Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Preseason · Thursday, September 24, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 25–28

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Panthers 28-25.

Jansen Harkins scored twice. Bokondji Imama, Kai Schwindt, Conor Geekie, Hunter St. Martin, Cole Reinhardt and Sandis Vilmanis also scored.

Kirill Gerasimyuk made 11 saves on 12 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	1	1	3	5	25
TBL	0	2	1	3	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Bokondji Imama (1)Donovan Sebrango (1), Sam Lafferty (1)1–019:44 FLA

2nd period

Kai Schwindt (1)Cole Reinhardt (1), Mikulas Hovorka (1)2–002:29 FLA
Jansen Harkins (1)Ilya Mikheyev (1), J.J. Moser (1)St. Martin 1:03 into shift2–103:14 TBL
Conor Geekie (2)Sam O'Reilly (2), Benjamin Rautiainen (1)Reinhardt 1:05 into shift2–213:09 TBL

3rd period

Hunter St. Martin (1)Alexander Petrovic (1), Kai Schwindt (1)3–204:21 FLA
Jansen Harkins (2)Ryan McDonagh (1), Jakob Pelletier (1)3–305:29 TBL
Cole Reinhardt (3)Unassisted4–305:35 FLA
Sandis Vilmanis (1)Uvis Balinskis (1)5–319:36 FLA · EN

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

2–2 · 2nd 13:09 · Geekie. Reinhardt was 1:05 into his shift when it went in.

GoalFLA on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 FLA

1st 19:44 · Imama

McDonagh 0:59

NormalMcDonagh 0:59

2–0 FLA

2nd 2:29 · Schwindt

Moser 0:29

Fresh legsMoser 0:29

2–1 TBL

2nd 3:14 · Harkins

Long shift: St. Martin 1:03

Long shiftSt. Martin 1:03

2–2 TBL

2nd 13:09 · Geekie

Long shift: Reinhardt 1:05

Long shiftReinhardt 1:05

3–2 FLA

3rd 4:21 · St. Martin

Lilleberg 0:53

NormalLilleberg 0:53

3–3 TBL

3rd 5:29 · Harkins

Eller 0:21

Fresh legsEller 0:21

4–3 FLA

3rd 5:35 · Reinhardt

McDonagh 0:27

Fresh legsMcDonagh 0:27

5–3 FLA

3rd 19:36 · EN · Vilmanis

Kucherov 1:19

Empty netKucherov 1:19

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

FLATBL

25Shots on goal28

41%Faceoff %59%

0/1Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes4

41Hits26

18Blocked shots6

13Giveaways16

6Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 00:54Sam Lafferty · holding2 min
1st 19:58Bokondji Imama · hooking2 min
2nd 14:39Matvei Shuravin · holding2 min
2nd 14:44Uvis Balinskis · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:50Nikita Kucherov · holding the stick2 min
3rd 13:16John Beecher · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 13:16Jakob Pelletier · roughing2 min

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

29Cole ReinhardtL	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	13:50
97Kai SchwindtL	1	1	2	+2	1	1	2	0	71	10:33
14Bokondji ImamaL	1	0	1	+1	1	6	0	2	–	13:13
18Sam LaffertyC	0	1	1	+1	1	4	1	2	50	18:36
85Hunter St. MartinL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	12:57
95Sandis VilmanisL	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	15:32
26Uvis BalinskisD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	3	2	–	22:32
36Alexander PetrovicD	0	1	1	+3	2	3	1	0	–	24:03
73Donovan SebrangoD	0	1	1	+3	2	1	1	0	–	21:11
96Mikulas HovorkaD	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	–	16:13
11Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	–	14:10
17John BeecherC	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	2	36	16:49
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	29	16:31
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50	12:22
28Angus CrookshankC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	11:07
79Cole SchwindtR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	50	13:46
51Marek AlscherD	0	0	0	+1	3	4	2	0	–	21:15
76Matvei ShuravinD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	–	15:20

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Kirill GerasimyukG	W	12	11	1	.917	20:00
31Cooper BlackG		16	14	2	.875	40:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

10Jansen HarkinsC	2	0	2	+1	4	6	0	0	57	10:49
22Jakob PelletierL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2	–	09:48
23Sam O'ReillyR	0	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	57	14:26
41Benjamin RautiainenC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:22
94Conor GeekieC	1	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	–	15:13
95Ilya MikheyevR	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:59
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:20
90J.J. MoserD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:23
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	70	21:44
38Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	100	20:12
49Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	11:13
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	50	21:07
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	50	14:30
86Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	2	–	22:13
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	4	3	0	0	–	23:51
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	19:37
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	18:32
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	15:07

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Dennis HildebyG		0	0	0	.000	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	24	20	4	.833	56:34