Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

Sat, Dec 27, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Tampa Bay Lightning

4 – 2

Final

Florida Panthers

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4–2 on Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	2	1	1	4	25
FLA	1	1	0	2	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:37	FLA	EV	Eetu Luostarinen (4) · backhand	Mackie Samoskevich (14), Evan Rodrigues (11)	0–1
1st	13:05	TBL	SH	Jake Guentzel (18) · snap	Anthony Cirelli (11), Max Crozier (6)	1–1
1st	19:52	TBL	EV	Pontus Holmberg (5) · snap	Yanni Gourde (8), Declan Carlile (2)	2–1
2nd	02:31	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (14) · backhand	Brayden Point (14), Gage Goncalves (6)	3–1
2nd	07:05	FLA	PP	Brad Marchand (21) · snap	Sam Bennett (14), Sam Reinhart (20)	3–2
3rd	19:04	TBL	SH EN	Nikita Kucherov (15) · backhand	Anthony Cirelli (12)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:25	FLA	Sam Bennett	roughing	2
1st	03:25	TBL	Yanni Gourde	roughing	2
1st	03:25	FLA	Sam Bennett	roughing	2
1st	03:25	TBL	Yanni Gourde	roughing	2
1st	03:25	TBL	Zemgus Girgensons	cross checking	2
1st	06:48	FLA	A.J. Greer	tripping	2
1st	12:49	TBL	Steven Santini	cross checking	2
1st	14:15	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	holding	2
2nd	03:48	FLA	Mackie Samoskevich	interference	2
2nd	06:59	TBL	Curtis Douglas	roughing	2
2nd	06:59	TBL	Curtis Douglas	fighting	5
2nd	06:59	FLA	Luke Kunin	fighting	5
2nd	10:14	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	interference	2
2nd	18:30	FLA	Seth Jones	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	TBL	Anthony Cirelli	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	FLA	Evan Rodrigues	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	TBL	Max Crozier	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	TBL	Oliver Bjorkstrand	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	TBL	Oliver Bjorkstrand	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	FLA	A.J. Greer	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	FLA	A.J. Greer	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	FLA	Carter Verhaeghe	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	FLA	Carter Verhaeghe	roughing	2
2nd	18:30	TBL	Jake Guentzel	roughing	2
3rd	01:34	TBL	Scott Sabourin	roughing	2
3rd	01:34	TBL	Scott Sabourin	slashing	2
3rd	01:34	TBL	Scott Sabourin	misconduct	10
3rd	05:34	TBL	Max Crozier	high sticking	2
3rd	09:30	FLA	Sam Bennett	slashing	2
3rd	10:53	TBL	Oliver Bjorkstrand	slashing	2
3rd	12:14	FLA	Sam Bennett	boarding	2
3rd	14:39	FLA	Sam Bennett	roughing	2
3rd	14:39	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	roughing	2
3rd	14:39	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2
3rd	14:39	TBL	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	roughing	2
3rd	14:39	TBL	Yanni Gourde	roughing	2
3rd	14:39	FLA	Brad Marchand	roughing	2
3rd	14:39	TBL	Max Crozier	roughing	2
3rd	19:27	TBL	Scott Sabourin	roughing	2
3rd	19:27	FLA	Luke Kunin	misconduct	10
3rd	19:27	TBL	Curtis Douglas	misconduct	10
3rd	19:27	TBL	Scott Sabourin	misconduct	10
3rd	19:27	TBL	J.J. Moser	misconduct	10

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TBL 2.96 · FLA 4.44 · xG% TBL 40.0

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	2	0	2	+2	0	3	2	0		18:29	17
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	2	2	+1	2	1	3	1	40.0	17:10	28
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	2	3		27:14	27
24	Max Crozier	D	0	1	1	+2	6	1	4	3		20:25	27
67	Declan Carlile	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0		18:32	25
21	Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		17:16	16
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	1	1	+1	6	1	1	1	54.5	15:04	22
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2	100.0	13:20	20
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	10:52	14
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2		25:07	29
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	+1	10	1	2	2		22:28	29
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	0	0	+1	8	1	1	0		16:42	24
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		16:06	24
20	Nick Paul	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	61.5	14:22	19
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	0		12:13	14
16	Steven Santini	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1		7:58	14
46	Scott Sabourin	R	0	0	0	0	26	0	1	0		6:32	10
42	Curtis Douglas	C	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0		3:45	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	W	26	24	2	.923	59:46

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	1	50.0	24:43	29
63	Brad Marchand	L	1	0	1	-4	2	3	2	0		21:55	28
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	6	0	100.0	20:14	22
9	Sam Bennett	C	0	1	1	-4	10	2	3	0	58.3	19:19	26
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0		18:14	23
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	1	33.3	16:56	24
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	3		25:53	28
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	1		20:36	26
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	20:13	26
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		19:00	22
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		16:47	23
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	-3	4	1	1	0	66.7	14:37	20
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		14:28	22
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	0	0	0	6	0	3	1		10:12	15
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		9:51	15
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		7:51	15
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	62.5	4:39	11
53	Jack Studnicka	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		3:42	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	L	24	21	3	.875	58:50