Game

Lightning at Panthers

Lightning 4, Panthers 2 · first star Jake Guentzel (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Florida Panthers 2

Lightning TBL

4 FINAL 2

Panthers FLA

Saturday, December 27, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Lightning	2	1	1	4	25
Panthers	1	1	0	2	26

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Lightning attack left, Panthers attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: TBL 25, FLA 26.

TBL in red FLA in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Lightning 25 shots on goal (4 goals, 9 missed, 10 blocked) attacking left; Panthers 26 shots on goal (2 goals, 21 missed, 18 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	TBL SOG	TBL G	TBL ATT	FLA SOG	FLA G	FLA ATT
1st	12	2	19	5	1	17
2nd	8	1	13	8	1	15
3rd	5	1	12	13	0	33
Total	25	4	44	26	2	65

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	TBL SOG	TBL G	FLA SOG	FLA G
Even strength	18	3	16	1
Power play	3	0	8	1
Short-handed	4	1	2	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Panthers took 59.6% of the shot attempts, and 52.4% of the 63 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Panthers and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Lightning hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Lightning at Panthers
Period	FLA CF%	FLA FF%
1st	47.2	44.8
2nd	53.6	55.0
3rd	73.3	71.9
Game	59.6	58.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

05:37 Eetu Luostarinen (4) Mackie Samoskevich (14), Evan Rodrigues (11) · backhand 0–1
13:05 Jake Guentzel (18) SH Anthony Cirelli (11), Max Crozier (6) · snap 1–1
19:52 Pontus Holmberg (5) Yanni Gourde (8), Declan Carlile (2) · snap 2–1

2nd period

02:31 Nikita Kucherov (14) Brayden Point (14), Gage Goncalves (6) · backhand 3–1
07:05 Brad Marchand (21) PP Sam Bennett (14), Sam Reinhart (20) · snap 3–2

3rd period

19:04 Nikita Kucherov (15) EN Anthony Cirelli (12) · backhand 4–2

Three stars

Jake Guentzel TBL · C #59 · 1 G, 0 A
Eetu Luostarinen FLA · C #27 · 1 G, 0 A
Nikita Kucherov TBL · R #86 · 2 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:25	FLA	Sam Bennett	roughing	2	Yanni Gourde
1st	03:25	TBL	Yanni Gourde	roughing	2	Sam Bennett
1st	03:25	FLA	Sam Bennett	roughing	2	Yanni Gourde
1st	03:25	TBL	Yanni Gourde	roughing	2	Sam Bennett
1st	03:25	TBL	Zemgus Girgensons	cross checking	2	Aaron Ekblad
1st	06:48	FLA	A.J. Greer	tripping	2	Nikita Kucherov
1st	12:49	TBL	Steven Santini	cross checking	2	Jesper Boqvist
1st	14:15	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	holding	2	Anthony Cirelli
2nd	03:48	FLA	Mackie Samoskevich	interference	2	Oliver Bjorkstrand
2nd	06:59	TBL	Curtis Douglas	roughing	2	Luke Kunin
2nd	06:59	TBL	Curtis Douglas	fighting (major)	5	Luke Kunin
2nd	06:59	FLA	Luke Kunin	fighting (major)	5	Curtis Douglas
2nd	10:14	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	interference	2	Darren Raddysh
2nd	18:30	FLA	Seth Jones	roughing	2	Anthony Cirelli
2nd	18:30	TBL	Anthony Cirelli	roughing	2	Seth Jones
2nd	18:30	FLA	Evan Rodrigues	roughing	2	Max Crozier
2nd	18:30	TBL	Max Crozier	roughing	2	Evan Rodrigues
2nd	18:30	TBL	Oliver Bjorkstrand	roughing	2	A.J. Greer
2nd	18:30	TBL	Oliver Bjorkstrand	roughing	2	A.J. Greer
2nd	18:30	FLA	A.J. Greer	roughing	2	Oliver Bjorkstrand
2nd	18:30	FLA	A.J. Greer	roughing	2	Oliver Bjorkstrand
2nd	18:30	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2	Carter Verhaeghe
2nd	18:30	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2	Carter Verhaeghe
2nd	18:30	FLA	Carter Verhaeghe	roughing	2	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
2nd	18:30	FLA	Carter Verhaeghe	roughing	2	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
2nd	18:30	TBL	Jake Guentzel	roughing	2	A.J. Greer
3rd	01:34	TBL	Scott Sabourin	roughing	2	Niko Mikkola
3rd	01:34	TBL	Scott Sabourin	slashing	2	Niko Mikkola
3rd	01:34	TBL	Scott Sabourin	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	05:34	TBL	Max Crozier	high sticking	2	Jesper Boqvist
3rd	09:30	FLA	Sam Bennett	slashing	2	Nikita Kucherov
3rd	10:53	TBL	Oliver Bjorkstrand	slashing	2	Eetu Luostarinen
3rd	12:14	FLA	Sam Bennett	boarding	2	Max Crozier
3rd	14:39	FLA	Sam Bennett	roughing	2	Max Crozier
3rd	14:39	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	roughing	2	Yanni Gourde
3rd	14:39	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2	Brad Marchand
3rd	14:39	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2	Brad Marchand
3rd	14:39	TBL	Yanni Gourde	roughing	2	Uvis Balinskis
3rd	14:39	FLA	Brad Marchand	roughing	2	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
3rd	14:39	TBL	Max Crozier	roughing	2	Sam Bennett
3rd	19:27	TBL	Scott Sabourin	roughing	2	Jack Studnicka
3rd	19:27	FLA	Luke Kunin	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	19:27	TBL	Curtis Douglas	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	19:27	TBL	Scott Sabourin	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	19:27	TBL	J.J. Moser	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	2	0	2	+2	3	2	0	0	0.0	18:29
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	0	2	2	+1	1	3	1	2	40.0	17:10
Jake Guentzel #59	C	1	0	1	+1	3	2	3	2	0.0	27:14
Pontus Holmberg #29	R	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	100.0	13:20
Brayden Point #21	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:16
Gage Goncalves #93	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100.0	10:52
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	6	54.5	15:04
Declan Carlile #67	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0.0	18:32
Max Crozier #24	D	0	1	1	+2	1	4	3	6	0.0	20:25
Curtis Douglas #42	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	03:45
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0.0	16:06
Nick Paul #20	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	61.5	14:22
Oliver Bjorkstrand #22	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0.0	12:13
Scott Sabourin #46	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	0.0	06:32
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	8	0.0	16:42
Darren Raddysh #43	D	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	0.0	25:07
J.J. Moser #90	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	10	0.0	22:28
Steven Santini #16	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	0.0	07:58

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88	W	26	24	2	.923	15/16	7/8	59:46

Florida Panthers

Panthers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Eetu Luostarinen #27	C	1	0	1	+1	5	6	0	0	100.0	20:14
Brad Marchand #63	L	1	0	1	-4	3	2	0	2	0.0	21:55
Evan Rodrigues #17	C	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	2	33.3	16:56
Sam Bennett #9	C	0	1	1	-4	2	3	0	10	58.3	19:19
Sam Reinhart #13	C	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	50.0	24:43
Mackie Samoskevich #11	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	18:14
Anton Lundell #15	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	50.0	20:13
Carter Verhaeghe #23	C	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	4	66.7	14:37
Jack Studnicka #53	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	03:42
Jesper Boqvist #70	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	07:51
Luke Kunin #71	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	62.5	04:39
A.J. Greer #10	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0.0	10:12
Aaron Ekblad #5	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	4	0.0	20:36
Gustav Forsling #42	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:00
Jeff Petry #2	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	14:28
Niko Mikkola #77	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0.0	16:47
Seth Jones #3	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	3	2	0.0	25:53
Uvis Balinskis #26	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	0.0	09:51

Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky #72	L	24	21	3	.875	15/17	3/3	58:50

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.