Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers

NHL

21-13-3, 45 PTS

4-2

Final

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).

Leaders

TBFLA

Goals

Nikita Kucherov

2

Eetu Luostarinen

1

Assists

Anthony Cirelli

2

Evan Rodrigues

1

Points

Nikita Kucherov

2

Brad Marchand

1

Scoring

1st

5:37

Goal

Eetu Luostarinen Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Mackie Samoskevich (14), Evan Rodrigues (11)

0-1

13:05

Goal

Jake Guentzel Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (11), Max Crozier (6)

1-1

19:52

Goal

Pontus Holmberg Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (8), Declan Carlile (2)

2-1

2nd

2:31

Goal

Nikita Kucherov Goal (14) Backhand, assists: Brayden Point (14), Gage Goncalves (6)

3-1

7:05

Goal

Brad Marchand Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (14), Sam Reinhart (20)

3-2

3rd

19:04

Goal

Nikita Kucherov Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Anthony Cirelli (12)

4-2

Scores shown as TB-FLA.

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