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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 25–26

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Lightning 26-25.

Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Eetu Luostarinen, Jake Guentzel, Pontus Holmberg and Brad Marchand also scored.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 of 24.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL211425
Florida PanthersFLA110226

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJake GuentzelTBL · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starEetu LuostarinenFLA · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starNikita KucherovTBL · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:05

0–1 · 1st 5:37 · Luostarinen. Guentzel was 1:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceFLA on ice

0–1 FLA

1st 5:37 · Luostarinen

Long shift: Guentzel 1:05

1–1 TBL

1st 13:05 · SH · Guentzel

Marchand 0:16

2–1 TBL

1st 19:52 · Holmberg

Marchand 0:38

3–1 TBL

2nd 2:31 · Kucherov

Jones 0:28

3–2 FLA

2nd 7:05 · PP · Marchand

Crozier 0:09

4–2 TBL

3rd 19:04 · EN · Kucherov

Jones 1:39

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TBLFLA
25Shots on goal26
48%Faceoff %52%
0/6Power play1/10
87Penalty minutes49
32Hits27
17Blocked shots9
10Giveaways10
5Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 03:25Sam Bennett · roughing2 min
  • 1st 03:25Yanni Gourde · roughing2 min
  • 1st 03:25Sam Bennett · roughing2 min
  • 1st 03:25Yanni Gourde · roughing2 min
  • 1st 03:25Zemgus Girgensons · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 06:48A.J. Greer · tripping2 min
  • 1st 12:49Steven Santini · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 14:15Aaron Ekblad · holding2 min
  • 2nd 03:48Mackie Samoskevich · interference2 min
  • 2nd 06:59Curtis Douglas · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 06:59Curtis Douglas · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 06:59Luke Kunin · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 10:14Aaron Ekblad · interference2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Seth Jones · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Anthony Cirelli · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Evan Rodrigues · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Max Crozier · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Oliver Bjorkstrand · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Oliver Bjorkstrand · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30A.J. Greer · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30A.J. Greer · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Charle-Edouard D'Astous · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Charle-Edouard D'Astous · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Carter Verhaeghe · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Carter Verhaeghe · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:30Jake Guentzel · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 01:34Scott Sabourin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 01:34Scott Sabourin · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 01:34Scott Sabourin · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 05:34Max Crozier · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 09:30Sam Bennett · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 10:53Oliver Bjorkstrand · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 12:14Sam Bennett · boarding2 min
  • 3rd 14:39Sam Bennett · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:39Uvis Balinskis · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:39Charle-Edouard D'Astous · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:39Charle-Edouard D'Astous · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:39Yanni Gourde · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:39Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:39Max Crozier · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 19:27Scott Sabourin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 19:27Luke Kunin · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:27Curtis Douglas · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:27Scott Sabourin · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:27J.J. Moser · misconduct10 min

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