Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7:00 PM ET Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Preseason Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5–2 on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at home.

Final score, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
Florida Panthers	2	40-38-4
at Tampa Bay Lightning	5	50-26-6

Goals by period

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

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	5	7	6	18
Tampa Bay Lightning	19	7	7	33

Three stars

J. Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals, 1 assist)
N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 assists)
D. Raddysh, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:52	Florida Panthers	Eetu Luostarinen (1)	Gustav Forsling (1)	Shorthanded	FLA 1, TBL 0
1st	19:19	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jake Guentzel (1)	Nikita Kucherov (2), Brayden Point (1)	Power play	FLA 1, TBL 1
2nd	00:57	Florida Panthers	Seth Jones (1)	Sam Bennett (1), Brad Marchand (1)	Power play	FLA 2, TBL 1
2nd	18:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brayden Point (1)	Jake Guentzel (2), Nikita Kucherov (3)	Even strength	FLA 2, TBL 2
3rd	01:05	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jake Guentzel (2)	Nikita Kucherov (4), Darren Raddysh (3)	Power play	FLA 2, TBL 3
3rd	06:27	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie (2)	Dominic James (2), Gage Goncalves (3)	Even strength	FLA 2, TBL 4
3rd	15:11	Tampa Bay Lightning	Anthony Cirelli (1)	Declan Carlile (1), Darren Raddysh (4)	Even strength	FLA 2, TBL 5

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	18	33
Power play	1 of 7	2 of 8
Penalty minutes	104	82
Hits	23	34
Blocked shots	10	17
Giveaways	4	9
Takeaways	1	0
Faceoffs won	24/51 (47.1%)	27/51 (52.9%)

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	1	1	-1	12	1	1	0	0	44.4%	12:53
Number 10 A. Greer	L	0	0	0	-2	29	0	1	0	0		07:32
Number 11 M. Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0		15:20
Number 12 J. Gadjovich	L	0	0	0	-1	19	1	2	1	0		10:13
Number 13 S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	16.7%	15:36
Number 15 A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0	66.7%	08:40
Number 17 E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	28.6%	18:26
Number 23 C. Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0		16:11
Number 27 E. Luostarinen	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	2	0	42.9%	15:10
Number 63 B. Marchand	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0		16:42
Number 70 J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	33.3%	16:41
Number 71 L. Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	9	0	5	2	0	70%	13:32
Number 2 J. Petry	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	0		20:47
Number 3 S. Jones	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2	1		24:55
Number 5 A. Ekblad	D	0	0	0	-1	21	0	0	0	0		14:09
Number 7 D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	0		16:21
Number 42 G. Forsling	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0		19:32
Number 77 N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0		19:20

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 D. Tarasov	33	28	5	.848	59:43	Loss

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 14 C. Geekie	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	5	0	0		14:20
Number 17 D. James	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	0	60%	15:42
Number 21 B. Point	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3%	17:38
Number 22 O. Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	0		17:48
Number 37 Y. Gourde	C	0	0	0	+1	11	2	4	0	0	75%	14:52
Number 38 B. Hagel	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	04:26
Number 41 M. Chaffee	R	0	0	0	0	7	1	3	0	0	50%	14:52
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	2	50%	22:08
Number 62 J. Finley	C	0	0	0	0	16	2	2	1	0	62.5%	12:54
Number 71 A. Cirelli	C	1	0	1	+1	14	2	3	0	0	50%	12:05
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	3	3	0	0	3	2	0	0		17:11
Number 93 G. Goncalves	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	0		14:41
Number 24 M. Crozier	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0		22:31
Number 43 D. Raddysh	D	0	2	2	+1	7	1	1	0	0		19:24
Number 67 D. Carlile	D	0	1	1	+2	7	0	0	1	0		12:43
Number 78 E. Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	+1	10	4	1	6	0		15:44
Number 81 E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		11:54
Number 90 J. Moser	D	0	0	0	+1	4	3	1	2	0		22:41

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 B. Halverson	18	16	2	.889	59:38	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:46	Florida Panthers	Carter Verhaeghe	Slashing	2
1st	05:05	Tampa Bay Lightning	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Interference	2
1st	07:50	Florida Panthers	A.J. Greer	Roughing	2
1st	07:50	Florida Panthers	A.J. Greer	Cross checking	2
1st	07:50	Tampa Bay Lightning	Darren Raddysh	Roughing	2
1st	07:50	Florida Panthers	A.J. Greer	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	11:24	Florida Panthers	Sam Bennett	High sticking	2
1st	14:28	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie	Cross checking	2
1st	18:07	Tampa Bay Lightning	Yanni Gourde	Roughing	2
1st	18:07	Florida Panthers	Jonah Gadjovich	Slashing	2
1st	18:07	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Roughing	2
2nd	00:09	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dominic James	Cross checking	2
2nd	02:50	Tampa Bay Lightning	Anthony Cirelli	Cross checking	2
2nd	02:50	Florida Panthers	Dmitry Kulikov	Slashing	2
2nd	02:50	Tampa Bay Lightning	Anthony Cirelli	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	05:11	Tampa Bay Lightning	Declan Carlile	Roughing	2
2nd	05:11	Florida Panthers	A.J. Greer	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	05:11	Tampa Bay Lightning	Darren Raddysh	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	05:37	Tampa Bay Lightning	Yanni Gourde	Roughing	2
2nd	05:37	Florida Panthers	Aaron Ekblad	Roughing	2
2nd	05:37	Tampa Bay Lightning	Yanni Gourde	Roughing	2
2nd	05:37	Florida Panthers	Aaron Ekblad	Roughing	2
2nd	07:08	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich	Roughing	2
2nd	07:08	Tampa Bay Lightning	J.J. Moser	Cross checking	2
2nd	07:08	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich	Roughing	2
2nd	11:17	Florida Panthers	Jonah Gadjovich	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	11:17	Florida Panthers	Jonah Gadjovich	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:17	Tampa Bay Lightning	Declan Carlile	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	14:06	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mitchell Chaffee	High sticking	2
2nd	14:06	Tampa Bay Lightning	Anthony Cirelli	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	14:06	Florida Panthers	Aaron Ekblad	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	16:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jack Finley	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	16:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jack Finley	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	20:00	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Slashing	2
3rd	06:27	Florida Panthers	Sam Bennett	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	06:27	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	06:27	Florida Panthers	Jonah Gadjovich	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	06:27	Florida Panthers	A.J. Greer	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	07:27	Florida Panthers	Jesper Boqvist	Interference	2
3rd	11:45	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jack Finley	Roughing	2
3rd	11:45	Florida Panthers	Niko Mikkola	Roughing	2
3rd	11:45	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jack Finley	Roughing	2
3rd	14:11	Florida Panthers	Eetu Luostarinen	Interference	2
3rd	14:11	Tampa Bay Lightning	J.J. Moser	Holding	2
3rd	16:55	Florida Panthers	Aaron Ekblad	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	16:55	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	16:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mitchell Chaffee	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	16:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Yanni Gourde	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	16:55	Florida Panthers	Aaron Ekblad	Fighting (major)	5

Game information

Florida Panthers head coach: Paul Maurice
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Jean Hebert, Michael Markovic
Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps, David Brisebois
Florida Panthers scratches: Sergei Bobrovsky, Andy Welinski, Trevor Carrick, Tyler Motte, Ben Harpur, Aleksander Barkov, Tomas Nosek, Daniel Walcott, Mitchell Vande Sompel, Matthew Tkachuk, Evan Cormier, Noah Gregor, Jack Studnicka, Cole Krygier, Riley Hughes, Robert Mastrosimone, Tobias Bjornfot, Vladislav Lukashevich, Josh Lopina, Michael Simpson, Corey Andonovski, Dennis Cesana, Tyler Muszelik, Jake Livingstone, Uvis Balinskis, Albert Wikman, Olof Glifford, Luke Coughlin, Stepan Zvyagin, Philip Waugh, Simon Zether, Linus Eriksson, Hunter Johannes, Nicholas Zabaneh, Matvei Shuravin, Stepan Gorbunov, Denis Gabdrakhmanov, Arvid Drott, Cristophe Tellier, Mads Kongsbak Klyvo, Shea Busch, Shamar Moses, Brendan Dunphy, Yegor Midlak
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman, Zemgus Girgensons, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Nick Paul, Pheonix Copley, Boris Katchouk, Thomas Miller, Pontus Holmberg, Jakob Pelletier, Reece Newkirk, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Nick Abruzzese, Niko Huuhtanen, Jack Harvey, Daniil Pylenkov, Matt Pietroniro, Klavs Veinbergs, Jayson Shaugabay, Brendan Furry, Chris Harpur, Warren Clark, Ethan Hay, Marco Mignosa, Hagen Burrows, Jan Golicic, Joona Saarelainen, Kaden Pitre, Joe Connor, Noah Steen, Spencer Kersten, Benjamin Rautiainen, Aiden Foster, Everett Baldwin, Caleb Heil, Roman Luttsev, Grant Spada

2025-2026 season series

Every Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2025-2026 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Sep 30, 2025
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Oct 2, 2025
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Florida Panthers 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, Sat, Oct 4, 2025

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