Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sunday, December 22, 2024, 5:00 PM ET Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 on Sunday, December 22, 2024 on the road.

Final score, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
Florida Panthers	4	47-31-4
at Tampa Bay Lightning	2	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	2	1	4
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	0	1	2

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	9	7	26
Tampa Bay Lightning	10	3	8	21

Three stars

E. Luostarinen, Florida Panthers (1 goal)
B. Point, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
S. Knight, Florida Panthers (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	15:51	Florida Panthers	Sam Reinhart (21)	Aaron Ekblad (18), Matthew Tkachuk (22)	Power play	FLA 1, TBL 0
1st	19:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nick Paul (8)	Victor Hedman (22), Darren Raddysh (9)	Even strength	FLA 1, TBL 1
2nd	10:28	Florida Panthers	A.J. Greer (4)	Tomas Nosek (4)	Shorthanded	FLA 2, TBL 1
2nd	11:10	Florida Panthers	Eetu Luostarinen (5)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	FLA 3, TBL 1
3rd	03:26	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brayden Point (22)	Jake Guentzel (16), Darren Raddysh (10)	Even strength	FLA 3, TBL 2
3rd	19:29	Florida Panthers	Sam Reinhart (22)	Anton Lundell (15), Aleksander Barkov (23)	Even strength, Empty net	FLA 4, TBL 2

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	26	21
Power play	1 of 2	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	8	6
Hits	26	24
Blocked shots	14	12
Giveaways	8	20
Takeaways	9	5
Faceoffs won	27/57 (47.4%)	30/57 (52.6%)

Box score

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers 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 S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	3	0	0	76.9%	16:16
Number 10 A. Greer	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	100%	10:42
Number 13 S. Reinhart	C	2	0	2	+1	0	2	1	3	1		20:31
Number 15 A. Lundell	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	0	50%	14:50
Number 16 A. Barkov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	2	0	35.7%	20:52
Number 17 E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	4	1	4	0	0	37.5%	17:29
Number 19 M. Tkachuk	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	0		13:40
Number 23 C. Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		16:13
Number 25 M. Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		12:42
Number 27 E. Luostarinen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	1	0		13:13
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		07:56
Number 92 T. Nosek	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0	57.1%	09:51
Number 5 A. Ekblad	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	2	0		25:17
Number 7 D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1	0		20:09
Number 26 U. Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		13:04
Number 42 G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0		24:46
Number 77 N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	0		21:07
Number 88 N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		13:25

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 S. Knight	21	19	2	.905	59:57	Win

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 11 L. Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33.3%	09:52
Number 13 C. Atkinson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0		09:04
Number 14 C. Geekie	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	0	33.3%	09:53
Number 20 N. Paul	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	40%	14:22
Number 21 B. Point	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	1	0	55.6%	24:02
Number 23 M. Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		10:07
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		12:12
Number 38 B. Hagel	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0		20:09
Number 41 M. Chaffee	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		12:29
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0	87.5%	21:59
Number 71 A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0	66.7%	17:48
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	0		23:47
Number 27 R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		17:24
Number 43 D. Raddysh	D	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0		20:53
Number 48 N. Perbix	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0		16:38
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	0		24:14
Number 78 E. Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		16:16
Number 81 E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0		16:09

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	25	22	3	.880	58:06	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:35	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brandon Hagel	Hooking	2
1st	15:15	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nick Perbix	High sticking	2
2nd	06:58	Florida Panthers	Evan Rodrigues	Tripping	2
2nd	09:31	Florida Panthers	Uvis Balinskis	Interference	2
2nd	18:04	Florida Panthers	Evan Rodrigues	Roughing	2
2nd	18:04	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Roughing	2
3rd	09:46	Florida Panthers	Sam Bennett	Elbowing	2

Game information

Florida Panthers head coach: Paul Maurice
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Furman South, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen: CJ Murray, Jesse Marquis
Florida Panthers scratches: Jonah Gadjovich, Jesper Boqvist, Adam Boqvist
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Gage Goncalves

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 Dec 22

Other NHL games on Sunday, December 22, 2024
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers, Sun, Dec 22, 2024
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Washington Capitals 3	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Washington Capitals, Sun, Dec 22, 2024
Anaheim Ducks 5 at Utah Hockey Club 4	Final/SO	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Utah Hockey Club, Sun, Dec 22, 2024
Seattle Kraken 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5	Final	Game page: Seattle Kraken at Colorado Avalanche, Sun, Dec 22, 2024
Ottawa Senators 1 at Edmonton Oilers 3	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Edmonton Oilers, Sun, Dec 22, 2024

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