Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers, East 1st Round Game 1

NHL

Lightning

45-29-8, 98 PTS

2-3

Final

Panthers

52-24-6, 110 PTS

Amerant Bank Arena

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

TB shoots leftFLA shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TB	6	4	9	19
FLA	9	6	13	28

In net

Andrei Vasilevskiy25/27 SV, .926

Sergei Bobrovsky17/19 SV, .895

Team	1	2	3	T
TB	1	0	1	2
FLA	1	0	2	3

Who won: Panthers 3-2

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in East 1st Round Game 1 on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers win the series 2-1. Matthew Tkachuk led the Panthers in goals (1). Steven Stamkos led the Lightning in goals (1).

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Here's a sentence that has never been said: Florida leads Tampa Bay in a playoff series.

What it means

Panthers won the series 2-1.

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Injuries and inactives

Lightning2nd in Atlantic Division

Emil Lilleberg D
Undisclosed
Out
Dominic James C
Hand
Injured Reserve
Yanni Gourde C
Hip, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Panthers1st in Atlantic Division

Aleksander Barkov C
Lower Body, left
Injured Reserve
Aaron Ekblad D
Personal
Day-To-Day
Brad Marchand LW
Leg, left
Day-To-Day
Jonah Gadjovich LW
Upper Body, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Lightning2nd in Atlantic Division

Andrei Vasilevskiy G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Panthers1st in Atlantic Division

Sergei Bobrovsky G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

FLA wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Lightning 5, Panthers 3 (Mar 16)

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Game info

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL · Attendance 19,356
Officials: Frederick L'Ecuyer (Referee), Wes McCauley (Referee), Kendrick Nicholson (Referee), Scott Cherrey (Linesman), Libor Suchanek (Linesman)