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Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Playoffs Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5–1 on Saturday, April 26, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 47-27-8
at Florida Panthers 1 47-31-4

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 3 5
Florida Panthers 1 0 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 11 6 22
Florida Panthers 12 13 9 34

Three stars

  1. A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)
  2. J. Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. B. Point, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:43 Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk (3) Sam Bennett (2), Evan Rodrigues (1) Even strength TBL 0, FLA 1
1st 17:15 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (2) Jake Guentzel (1), Nikita Kucherov (2) Even strength TBL 1, FLA 1
2nd 13:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Nick Paul (1) Gage Goncalves (2), Ryan McDonagh (2) Even strength TBL 2, FLA 1
3rd 00:21 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (2) Nikita Kucherov (3), Ryan McDonagh (3) Even strength TBL 3, FLA 1
3rd 14:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Luke Glendening (1) Yanni Gourde (1), Gage Goncalves (3) Even strength TBL 4, FLA 1
3rd 15:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli (1) Jake Guentzel (2), Nikita Kucherov (4) Even strength, Empty net TBL 5, FLA 1

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers
Shots on goal 22 34
Power play 0 of 5 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 20 25
Hits 34 43
Blocked shots 23 17
Giveaways 20 11
Takeaways 7 4
Faceoffs won 35/61 (57.4%) 26/61 (42.6%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
11 L. Glendening C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 2 60% 10:47
14 C. Geekie C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11:09
20 N. Paul L 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 0 80% 19:59
21 B. Point C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 69.2% 17:45
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13:22
37 Y. Gourde C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 50% 10:46
41 M. Chaffee R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:09
59 J. Guentzel C 1 2 3 +4 0 5 3 0 23:46
71 A. Cirelli C 1 0 1 0 14 1 7 3 55% 19:24
86 N. Kucherov R 0 3 3 +3 2 1 1 0 21:34
93 G. Goncalves C 0 2 2 +1 0 0 4 1 18:31
27 R. McDonagh D 0 2 2 +3 0 0 0 3 17:04
43 D. Raddysh D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 13:30
48 N. Perbix D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:21
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 1 22:20
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:38
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 5 1 17:07
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 5 15:48
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 34 33 1 .971 60:00 Win

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
8 N. Sturm C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 45.5% 09:28
9 S. Bennett C 0 1 1 -3 0 3 5 0 38.5% 15:26
13 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 0 100% 21:54
15 A. Lundell C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 18.2% 14:14
16 A. Barkov C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 1 52.9% 18:52
17 E. Rodrigues C 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 50% 15:32
19 M. Tkachuk L 1 0 1 0 7 2 0 0 16:10
23 C. Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 2 17:04
25 M. Samoskevich R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 09:52
27 E. Luostarinen C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 9 1 14:53
63 B. Marchand L 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 12:12
70 J. Boqvist C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 09:15
3 S. Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 23:57
5 A. Ekblad D 0 0 0 -4 0 2 2 4 20:20
7 D. Kulikov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:46
42 G. Forsling D 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 0 21:59
77 N. Mikkola D 0 0 0 +1 10 0 3 0 16:29
88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:11
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
72 S. Bobrovsky 21 17 4 .810 59:26 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:50 Florida Panthers Brad Marchand Cross checking 2
1st 18:44 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov Roughing 2
2nd 08:13 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli Cross checking 2
2nd 10:46 Florida Panthers Mackie Samoskevich Tripping 2
2nd 18:24 Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 18:24 Florida Panthers Evan Rodrigues Roughing 2
2nd 18:24 Tampa Bay Lightning Conor Geekie Roughing 2
2nd 20:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli Roughing 2
3rd 01:56 Florida Panthers Eetu Luostarinen Tripping 2
3rd 06:04 Tampa Bay Lightning Nick Paul Holding 2
3rd 15:00 Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk Interference (major) 5
3rd 15:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 15:05 Florida Panthers Niko Mikkola Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Wes McCauley, Furman South
Linesmen
Bevan Mills, Devin Berg
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Brandon Hagel
Florida Panthers scratches
Jaycob Megna, Tomas Nosek, A.J. Greer, Jonah Gadjovich, Uvis Balinskis

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Florida Panthers 0 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Florida Panthers 2 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 0 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Florida Panthers 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers Postponed Playoffs Game page
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning Postponed Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 26

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Ottawa Senators 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Dallas Stars 0 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Playoffs Game page

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