Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

Saturday, October 4, 2025, 7:00 PM ET Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Preseason Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–0 on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	50-26-6
at Florida Panthers	7	40-38-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	0	0	0
Florida Panthers	3	3	1	7

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	10	5	0	15
Florida Panthers	10	16	12	38

Three stars

E. Rodrigues, Florida Panthers (3 goals, 1 assist)
S. Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers (goaltender)
E. Luostarinen, Florida Panthers (4 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:32	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich (1)	Eetu Luostarinen (1)	Power play	TBL 0, FLA 1
1st	11:54	Florida Panthers	Evan Rodrigues (1)	Mackie Samoskevich (3), Eetu Luostarinen (2)	Power play	TBL 0, FLA 2
1st	15:34	Florida Panthers	Jack Studnicka (4)	Tyler Motte (1), Niko Mikkola (1)	Even strength	TBL 0, FLA 3
2nd	12:57	Florida Panthers	Jeff Petry (1)	Evan Rodrigues (1), Uvis Balinskis (1)	Power play	TBL 0, FLA 4
2nd	13:55	Florida Panthers	Evan Rodrigues (2)	Eetu Luostarinen (3), Uvis Balinskis (2)	Power play	TBL 0, FLA 5
2nd	15:49	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich (2)	Tyler Motte (2), Jeff Petry (2)	Power play	TBL 0, FLA 6
3rd	05:34	Florida Panthers	Evan Rodrigues (3)	Jeff Petry (3), Eetu Luostarinen (4)	Power play	TBL 0, FLA 7

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	15	38
Power play	0 of 5	6 of 20
Penalty minutes	182	140
Hits	46	18
Blocked shots	15	6
Giveaways	7	8
Takeaways	2	2
Faceoffs won	27/57 (47.4%)	30/57 (52.6%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 14 C. Geekie	C	0	12	2	2	1	42.9%	12:41
Number 17 D. James	C	-1	0	0	5	0	66.7%	27:01
Number 19 W. Stachowiak	L	-1	12	1	4	1	57.1%	20:10
Number 22 O. Bjorkstrand	R	0	7	6	0	0		12:11
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	0	100%	02:31
Number 29 P. Holmberg	R	0	9	0	0	1	40%	18:41
Number 41 M. Chaffee	R	0	15	0	2	0		05:52
Number 46 S. Sabourin	R	0	5	0	1	0		00:19
Number 53 D. Duke	L	0	31	0	6	1		10:38
Number 61 B. Katchouk	L	0	0	2	1	0	28.6%	20:56
Number 62 J. Finley	C	0	2	1	6	1	53.8%	19:05
Number 93 G. Goncalves	C	0	15	0	2	1		08:05
Number 24 M. Crozier	D	0	15	1	5	2		19:18
Number 51 C. D'Astous	D	-1	14	1	5	3		22:52
Number 67 D. Carlile	D	0	0	0	1	3		26:22
Number 76 R. Schmidt	D	0	15	0	0	0		02:06
Number 78 E. Lilleberg	D	-1	15	1	2	1		23:38
Number 90 J. Moser	D	0	15	0	3	0		05:57

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 P. Copley	12	11	1	.917	20:00
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	26	20	6	.769	40:00	Loss

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 10 A. Greer	L	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0		02:37
Number 11 M. Samoskevich	R	2	1	3	0	27	5	1	0	2		10:51
Number 12 J. Gadjovich	L	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0		00:45
Number 14 T. Motte	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0	0	53.8%	21:03
Number 17 E. Rodrigues	C	3	1	4	0	0	6	1	0	3	50%	20:42
Number 18 N. Gregor	L	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0		17:36
Number 23 C. Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0		03:31
Number 27 E. Luostarinen	C	0	4	4	0	2	4	2	0	0	50%	18:08
Number 53 J. Studnicka	C	1	0	1	+1	4	5	1	0	0	62.5%	22:05
Number 70 J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	66.7%	21:40
Number 71 L. Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	50%	04:36
Number 79 C. Schwindt	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	45.5%	16:01
Number 2 J. Petry	D	1	2	3	0	0	3	3	2	1		26:54
Number 3 S. Jones	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0		25:16
Number 5 A. Ekblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		00:41
Number 7 D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	0		23:55
Number 26 U. Balinskis	D	0	2	2	0	10	2	5	1	0		23:04
Number 77 N. Mikkola	D	0	1	1	+1	16	0	1	0	0		17:54

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 D. Tarasov	0	0	0	.000	19:54
Number 72 S. Bobrovsky	15	15	0	1.000	39:47	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:18	Tampa Bay Lightning	Scott Sabourin	Match penalty (match)	5
1st	04:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	High sticking	2
1st	07:16	Tampa Bay Lightning	Roman Schmidt	Cross checking (major)	5
1st	07:16	Tampa Bay Lightning	Roman Schmidt	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
1st	07:40	Florida Panthers	Carter Verhaeghe	Boarding (major)	5
1st	07:40	Florida Panthers	Carter Verhaeghe	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
1st	07:49	Florida Panthers	Niko Mikkola	Roughing	2
1st	10:59	Tampa Bay Lightning	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	Cross checking	2
1st	10:59	Tampa Bay Lightning	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	Roughing	2
1st	13:58	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Roughing	2
1st	13:58	Florida Panthers	Cole Schwindt	Roughing	2
1st	13:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dylan Duke	Roughing	2
1st	13:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	J.J. Moser	Boarding (major)	5
1st	13:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	J.J. Moser	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
1st	17:31	Florida Panthers	Eetu Luostarinen	Cross checking	2
1st	19:03	Florida Panthers	Jack Studnicka	Slashing	2
1st	19:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Cross checking	2
1st	19:58	Florida Panthers	Jonah Gadjovich	Roughing	2
1st	19:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Roughing	2
1st	19:58	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Fighting (major)	5
1st	19:58	Florida Panthers	Jonah Gadjovich	Fighting (major)	5
1st	19:58	Florida Panthers	Jonah Gadjovich	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	02:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jack Finley	Roughing	2
2nd	02:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dylan Duke	Roughing	2
2nd	02:54	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Roughing	2
2nd	02:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie	Roughing	2
2nd	02:54	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	02:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dylan Duke	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	02:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dylan Duke	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	02:54	Florida Panthers	A.J. Greer	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	02:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	04:22	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	04:22	Tampa Bay Lightning	Wojciech Stachowiak	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	05:12	Florida Panthers	Noah Gregor	Roughing	2
2nd	05:12	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pontus Holmberg	Roughing	2
2nd	05:12	Florida Panthers	Noah Gregor	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	05:12	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pontus Holmberg	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:04	Florida Panthers	Niko Mikkola	Roughing	2
2nd	10:04	Florida Panthers	Niko Mikkola	Roughing	2
2nd	10:04	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Roughing	2
2nd	10:04	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Roughing	2
2nd	10:12	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Roughing	2
2nd	10:12	Tampa Bay Lightning	Gage Goncalves	Cross checking (major)	5
2nd	10:12	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:12	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mitchell Chaffee	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:12	Tampa Bay Lightning	Gage Goncalves	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	10:12	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mitchell Chaffee	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	10:12	Florida Panthers	Luke Kunin	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	17:57	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich	Tripping	2
2nd	18:31	Florida Panthers	Jack Studnicka	Roughing	2
3rd	01:17	Tampa Bay Lightning	Emil Lilleberg	Roughing	2
3rd	04:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Match penalty (match)	5
3rd	04:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Max Crozier	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	04:01	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	04:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Max Crozier	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	04:01	Florida Panthers	Niko Mikkola	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	04:01	Florida Panthers	Mackie Samoskevich	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	04:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	04:24	Florida Panthers	Seth Jones	Slashing	2
3rd	05:25	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pontus Holmberg	Slashing	2
3rd	14:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dylan Duke	Holding	2
3rd	14:55	Florida Panthers	Bench	Ineligible player (bench minor)	2
3rd	14:55	Florida Panthers	Uvis Balinskis	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	14:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dylan Duke	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	16:19	Tampa Bay Lightning	Wojciech Stachowiak	Cross checking	2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Florida Panthers head coach: Paul Maurice
Referees: Jean Hebert, Michael Markovic
Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps, Jonny Murray
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Yanni Gourde, Jake Guentzel, Nick Paul, Jonas Johansson, Brayden Point, Darren Raddysh, Erik Cernak, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, Thomas Miller, Reece Newkirk, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, 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
Florida Panthers scratches: Brad Marchand, Andy Welinski, Trevor Carrick, Ben Harpur, Aleksander Barkov, Tomas Nosek, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling, Daniel Walcott, Mitchell Vande Sompel, Matthew Tkachuk, Evan Cormier, Cole Krygier, Riley Hughes, Robert Mastrosimone, Tobias Bjornfot, Anton Lundell, Vladislav Lukashevich, Josh Lopina, Michael Simpson, Corey Andonovski, Dennis Cesana, Brandon Bussi, Tyler Muszelik, Jake Livingstone, 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

2025-2026 season series

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers 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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Anaheim Ducks 4 at Los Angeles Kings 5	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Oct 4, 2025
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Nashville Predators 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators, Sat, Oct 4, 2025
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Dallas Stars 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars, Sat, Oct 4, 2025
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Washington Capitals 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals, Sat, Oct 4, 2025
Ottawa Senators 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Oct 4, 2025
St. Louis Blues 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 0	Final Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks, Sat, Oct 4, 2025
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Detroit Red Wings 6	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Oct 4, 2025
San Jose Sharks 4 at Utah Mammoth 6	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Utah Mammoth, Sat, Oct 4, 2025