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Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Preseason Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Thursday, September 24, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Florida Panthers 5 4-2-2
at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 5-2-0

Goals by period

Team Total
Florida Panthers 1 1 3 5
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 2 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Florida Panthers 4 10 11 25
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 11 12 28

Three stars

  1. C. Reinhardt, Florida Panthers (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. J. Harkins, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
  3. C. Geekie, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 19:44 Florida Panthers Bokondji Imama (1) Donovan Sebrango (1), Sam Lafferty (1) Even strength FLA 1, TBL 0
2nd 02:29 Florida Panthers Kai Schwindt (1) Cole Reinhardt (1), Mikulas Hovorka (1) Even strength FLA 2, TBL 0
2nd 03:14 Tampa Bay Lightning Jansen Harkins (1) Ilya Mikheyev (1), J.J. Moser (1) Even strength FLA 2, TBL 1
2nd 13:09 Tampa Bay Lightning Conor Geekie (2) Sam O'Reilly (2), Benjamin Rautiainen (1) Even strength FLA 2, TBL 2
3rd 04:21 Florida Panthers Hunter St. Martin (1) Alexander Petrovic (1), Kai Schwindt (1) Even strength FLA 3, TBL 2
3rd 05:29 Tampa Bay Lightning Jansen Harkins (2) Ryan McDonagh (1), Jakob Pelletier (1) Even strength FLA 3, TBL 3
3rd 05:35 Florida Panthers Cole Reinhardt (3) Unassisted Even strength FLA 4, TBL 3
3rd 19:36 Florida Panthers Sandis Vilmanis (1) Uvis Balinskis (1) Even strength, Empty net FLA 5, TBL 3

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

Team stats

Stat Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 25 28
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 4
Hits 41 26
Blocked shots 18 6
Giveaways 13 16
Takeaways 6 5
Faceoffs won 24/59 (40.7%) 35/59 (59.3%)

Box score

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
11 N. Bastian R 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 14:10
14 B. Imama L 1 0 1 +1 2 1 6 0 13:13
17 J. Beecher C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 4 1 36.4% 16:49
18 S. Lafferty C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 4 1 50% 18:36
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 28.6% 16:31
21 G. Hathaway R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 50% 12:22
28 A. Crookshank C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:07
29 C. Reinhardt L 1 1 2 +1 0 2 1 0 13:50
79 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 50% 13:46
85 H. St. Martin L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 12:57
95 S. Vilmanis L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 15:32
97 K. Schwindt L 1 1 2 +2 0 1 1 2 71.4% 10:33
26 U. Balinskis D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 2 3 22:32
36 A. Petrovic D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 3 1 24:03
51 M. Alscher D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 4 2 21:15
73 D. Sebrango D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 1 1 21:11
76 M. Shuravin D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 1 15:20
96 M. Hovorka D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 1 16:13
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
30 K. Gerasimyuk 12 11 1 .917 20:00 Win
31 C. Black 16 14 2 .875 40:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 J. Harkins C 2 0 2 +1 0 4 6 0 57.1% 10:49
21 B. Point C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 70% 21:44
22 J. Pelletier L 0 1 1 +1 2 0 2 1 09:48
23 S. O'Reilly R 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 57.1% 14:26
38 B. Hagel L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 100% 20:12
41 B. Rautiainen C 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 13:22
49 S. Sabourin R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 11:13
59 J. Guentzel C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 0 50% 21:07
71 A. Cirelli C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 50% 14:30
86 N. Kucherov R 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 0 22:13
94 C. Geekie C 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 15:13
95 I. Mikheyev R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 13:59
27 R. McDonagh D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 16:20
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 0 23:51
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 19:37
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 18:32
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 15:07
90 J. Moser D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17:23
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 24 20 4 .833 56:34 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:54 Florida Panthers Sam Lafferty Holding 2
1st 19:58 Florida Panthers Bokondji Imama Hooking 2
2nd 14:39 Florida Panthers Matvei Shuravin Holding 2
2nd 14:44 Florida Panthers Uvis Balinskis High sticking 2
2nd 19:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov Holding the stick 2
3rd 13:16 Florida Panthers John Beecher Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 13:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Jakob Pelletier Roughing 2

Game information

Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Francis Charron, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
James Tobias, Jesse Marquis
Florida Panthers scratches
Brad Marchand, Jacob Markstrom, Dmitry Kulikov, Radko Gudas, Carter Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov, Seth Jones, Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling, Niko Mikkola, Matthew Tkachuk, William Bitten, Casey Fitzgerald, Jonah Gadjovich, MacKenzie Entwistle, Eetu Luostarinen, Brady Tkachuk, Nate Smith, Akira Schmid, Robert Mastrosimone, Tobias Bjornfot, Anton Lundell, Samu Salminen, Vladislav Lukashevich, Jack Devine, Ludvig Jansson, Tyler Muszelik, Emil Pieniniemi, Gracyn Sawchyn, Albert Wikman, Olof Glifford, Luke Coughlin, Stepan Zvyagin, Simon Zether, Linus Eriksson, Riese Gaber, Stepan Gorbunov, Denis Gabdrakhmanov, Arvid Drott, Karsen Dorwart, Liam McLinskey, Mads Kongsbak Klyvo, Shea Busch, Shamar Moses, Brendan Dunphy, Yegor Midlak, Louis-Antoine Denault, Ryder Cali, Simas Ignatavicius, Vilho Vanhatalo, Cole Zurawski, Jonas Kemps
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Jarred Tinordi, Luke Glendening, Yanni Gourde, Zemgus Girgensons, Steven Santini, Jonas Johansson, Clark Bishop, Jeffrey Viel, Kole Lind, Thomas Miller, Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Michael Callahan, Olivier Rodrigue, Pontus Holmberg, Mads Sogaard, Simon Lundmark, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Max Crozier, Nick Abruzzese, Zachary Uens, Maxim Groshev, Gage Goncalves, Elliot Desnoyers, Lucas Mercuri, Dylan Duke, Jack Harvey, Shawn Element, Daniil Pylenkov, Cooper Flinton, Matt Pietroniro, Klavs Veinbergs, Dyllan Gill, Connor Kurth, Dominic James, Milo Roelens, Ethan Gauthier, Jayson Shaugabay, Brendan Furry, Tristan Allard, Warren Clark, Ethan Hay, Gabriel Szturc, Marco Mignosa, Harrison Meneghin, Hagen Burrows, Jack Pridham, Jan Golicic, Joona Saarelainen, Joe Connor, Noah Steen, Aiden Foster, Everett Baldwin, Caleb Heil, Roman Luttsev, Grant Spada, Stepan Shurygin, Oleg Kulebiakin, Tomas Kralovic, Morgan Anderberg, Cooper Soller, Max Vilen

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Preseason Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Florida Panthers 2 Final/2OT Preseason Game page

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