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Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: game summary

Final · October 2, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Florida Panthers logoFlorida Panthers2
Tampa Bay Lightning logoTampa Bay Lightning5

Shots on goal : FLA 18 — TBL 33 · Benchmark International Arena

Three stars

Florida Panthers logo FLA

Game stats

TBL Tampa Bay Lightning logo
18Shots on goal33
47 %Faceoff win %53 %
1/7Power play2/8
104Penalty minutes82
23Hits34
10Blocked shots17
4Giveaways9
1Takeaways0

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
FLA57618
TBL197733

Season series FLA 1 – 3 TBL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Florida Panthers logoFLA 2 / 18 / 295 / 33 / 44 TBLTampa Bay Lightning logo →
Missed shot — Niko Mikkola (FLA), P1 00:19 · slapMissed shot — Dmitry Kulikov (FLA), P1 00:46 · snapMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 00:57 · snapMissed shot — Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), P1 04:34 · tip-inMissed shot — Erik Cernak (TBL), P1 09:52 · slapMissed shot — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P1 17:07 · slapMissed shot — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P1 19:31 · snapMissed shot — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P2 03:07 · snapMissed shot — Niko Mikkola (FLA), P2 07:20 · snapMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P2 09:08 · tip-inMissed shot — Mitchell Chaffee (TBL), P2 09:37 · backhandMissed shot — Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), P2 11:53 · snapMissed shot — Jesper Boqvist (FLA), P2 12:39 · snapMissed shot — Declan Carlile (TBL), P3 02:10 · slapMissed shot — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P3 03:55 · slapMissed shot — Max Crozier (TBL), P3 04:16 · wristMissed shot — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P3 05:06 · tip-inMissed shot — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 07:31 · wristMissed shot — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P3 10:00 · snapMissed shot — Jeff Petry (FLA), P3 10:03 · slapMissed shot — Dominic James (TBL), P3 16:00 · slapMissed shot — Conor Geekie (TBL), P3 17:38 · tip-inShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P1 01:41 · slapShot on goal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P1 02:04 · wristShot on goal — Max Crozier (TBL), P1 02:41 · wristShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 02:51 · wristShot on goal — Conor Geekie (TBL), P1 02:53 · snapShot on goal — Jack Finley (TBL), P1 02:54 · backhandShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P1 04:14 · pokeShot on goal — Seth Jones (FLA), P1 04:44 · snapShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P1 09:48 · wristShot on goal — Sam Bennett (FLA), P1 10:21 · snapShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P1 11:21 · tip-inShot on goal — Yanni Gourde (TBL), P1 11:23 · backhandShot on goal — Mackie Samoskevich (FLA), P1 15:14 · snapShot on goal — Brandon Hagel (TBL), P1 15:48 · slapShot on goal — Anton Lundell (FLA), P1 15:56 · snapShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P1 16:41 · tip-inShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P1 16:42 · snapShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P1 17:26 · wristShot on goal — Mitchell Chaffee (TBL), P1 17:44 · snapShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P1 17:56 · snapShot on goal — Max Crozier (TBL), P1 18:05 · wristShot on goal — Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL), P1 18:55 · wristShot on goal — Darren Raddysh (TBL), P2 01:06 · slapShot on goal — Jeff Petry (FLA), P2 01:49 · slapShot on goal — Jeff Petry (FLA), P2 04:24 · slapShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P2 07:02 · snapShot on goal — Brad Marchand (FLA), P2 10:23 · snapShot on goal — Jonah Gadjovich (FLA), P2 11:09 · snapShot on goal — Gage Goncalves (TBL), P2 13:24 · wristShot on goal — Emil Lilleberg (TBL), P2 13:28 · wristShot on goal — Max Crozier (TBL), P2 15:08 · wristShot on goal — Mackie Samoskevich (FLA), P2 16:10 · snapShot on goal — Max Crozier (TBL), P2 17:09 · slapShot on goal — Dominic James (TBL), P2 19:45 · wristShot on goal — Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), P3 00:54 · snapShot on goal — J.J. Moser (TBL), P3 02:49 · wristShot on goal — Jesper Boqvist (FLA), P3 06:51 · snapShot on goal — Dmitry Kulikov (FLA), P3 06:55 · slapShot on goal — Jeff Petry (FLA), P3 07:15 · wristShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 07:28 · slapShot on goal — Nikita Kucherov (TBL), P3 08:41 · slapShot on goal — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P3 10:34 · snapShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P3 13:25 · snapShot on goal — Jack Finley (TBL), P3 17:14 · tip-inGoal — Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), P1 11:52 · wristGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P1 19:19 · wristGoal — Seth Jones (FLA), P2 00:57 · wristGoal — Brayden Point (TBL), P2 18:55 · wristGoal — Jake Guentzel (TBL), P3 01:05 · wristGoal — Conor Geekie (TBL), P3 06:27 · wristGoal — Anthony Cirelli (TBL), P3 15:11 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 04:46FLACarter Verhaeghe — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Emil Lilleberg
  • 05:05TBLOliver Bjorkstrand — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Gustav Forsling
  • 07:50FLAA.J. Greer — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Darren Raddysh
  • 07:50FLAA.J. Greer — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Hagel
  • 07:50TBLDarren Raddysh — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by A.J. Greer
  • 07:50FLAA.J. Greer — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 11:24FLASam Bennett — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Emil Lilleberg
  • 14:28TBLConor Geekie — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Sam Bennett
  • 18:07TBLYanni Gourde — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Niko Mikkola
  • 18:07FLAJonah Gadjovich — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Yanni Gourde
  • 18:07FLALuke Kunin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Max Crozier

2nd period

  • 00:09TBLDominic James — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Anton Lundell
  • 02:50TBLAnthony Cirelli — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Jeff Petry
  • 02:50FLADmitry Kulikov — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Conor Geekie
  • 02:50TBLAnthony Cirelli — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Jeff Petry
  • 05:11TBLDeclan Carlile — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by A.J. Greer
  • 05:11FLAA.J. Greer — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Darren Raddysh
  • 05:11TBLDarren Raddysh — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by A.J. Greer
  • 05:37TBLYanni Gourde — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Aaron Ekblad
  • 05:37FLAAaron Ekblad — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Yanni Gourde
  • 05:37TBLYanni Gourde — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Aaron Ekblad
  • 05:37FLAAaron Ekblad — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Yanni Gourde
  • 07:08FLAMackie Samoskevich — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by J.J. Moser
  • 07:08TBLJ.J. Moser — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Anton Lundell
  • 07:08FLAMackie Samoskevich — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by J.J. Moser
  • 11:17FLAJonah Gadjovich — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Declan Carlile
  • 11:17FLAJonah Gadjovich — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Declan Carlile
  • 11:17TBLDeclan Carlile — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Jonah Gadjovich
  • 14:06TBLMitchell Chaffee — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Gustav Forsling
  • 14:06TBLAnthony Cirelli — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 14:06FLAAaron Ekblad — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 16:23TBLJack Finley — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Gustav Forsling
  • 16:23TBLJack Finley — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 20:00FLALuke Kunin — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Mitchell Chaffee

3rd period

  • 06:27FLASam Bennett — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 06:27TBLEmil Lilleberg — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 06:27FLAJonah Gadjovich — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 06:27FLAA.J. Greer — Game misconduct (10 min)
  • 07:27FLAJesper Boqvist — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Brayden Point
  • 11:45TBLJack Finley — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Niko Mikkola
  • 11:45FLANiko Mikkola — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Jack Finley
  • 11:45TBLJack Finley — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Niko Mikkola
  • 14:11FLAEetu Luostarinen — Interference (2 min) · drawn by J.J. Moser
  • 14:11TBLJ.J. Moser — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Eetu Luostarinen
  • 16:55FLAAaron Ekblad — Unsportsmanlike conduct (2 min) · drawn by Mitchell Chaffee
  • 16:55FLALuke Kunin — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Yanni Gourde
  • 16:55TBLMitchell Chaffee — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Aaron Ekblad
  • 16:55TBLYanni Gourde — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Luke Kunin
  • 16:55FLAAaron Ekblad — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Mitchell Chaffee

Box score

Florida Panthers

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
S. BennettC01-11112:53
A. GreerL00-20107:32
M. SamoskevichR0002215:20
J. GadjovichL00-11210:13
S. ReinhartC00-10015:36
A. LundellC0011108:40
E. RodriguesC00-10118:26
C. VerhaegheC0002116:11
E. LuostarinenC1002115:10
B. MarchandL01-11116:42
J. BoqvistC0001116:41
L. KuninC0000513:32
J. PetryD0013220:47
S. JonesD10-12124:55
A. EkbladD00-10014:09
D. KulikovD00-11116:21
G. ForslingD0101019:32
N. MikkolaD00-20219:20
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
B. Bussi0/00.0 %00:00
D. Tarasov(L)28/3384.8 %59:43

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
C. GeekieC1012514:20
D. JamesC0113115:42
B. PointC1101017:38
O. BjorkstrandR00-11417:48
Y. GourdeC0012414:52
B. HagelL0001004:26
M. ChaffeeR0001314:52
J. GuentzelC2102022:08
J. FinleyC0002212:54
A. CirelliC1012312:05
N. KucherovR0303217:11
G. GoncalvesC0121214:41
M. CrozierD0004422:31
D. RaddyshD0211119:24
D. CarlileD0120012:43
E. LillebergD0014115:44
E. CernakD0000111:54
J. MoserD0013122:41
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson0/00.0 %00:00
B. Halverson(W)16/1888.9 %59:38

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About this game

Who won Panthers vs Lightning?

Lightning won 5-2 over Panthers on Thursday, October 2, 2025.

When was Panthers vs Lightning played?

On Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 7:00 PM ET at Benchmark International Arena.

Where was Panthers vs Lightning played?

At Benchmark International Arena, in Tampa.

Have the Panthers and Lightning played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.