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Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Preseason · Thursday, October 2, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena

Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersAway

2–5

Final

18–33

Tampa Bay LightningTampa BayLightningHome

SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5–2 on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Panthers 33–18.

Jake Guentzel scored twice. Eetu Luostarinen, Seth Jones, Brayden Point, Conor Geekie and Anthony Cirelli also scored.

Brandon Halverson made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Daniil Tarasov stopped 28 of 33.

Goals
Florida PanthersFLA110218
Tampa Bay LightningTBL113533

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJake GuentzelTBL · 2 goals, 1 assist
  2. ★2nd starNikita KucherovTBL · 3 assists
  3. ★3rd starDarren RaddyshTBL · 2 assists

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:24

2–2 · 2nd 18:55 · Point. Rodrigues had been on the ice for 1:24 when it went in.

GoalFLA TBL

1–0 FLA

1st 11:52 · · Luostarinen

Bjorkstrand 0:52

1–1 TBL

1st 19:19 · · Guentzel

Petry 0:37

2–1 FLA

2nd 0:57 · · Jones

Finley 0:57

2–2 TBL

2nd 18:55 · Point

Stuck out there: Rodrigues 1:24

2–3 TBL

3rd 1:05 · · Guentzel

Kulikov 0:09

2–4 TBL

3rd 6:27 · Geekie

Long shift: Greer 1:04

2–5 TBL

3rd 15:11 · Cirelli

Marchand 0:25

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

FLATBL
1833
47%53%
1/72/8
10482
2334
1017
49
10

Penalties

  • 4:46 into the first periodCarter Verhaeghe · slashing2 min
  • 5:05 into the first periodOliver Bjorkstrand · interference2 min
  • 7:50 into the first periodA.J. Greer · roughing2 min
  • 7:50 into the first periodA.J. Greer · cross checking2 min
  • 7:50 into the first periodDarren Raddysh · roughing2 min
  • 7:50 into the first periodA.J. Greer · misconduct10 min
  • 11:24 into the first periodSam Bennett · high sticking2 min
  • 14:28 into the first periodConor Geekie · cross checking2 min
  • 18:07 into the first periodYanni Gourde · roughing2 min
  • 18:07 into the first periodJonah Gadjovich · slashing2 min
  • 18:07 into the first periodLuke Kunin · roughing2 min
  • 0:09 into the second periodDominic James · cross checking2 min
  • 2:50 into the second periodAnthony Cirelli · cross checking2 min
  • 2:50 into the second periodDmitry Kulikov · slashing2 min
  • 2:50 into the second periodAnthony Cirelli · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 5:11 into the second periodDeclan Carlile · roughing2 min
  • 5:11 into the second periodA.J. Greer · fighting5 min
  • 5:11 into the second periodDarren Raddysh · fighting5 min
  • 5:37 into the second periodYanni Gourde · roughing2 min
  • 5:37 into the second periodAaron Ekblad · roughing2 min
  • 5:37 into the second periodYanni Gourde · roughing2 min
  • 5:37 into the second periodAaron Ekblad · roughing2 min
  • 7:08 into the second periodMackie Samoskevich · roughing2 min
  • 7:08 into the second periodJ.J. Moser · cross checking2 min
  • 7:08 into the second periodMackie Samoskevich · roughing2 min
  • 11:17 into the second periodJonah Gadjovich · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 11:17 into the second periodJonah Gadjovich · fighting5 min
  • 11:17 into the second periodDeclan Carlile · fighting5 min
  • 14:06 into the second periodMitchell Chaffee · high sticking2 min
  • 14:06 into the second periodAnthony Cirelli · misconduct10 min
  • 14:06 into the second periodAaron Ekblad · misconduct10 min
  • 16:23 into the second periodJack Finley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 16:23 into the second periodJack Finley · misconduct10 min
  • 20:00 into the second periodLuke Kunin · slashing2 min
  • 6:27 into the third periodSam Bennett · misconduct10 min
  • 6:27 into the third periodEmil Lilleberg · misconduct10 min
  • 6:27 into the third periodJonah Gadjovich · misconduct10 min
  • 6:27 into the third periodA.J. Greer · game misconduct10 min
  • 7:27 into the third periodJesper Boqvist · interference2 min
  • 11:45 into the third periodJack Finley · roughing2 min
  • 11:45 into the third periodNiko Mikkola · roughing2 min
  • 11:45 into the third periodJack Finley · roughing2 min
  • 14:11 into the third periodEetu Luostarinen · interference2 min
  • 14:11 into the third periodJ.J. Moser · holding2 min
  • 16:55 into the third periodAaron Ekblad · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 16:55 into the third periodLuke Kunin · fighting5 min
  • 16:55 into the third periodMitchell Chaffee · fighting5 min
  • 16:55 into the third periodYanni Gourde · fighting5 min
  • 16:55 into the third periodAaron Ekblad · fighting5 min