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Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, September 26, 2026 on the road.

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

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 6 7 1 0 22
Florida Panthers 6 9 6 1 0 22

Three stars

  1. B. Rautiainen, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
  2. D. Hildeby, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)
  3. L. Mercuri, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Lucas Mercuri (1) Nick Abruzzese (1), Jeffrey Viel (1) Even strength TBL 1, FLA 0
1st 17:58 Florida Panthers Sandis Vilmanis (2) Kai Schwindt (2) Even strength TBL 1, FLA 1
2nd 02:03 Florida Panthers Matvei Shuravin (1) Gracyn Sawchyn (1), Mikulas Hovorka (2) Even strength TBL 1, FLA 2
3rd 12:58 Tampa Bay Lightning Benjamin Rautiainen (1) Gage Goncalves (1), Conor Geekie (1) Power play TBL 2, FLA 2

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Florida Panthers Sandis Vilmanis Goal
1 Tampa Bay Lightning Pontus Holmberg Goal
2 Florida Panthers Gracyn Sawchyn Saved
2 Tampa Bay Lightning Maxim Groshev Saved
3 Florida Panthers Uvis Balinskis Saved
3 Tampa Bay Lightning Benjamin Rautiainen Goal (winner)

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers
Shots on goal 22 22
Power play 1 of 6 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 21 27
Hits 26 37
Blocked shots 7 10
Giveaways 19 12
Takeaways 2 7
Faceoffs won 32/53 (60.4%) 21/53 (39.6%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
22 J. Pelletier L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 1 0 16:59
23 S. O'Reilly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 62.5% 20:35
25 J. Viel L 0 1 1 +1 5 1 1 0 0 12:22
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 54.5% 14:24
29 P. Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 20:09
41 B. Rautiainen C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 17:58
53 D. Duke L 0 0 0 -1 12 1 0 0 0 12:08
67 N. Steen L 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 50% 16:36
75 L. Mercuri C 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 75% 10:36
80 N. Abruzzese C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:57
93 G. Goncalves C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 1 0 100% 19:53
94 C. Geekie C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 1 0 53.8% 19:56
5 J. Tinordi D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 17:13
24 M. Crozier D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 0 25:59
51 C. D'Astous D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 13:25
52 M. Groshev D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 21:25
72 M. Pietroniro D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 1 0 12:45
79 M. Callahan D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 22:00
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
35 D. Hildeby 22 20 2 .909 64:40 Win

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
11 N. Bastian R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 0 0 16:12
14 B. Imama L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 8 0 0 14:02
17 J. Beecher C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 36.8% 18:35
18 S. Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 55.6% 14:34
21 G. Hathaway R 0 0 0 +1 4 1 9 1 0 13:35
29 C. Reinhardt L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 0 13:55
38 J. Devine R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 15:13
59 G. Sawchyn C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 36.4% 13:54
79 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 100% 15:04
85 H. St. Martin L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:31
95 S. Vilmanis L 1 0 1 +1 2 2 5 0 0 40% 20:15
97 K. Schwindt L 0 1 1 +1 4 1 1 1 0 16.7% 10:34
26 U. Balinskis D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 24:46
36 A. Petrovic D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23:10
51 M. Alscher D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:33
73 D. Sebrango D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 18:04
76 M. Shuravin D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 21:22
96 M. Hovorka D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 19:22
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
40 A. Schmid 22 20 2 .909 64:42 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:31 Tampa Bay Lightning Dylan Duke Roughing 2
1st 05:31 Tampa Bay Lightning Dylan Duke Misconduct (misconduct) 10
1st 10:30 Florida Panthers Garnet Hathaway Cross checking 2
1st 10:30 Florida Panthers Sam Lafferty Fighting (major) 5
1st 10:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeffrey Viel Fighting (major) 5
1st 10:30 Florida Panthers Sam Lafferty Misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 05:13 Florida Panthers Donovan Sebrango Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 08:11 Florida Panthers Kai Schwindt Tripping 2
2nd 09:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Noah Steen Holding the stick 2
2nd 13:42 Florida Panthers Sandis Vilmanis Hooking 2
2nd 15:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Jakob Pelletier Slashing 2
3rd 12:21 Florida Panthers Kai Schwindt Tripping 2
3rd 12:58 Florida Panthers Garnet Hathaway Interference goalkeeper 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Jean Hebert, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen
Jesse Marquis
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ryan McDonagh, John Carlson, Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Luke Glendening, Yanni Gourde, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Scott Sabourin, Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Clark Bishop, Erik Cernak, Jansen Harkins, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, Kole Lind, Thomas Miller, Ilya Mikheyev, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Zachary Uens, Elliot Desnoyers, J.J. Moser, Jack Harvey, Shawn Element, Emil Lilleberg, Daniil Pylenkov, Klavs Veinbergs, Dominic James, Jayson Shaugabay, Brendan Furry, Warren Clark, Ethan Hay, Marco Mignosa, Hagen Burrows, Jack Pridham, Jan Golicic, Joona Saarelainen, Joe Connor, Aiden Foster, Everett Baldwin, Caleb Heil, Roman Luttsev, Grant Spada, Stepan Shurygin, Oleg Kulebiakin, Morgan Anderberg, Cooper Soller, Max Vilen
Florida Panthers scratches
Brad Marchand, Lars Eller, 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, Angus Crookshank, Robert Mastrosimone, Tobias Bjornfot, Anton Lundell, Samu Salminen, Vladislav Lukashevich, 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

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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Matchup Status Details
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Montreal Canadiens 3 at Ottawa Senators 4 Final Preseason Game page
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