Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Panthers

29-25-3, 61 PTS

1-6

Final

Lightning

37-14-4, 78 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: ESPN+

Team	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	0	1	1
TB	2	2	2	6

Who won: Lightning 6-1

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-1 on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning win the series 3-1. The Lightning outscored the Panthers 2-0 in the 1st period. Oliver Bjorkstrand led the Lightning in goals (1). Mackie Samoskevich 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
Sam BennettC	0	1	1	-2	16:02	5:20	0:32	10:10	17	0	19	0	3	0	6	8	42.9	2	2	12
Jesper BoqvistC	0	2	0	-1	10:23	1:19	0:00	9:04	16	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0.0	1	1	2
A.J. GreerLW	0	1	0	-2	13:36	2:37	0:27	10:32	20	0	11	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Luke KuninC	1	3	0	-1	12:13	0:19	2:55	8:59	17	0	2	0	1	1	7	4	63.6	0	0	0
Anton LundellC	0	0	0	-1	20:47	7:48	0:45	12:14	21	0	16	1	2	2	14	6	70.0	0	1	2
Eetu LuostarinenC	0	1	0	-1	17:10	2:39	1:54	12:37	21	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Sam ReinhartC	0	1	0	-2	20:49	7:15	0:50	12:44	21	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mackie SamoskevichRW	0	1	0	0	15:01	4:04	0:00	10:57	20	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	2
Cole SchwindtRW	0	1	1	-1	15:18	3:16	1:02	11:00	21	0	3	0	0	0	4	5	44.4	0	0	0
Matthew TkachukLW	0	2	0	-1	13:40	4:14	0:03	9:23	16	0	3	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	5	21
Carter VerhaegheC	0	1	0	-1	11:38	1:20	0:00	10:18	16	0	16	0	2	2	0	1	0.0	1	1	10
Sandis VilmanisLW	0	1	0	-1	14:57	3:17	0:00	11:40	20	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Uvis BalinskisD	2	1	1	-1	25:58	6:32	1:41	17:45	28	5	5	0	2	0	0
Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	-2	18:42	1:35	3:11	13:56	21	2	4	0	0	2	15
Mikulas HovorkaD	0	0	0	-3	11:27	0:09	0:46	10:32	17	0	0	0	3	0	0
Niko MikkolaD	1	0	0	-1	20:45	2:15	3:11	15:19	26	1	2	1	1	1	2
Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	-3	22:05	3:52	1:36	16:37	27	0	2	1	0	0	0
Donovan SebrangoD	1	1	0	-1	12:25	0:09	0:03	12:13	19	0	2	0	1	1	10