Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, February 5, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-1 on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Panthers outshot the Lightning 34-28.
Goals came from Brandon Hagel, Zemgus Girgensons, Jake Guentzel, Erik Cernak, Pontus Holmberg, Mackie Samoskevich and Oliver Bjorkstrand.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Daniil Tarasov stopped 20 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Hagel (27)Victor Hedman (13)Bennett 1:19 into shift0–102:08 TBL
Zemgus Girgensons (7)Pontus Holmberg (8), Yanni Gourde (15)Forsling 1:18 into shift0–214:08 TBL
2nd period
Jake Guentzel (26)Darren Raddysh (35), Nikita Kucherov (62)Forsling 1:14 into shift0–301:14 TBL · PPG
Erik Cernak (1)Ryan McDonagh (6), Dominic James (8)0–417:50 TBL
3rd period
Pontus Holmberg (9)Gage Goncalves (11), Oliver Bjorkstrand (17)0–506:09 TBL
Mackie Samoskevich (6)Jesper Boqvist (5), Anton Lundell (24)Hedman 1:01 into shift1–509:50 FLA · PPG
Oliver Bjorkstrand (10)Unassisted1–615:41 TBL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–1 · 1st 2:08 · Hagel. Bennett was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 TBL
1st 2:08 · Hagel
Long shift: Bennett 1:19
0–2 TBL
1st 14:08 · Girgensons
Long shift: Forsling 1:18
0–3 TBL
2nd 1:14 · PP · Guentzel
Long shift: Forsling 1:14
0–4 TBL
2nd 17:50 · Cernak
Luostarinen 0:50
0–5 TBL
3rd 6:09 · Holmberg
Kunin 0:49
1–5 FLA
3rd 9:50 · PP · Samoskevich
Long shift: Hedman 1:01
1–6 TBL
3rd 15:41 · Bjorkstrand
Boqvist 0:48
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 15:14
Nikita Kucherov · cross checking2 min - 1st 15:50Zemgus Girgensons · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:58Dominic James · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:58
Mackie Samoskevich · roughing2 min - 1st 18:58Gage Goncalves · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:58Jesper Boqvist · roughing2 min
- 1st 20:00Matthew Tkachuk · abuse of officials2 min
- 2nd 10:48Anton Lundell · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:20Nikita Kucherov · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:06Sam Bennett · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:06J.J. Moser · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:06Matthew Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:06Victor Hedman · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:06Matthew Tkachuk · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:06Niko Mikkola · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:06Matthew Tkachuk · fighting5 min
- 3rd 04:06Gustav Forsling · fighting5 min
- 3rd 04:06J.J. Moser · fighting5 min
- 3rd 04:06Brandon Hagel · fighting5 min
- 3rd 04:06Matthew Tkachuk · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06J.J. Moser · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Donovan Sebrango · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Gustav Forsling · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Sam Bennett · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Jake Guentzel · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Nikita Kucherov · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Bench · game misconduct head coach0 min
- 3rd 04:06Yanni Gourde · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Darren Raddysh · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 04:06Carter Verhaeghe · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 06:33Curtis Douglas · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:33Curtis Douglas · aggressor10 min
- 3rd 16:05Declan Carlile · cross checking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 11Mackie SamoskevichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15:01 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 70Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 10:23 |
| 9Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:02 |
| 10A.J. GreerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:40 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 71Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 79Cole SchwindtR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 95Sandis VilmanisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 2Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 22:05 |
| 6Donovan SebrangoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 26Uvis BalinskisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 25:58 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 18:42 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:45 |
| 96Mikulas HovorkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 11:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Daniil TarasovG | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 45:59 |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 13:51 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 22Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 29Pontus HolmbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 17:44 |
| 17Dominic JamesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:20 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 38Brandon HagelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 93Gage GoncalvesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 17:52 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:13 |
| 42Curtis DouglasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:13 |
| 46Scott SabourinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 62Jack FinleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 67Declan CarlileD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 90J.J. MoserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 59:56 |