Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thursday, April 24, 2025, 6:30 PM ET Amalie Arena, Tampa Playoffs Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 on the road.

Final score, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
Florida Panthers	2	47-31-4
at Tampa Bay Lightning	0	47-27-8

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Florida Panthers	10	6	7	23
Tampa Bay Lightning	7	9	3	19

Three stars

S. Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers (goaltender)
A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)
N. Schmidt, Florida Panthers (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:15	Florida Panthers	Nate Schmidt (3)	Sam Reinhart (2), Aleksander Barkov (3)	Even strength	FLA 1, TBL 0
3rd	19:56	Florida Panthers	Sam Bennett (2)	Seth Jones (1)	Even strength, Empty net	FLA 2, TBL 0

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

Team stats

Team stats, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Stat	Florida Panthers	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal	23	19
Power play	0 of 3	0 of 5
Penalty minutes	16	15
Hits	34	38
Blocked shots	20	6
Giveaways	14	15
Takeaways	1	3
Faceoffs won	27/52 (51.9%)	25/52 (48.1%)

Box score

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 8 N. Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	62.5%	10:08
Number 9 S. Bennett	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	2	50%	17:02
Number 13 S. Reinhart	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2	37.5%	22:45
Number 15 A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	77.8%	16:33
Number 16 A. Barkov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	53.3%	15:41
Number 17 E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	33.3%	11:26
Number 19 M. Tkachuk	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		13:31
Number 23 C. Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0		16:00
Number 25 M. Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		13:24
Number 27 E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		17:06
Number 63 B. Marchand	L	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	2		17:10
Number 70 J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		06:20
Number 3 S. Jones	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	1		27:31
Number 7 D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2		17:00
Number 26 U. Balinskis	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		10:58
Number 42 G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1		22:55
Number 77 N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		19:42
Number 88 N. Schmidt	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	3		14:48

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 72 S. Bobrovsky	19	19	0	1.000	60:00	Win

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 11 L. Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	10:11
Number 14 C. Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		11:16
Number 20 N. Paul	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	37.5%	15:09
Number 21 B. Point	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	54.5%	20:37
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33.3%	09:42
Number 37 Y. Gourde	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		13:42
Number 38 B. Hagel	L	0	0	0	-2	5	2	4	0		22:41
Number 41 M. Chaffee	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		06:49
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-2	4	0	1	1		23:10
Number 71 A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	1	64.7%	15:09
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		20:58
Number 93 G. Goncalves	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		12:28
Number 27 R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0		22:30
Number 48 N. Perbix	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:01
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		27:27
Number 78 E. Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		10:54
Number 81 E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0		19:44
Number 90 J. Moser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		16:27

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	22	21	1	.955	58:05	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:58	Florida Panthers	Brad Marchand	Slashing	2
1st	19:23	Florida Panthers	Gustav Forsling	Holding the stick	2
2nd	07:14	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jake Guentzel	Slashing	2
2nd	09:09	Florida Panthers	Carter Verhaeghe	Boarding	2
2nd	09:09	Tampa Bay Lightning	Anthony Cirelli	Roughing	2
2nd	09:09	Florida Panthers	Brad Marchand	Roughing	2
2nd	19:10	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jake Guentzel	Roughing	2
2nd	20:00	Tampa Bay Lightning	Anthony Cirelli	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	20:00	Florida Panthers	Matthew Tkachuk	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	01:35	Florida Panthers	Dmitry Kulikov	Slashing	2
3rd	08:33	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich	Roughing removing opponents helmet	2
3rd	09:51	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brandon Hagel	Interference (major)	5
3rd	10:22	Florida Panthers	Anton Lundell	Roughing	2
3rd	10:22	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brayden Point	Roughing	2

Game information

Florida Panthers head coach: Paul Maurice
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen: Bevan Mills, Devin Berg
Florida Panthers scratches: Jaycob Megna, Tomas Nosek, A.J. Greer, Jesse Puljujarvi, Jonah Gadjovich
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Darren Raddysh

2024-2025 season series

Every Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2024-2025 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sun, Dec 22, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Florida Panthers 0	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Mon, Dec 23, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Florida Panthers 2	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Mon, Mar 3, 2025
Florida Panthers 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Apr 15, 2025
Florida Panthers 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Apr 22, 2025
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 0	Final Playoffs	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Apr 24, 2025
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Florida Panthers 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Sat, Apr 26, 2025
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Florida Panthers 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Mon, Apr 28, 2025
Florida Panthers 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, Apr 30, 2025
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers	Postponed Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Fri, May 2, 2025
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning	Postponed Playoffs	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sun, May 4, 2025

Other NHL games on Apr 24

Other NHL games on Thursday, April 24, 2025
Matchup	Status	Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators, Thu, Apr 24, 2025
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Minnesota Wild 5	Final Playoffs	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild, Thu, Apr 24, 2025
Winnipeg Jets 2 at St. Louis Blues 7	Final Playoffs	Game page: Winnipeg Jets at St. Louis Blues, Thu, Apr 24, 2025

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