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Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4–2 on Saturday, December 27, 2025 on the road.

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

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 1 1 4
Florida Panthers 1 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 12 8 5 25
Florida Panthers 5 8 13 26

Three stars

  1. J. Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
  2. E. Luostarinen, Florida Panthers (1 goal)
  3. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:37 Florida Panthers Eetu Luostarinen (4) Mackie Samoskevich (14), Evan Rodrigues (11) Even strength TBL 0, FLA 1
1st 13:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (18) Anthony Cirelli (11), Max Crozier (6) Shorthanded TBL 1, FLA 1
1st 19:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Pontus Holmberg (5) Yanni Gourde (8), Declan Carlile (2) Even strength TBL 2, FLA 1
2nd 02:31 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (14) Brayden Point (14), Gage Goncalves (6) Even strength TBL 3, FLA 1
2nd 07:05 Florida Panthers Brad Marchand (21) Sam Bennett (14), Sam Reinhart (20) Power play TBL 3, FLA 2
3rd 19:04 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (15) Anthony Cirelli (12) Even strength, Empty net TBL 4, FLA 2

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers
Shots on goal 25 26
Power play 0 of 6 1 of 10
Penalty minutes 87 49
Hits 32 27
Blocked shots 17 9
Giveaways 10 10
Takeaways 5 3
Faceoffs won 24/50 (48%) 26/50 (52%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
20 N. Paul L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 61.5% 14:22
21 B. Point C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:16
22 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 12:13
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 16:06
29 P. Holmberg R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 2 0 100% 13:20
37 Y. Gourde C 0 1 1 +1 6 1 1 1 0 54.5% 15:04
42 C. Douglas C 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 03:45
46 S. Sabourin R 0 0 0 0 26 0 1 0 0 06:32
59 J. Guentzel C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 2 3 0 27:14
71 A. Cirelli C 0 2 2 +1 2 1 3 1 0 40% 17:10
86 N. Kucherov R 2 0 2 +2 0 3 2 0 0 18:29
93 G. Goncalves C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 100% 10:52
16 S. Santini D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 1 0 07:58
24 M. Crozier D 0 1 1 +2 6 1 4 3 0 20:25
43 D. Raddysh D 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 25:07
51 C. D'Astous D 0 0 0 +1 8 1 1 0 0 16:42
67 D. Carlile D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 18:32
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 +1 10 1 2 2 0 22:28
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 26 24 2 .923 59:46 Win

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
9 S. Bennett C 0 1 1 -4 10 2 3 0 0 58.3% 19:19
10 A. Greer L 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 0 10:12
11 M. Samoskevich R 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 18:14
13 S. Reinhart C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 1 0 50% 24:43
15 A. Lundell C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 20:13
17 E. Rodrigues C 0 1 1 +1 2 3 0 1 0 33.3% 16:56
23 C. Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 -3 4 1 1 0 0 66.7% 14:37
27 E. Luostarinen C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 6 0 0 100% 20:14
53 J. Studnicka C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 03:42
63 B. Marchand L 1 0 1 -4 2 3 2 0 1 21:55
70 J. Boqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:51
71 L. Kunin C 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 62.5% 04:39
2 J. Petry D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 14:28
3 S. Jones D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 3 0 25:53
5 A. Ekblad D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 2 1 0 20:36
26 U. Balinskis D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 09:51
42 G. Forsling D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:00
77 N. Mikkola D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 0 16:47
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
72 S. Bobrovsky 24 21 3 .875 58:50 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:25 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Roughing 2
1st 03:25 Tampa Bay Lightning Yanni Gourde Roughing 2
1st 03:25 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Roughing 2
1st 03:25 Tampa Bay Lightning Yanni Gourde Roughing 2
1st 03:25 Tampa Bay Lightning Zemgus Girgensons Cross checking 2
1st 06:48 Florida Panthers A.J. Greer Tripping 2
1st 12:49 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Santini Cross checking 2
1st 14:15 Florida Panthers Aaron Ekblad Holding 2
2nd 03:48 Florida Panthers Mackie Samoskevich Interference 2
2nd 06:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Curtis Douglas Roughing 2
2nd 06:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Curtis Douglas Fighting (major) 5
2nd 06:59 Florida Panthers Luke Kunin Fighting (major) 5
2nd 10:14 Florida Panthers Aaron Ekblad Interference 2
2nd 18:30 Florida Panthers Seth Jones Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Florida Panthers Evan Rodrigues Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Max Crozier Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Oliver Bjorkstrand Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Oliver Bjorkstrand Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Florida Panthers A.J. Greer Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Florida Panthers A.J. Greer Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Charle-Edouard D'Astous Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Charle-Edouard D'Astous Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Florida Panthers Carter Verhaeghe Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Florida Panthers Carter Verhaeghe Roughing 2
2nd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel Roughing 2
3rd 01:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Roughing 2
3rd 01:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Slashing 2
3rd 01:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 05:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Max Crozier High sticking 2
3rd 09:30 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Slashing 2
3rd 10:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Oliver Bjorkstrand Slashing 2
3rd 12:14 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Boarding 2
3rd 14:39 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Roughing 2
3rd 14:39 Florida Panthers Uvis Balinskis Roughing 2
3rd 14:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Charle-Edouard D'Astous Roughing 2
3rd 14:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Charle-Edouard D'Astous Roughing 2
3rd 14:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Yanni Gourde Roughing 2
3rd 14:39 Florida Panthers Brad Marchand Roughing 2
3rd 14:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Max Crozier Roughing 2
3rd 19:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Roughing 2
3rd 19:27 Florida Panthers Luke Kunin Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 19:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Curtis Douglas Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 19:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 19:27 Tampa Bay Lightning J.J. Moser Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Wes McCauley, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen
James Tobias, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ryan McDonagh, Jack Finley, Dominic James
Florida Panthers scratches
Noah Gregor, Donovan Sebrango

2025-2026 season series

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

Other NHL games on Dec 27

Matchup Status Details
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Nashville Predators 2 at St. Louis Blues 3 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at Dallas Stars 3 Final/SO Game page
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Los Angeles Kings 6 Final Game page
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Colorado Avalanche 6 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final/SO Game page

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