Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Panthers

2-0-1, 5 PTS

5-3

Final

Lightning

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

On the ice

FLA shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
FLA	4	10	11	25
TB	5	11	12	28

In net

Kirill Gerasimyuk11/12 SV, .917

Andrei Vasilevskiy20/24 SV, .833

Team	1	2	3	T
FLA	1	1	3	5
TB	0	2	1	3

Who won: Panthers 5-3

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Panthers outscored the Lightning 3-1 in the 3rd period. Kai Schwindt led the Panthers in goals (1). Jansen Harkins led the Lightning in goals (2).

FLA

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anthony CirelliC	1	0	0	-2	14:30	1:06	0:54	12:30	16	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	50.0	2	0	0
Conor GeekieC	0	4	0	0	15:13	1:03	0:00	14:10	15	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	1	-2	21:07	4:47	0:00	16:20	18	0	0	0	4	3	2	2	50.0	0	0	0
Brandon HagelLW	1	0	0	-2	20:12	4:45	0:55	14:32	18	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	100.0	0	0	0
Jansen HarkinsC	0	6	0	1	10:49	0:00	0:09	10:40	15	2	2	0	4	2	4	3	57.1	0	0	0
Nikita KucherovRW	0	0	0	-2	22:13	5:04	0:00	17:09	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Ilya MikheyevRW	0	0	1	-1	13:59	0:00	0:57	13:02	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Sam O'ReillyRW	1	7	1	0	14:26	0:08	0:55	13:23	16	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	53.3	2	0	0
Jakob PelletierLW	1	2	0	1	9:48	1:11	0:09	8:28	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	2
Brayden PointC	1	0	0	-2	21:44	5:06	0:00	16:38	18	0	0	0	2	1	14	6	70.0	2	0	0
Benjamin RautiainenC	0	2	0	0	13:22	1:05	0:00	12:17	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Scott SabourinRW	0	2	0	1	11:13	0:00	0:00	11:13	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	A	S	SM	GV
John CarlsonD	0	3	0	-1	23:51	4:39	0:10	19:02	22	0	4	3	2
Erik CernakD	0	0	1	1	15:07	0:00	0:54	14:13	21	0	1	3	1
Victor HedmanD	1	0	0	-1	19:37	1:26	0:55	17:16	19	0	1	3	1
Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	-2	18:32	0:05	0:57	17:30	21	0	0	0	1
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	1	0	16:20	0:00	0:56	15:24	20	1	2	1	1
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	0	17:23	0:00	0:09	17:14	21	1	0	0	1