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Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Tuesday, March 23, 2027 · Benchmark International Arena

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Game preview

The Florida Panthers visit the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Tuesday, March 23, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on TNT, truTV, HBO MAX and SNP.

This is the fourth of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Panthers

Game 5 of a road trip: Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and Buffalo, now Tampa Bay.

  1. 132027-03-13: no game
  2. 142027-03-14: no game
  3. 152027-03-15: at TOR
  4. 162027-03-16: at MTL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  5. 172027-03-17: no game
  6. 182027-03-18: at OTT
  7. 192027-03-19: no game
  8. 202027-03-20: at BUF
  9. 212027-03-21: no game
  10. 222027-03-22: no game
  11. 232027-03-23: at TBL
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~1,051 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,911 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Lightning

First home game after a 4-game road trip (Washington, Toronto, Montréal and Ottawa).

  1. 132027-03-13: vs NYI
  2. 142027-03-14: no game
  3. 152027-03-15: at WSH
  4. 162027-03-16: no game
  5. 172027-03-17: at TOR
  6. 182027-03-18: at MTL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 192027-03-19: no game
  8. 202027-03-20: at OTT
  9. 212027-03-21: no game
  10. 222027-03-22: no game
  11. 232027-03-23: vs FLA
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~1,252 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,849 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37
Tampa Bay LightningLightningTue, Oct 13 at NYR
  1. L1Girgensons#28Holmberg#29Mikheyev#95
    10:27 together at 5v5
  2. L2Point#21Goncalves#93Kucherov#86
    5:49 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewHagel#38Guentzel#59Geekie#94
    1:46 together at 5v5
  1. D1Carlson#74Moser#90
    12:15 together at 5v5
  2. D2D'Astous#51Crozier#24
    10:25 together at 5v5
  3. D3McDonagh#27Cernak#81
    8:50 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Hagel LGuentzel CPoint CKucherov RCarlson D2:13
  2. 2Cirelli CGoncalves CGeekie CHolmberg RD'Astous D0:50

Penalty kill

  1. 1Hagel LCirelli CHedman DCrozier D1:57
  2. 2Hagel LCirelli CMcDonagh DCernak D1:17

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

FLATBL

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

FLA 72% (7th most settled)TBL 57% (5th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)TBL 2:04 left (5th earliest · 16 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)TBL 49.1s (11th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

FLA 27% (10th least often)TBL 28% (12th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series