52	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Stamkos (1)	Alex Killorn (1), Anthony Cirelli (1)	Even strength	TBL 1, FLA 0
1st	14:57	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ondrej Palat (1)	Brayden Point (1), Nikita Kucherov (2)	Even strength	TBL 2, FLA 0
2nd	14:21	Florida Panthers	Mason Marchment (1)	Carter Verhaeghe (1), Aleksander Barkov (2)	Even strength	TBL 2, FLA 1
3rd	18:35	Tampa Bay Lightning	Yanni Gourde (1)	Ondrej Palat (1)	Even strength, Empty net	TBL 3, FLA 1

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	29	33
Power play	0 of 3	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	8	18
Hits	42	37
Blocked shots	15	13
Giveaways	19	20
Takeaways	9	10
Faceoffs won	28/57 (49.1%)	29/57 (50.9%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 T. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		09:08
Number 14 P. Maroon	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0		06:51
Number 17 A. Killorn	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0		18:31
Number 18 O. Palat	L	1	1	2	+1	0	1	5	3		17:52
Number 20 B. Coleman	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	7	0		16:41
Number 21 B. Point	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	56.3%	21:20
Number 37 Y. Gourde	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	1	50%	18:45
Number 71 A. Cirelli	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1	25%	16:05
Number 79 R. Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	100%	12:43
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	0		22:15
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	5	0	53.3%	16:59
Number 2 L. Schenn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		04:02
Number 27 R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	4		23:11
Number 44 J. Rutta	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		10:02
Number 58 D. Savard	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	4	2		16:38
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0		23:22
Number 81 E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1		18:56
Number 98 M. Sergachev	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		20:39

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	33	32	1	.970	60:00	Win

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 11 J. Huberdeau	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2		18:54
Number 16 A. Barkov	C	0	1	1	-1	0	5	2	1	47.6%	26:28
Number 19 M. Marchment	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	3	1	50%	16:08
Number 21 A. Wennberg	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	33.3%	21:26
Number 23 C. Verhaeghe	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0		19:31
Number 55 N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	60%	13:46
Number 70 P. Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	1		18:03
Number 74 O. Tippett	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	66.7%	14:53
Number 77 F. Vatrano	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		10:56
Number 91 A. Duclair	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		11:48
Number 94 R. Lomberg	L	0	0	0	0	12	3	5	0		08:19
Number 3 K. Yandle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		13:43
Number 6 A. Stralman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:18
Number 7 R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1		11:21
Number 42 G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		24:08
Number 52 M. Weegar	D	0	0	0	-1	4	3	4	1		21:47
Number 62 B. Montour	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		18:27
Number 65 M. Nutivaara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		15:23

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 60 C. Driedger	28	26	2	.929	58:34	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
2nd	00:31	Florida Panthers	MacKenzie Weegar	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	11:33	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brayden Point	Holding	2
2nd	20:00	Florida Panthers	MacKenzie Weegar	Roughing	2
3rd	01:08	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nikita Kucherov	Tripping	2
3rd	09:06	Tampa Bay Lightning	Patrick Maroon	Tripping	2
3rd	18:53	Tampa Bay Lightning	Erik Cernak	Roughing	2
3rd	18:53	Florida Panthers	Mason Marchment	Roughing	2
3rd	18:53	Florida Panthers	Ryan Lomberg	Roughing	2
3rd	18:53	Florida Panthers	Ryan Lomberg	Misconduct (misconduct)	10

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Florida Panthers head coach: Joel Quenneville
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Kory Nagy
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Fredrik Claesson, Christopher Gibson, Barclay Goodrow, Gemel Smith, Spencer Martin, Ben Thomas, Daniel Walcott, Mathieu Joseph, Mitchell Stephens, Boris Katchouk, Taylor Raddysh, Alex Barré-Boulet, Cal Foote, Andreas Borgman
Florida Panthers scratches: Kevin Connauton, Scott Wilson, Nikita Gusev, Philippe Desrosiers, Sam Bennett, Juho Lammikko, Lucas Wallmark, Noah Juulsen, Samuel Montembeault, Lucas Carlsson, Chase Priskie, Aleksi Heponiemi, Eetu Luostarinen, Grigori Denisenko, John Ludvig, Brady Keeper, Spencer Knight, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Cole Schwindt, Matt Kiersted

2020-2021 season series

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers game in the 2020-2021 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Florida Panthers 5	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Thu, Feb 11, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Florida Panthers 1	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Sat, Feb 13, 2021
Florida Panthers 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Mon, Feb 15, 2021
Florida Panthers 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sun, Mar 21, 2021
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final/OT	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Apr 15, 2021
Florida Panthers 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Apr 17, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Florida Panthers 5	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Sat, May 8, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Florida Panthers 4	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Mon, May 10, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Florida Panthers 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Sun, May 16, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Florida Panthers 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Tue, May 18, 2021
Florida Panthers 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, May 20, 2021
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6	Final Playoffs	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, May 22, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Florida Panthers 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Mon, May 24, 2021
Florida Panthers 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, May 26, 2021
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers	Postponed Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Fri, May 28, 2021

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