Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers

NHL

Lightning

21-13-3, 45 PTS

4-2

Final

Panthers

20-15-2, 42 PTS

Amerant Bank Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

Team	1	2	3	T
TB	2	1	1	4
FLA	1	1	0	2

Who won: Lightning 4-2

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Lightning lead the series 2-1. Nikita Kucherov led the Lightning in goals (2). Eetu Luostarinen led the Panthers in goals (1).

FLA

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Oliver BjorkstrandRW	0	2	1	0	12:13	7:06	0:00	5:07	14	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	3	6
Anthony CirelliC	1	3	2	1	17:10	1:44	6:22	9:04	28	0	10	2	1	0	8	12	40.0	0	1	2
Curtis DouglasC	0	0	0	0	3:45	0:00	0:00	3:45	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	17
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	2	0	0	16:06	0:14	6:25	9:27	24	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	1	10:52	1:24	0:00	9:28	14	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Yanni GourdeC	1	1	0	1	15:04	0:23	4:57	9:44	22	0	5	1	1	0	6	5	54.5	0	3	6
Jake GuentzelC	3	2	1	1	27:14	8:57	6:37	11:40	27	1	18	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	2
Pontus HolmbergRW	2	1	0	1	13:20	0:42	1:36	11:02	20	1	5	0	1	3	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Nikita KucherovRW	0	2	0	2	18:29	9:13	0:00	9:16	17	2	15	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Nick PaulLW	2	4	0	0	14:22	1:03	3:39	9:40	19	0	3	0	2	0	8	5	61.5	0	0	0
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	1	17:16	8:38	0:00	8:38	16	0	6	1	2	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
Scott SabourinRW	0	1	0	0	6:32	0:00	0:00	6:32	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	5	26

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Declan CarlileD	0	3	1	1	18:32	0:00	6:25	12:07	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Maxwell CrozierD	3	4	0	2	20:25	0:19	5:15	14:51	27	1	1	1	1	0	3	6
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	1	0	1	16:42	2:18	0:45	13:39	24	3	0	1	0	0	4	8
J.J. MoserD	2	2	0	1	22:28	0:00	9:16	13:12	29	3	0	1	1	2	1	10
Darren RaddyshD	2	3	0	0	25:07	8:42	6:41	9:44	29	8	0	5	0	0	0	0
Steven SantiniD	1	1	0	1	7:58	0:07	1:18	6:33	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2