Florida Panthers 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: final score and stats
Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers 4 to Tampa Bay Lightning 2, on Sunday, December 22, 2024 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers.
NHLSunday, December 22, 2024
DateDec 22, 2024
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
22-11-2Record18-11-2
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
7-7Road record / home record8-1
WWWLLLast 5LWWLW
W3StreakL1
Team stats
Florida PanthersTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Florida Panthers
Brad Marchand LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAleksander Barkov C · Knee
Injured ReserveJonah Gadjovich LW · Neck - Surgery
Injured ReserveTampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Upper Body
OutAnthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Florida Panthers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Asplund | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:56 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleksander Barkov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 | 1:45 | 2:49 | 16:18 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Bennett | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 16:16 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 15:25 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 76.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A.J. Greer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 9:48 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 | 0:47 | 2:16 | 11:47 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13:13 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 11:06 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Nosek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:51 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 8:56 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Reinhart | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:31 | 1:49 | 2:56 | 15:46 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 17:29 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 16:42 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12:42 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:40 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 14:24 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uvis Balinskis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:04 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 12:59 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 25:17 | 1:46 | 3:40 | 19:51 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:46 | 0:00 | 3:40 | 21:06 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 | 0:00 | 2:17 | 17:52 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Mikkola | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:07 | 0:00 | 2:17 | 18:50 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:25 | 0:50 | 0:04 | 12:31 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Knight | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .905 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 59:57 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:04 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 10:17 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:48 | 0:58 | 0:48 | 16:02 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Eyssimont | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:07 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:53 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 8:32 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 10:24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Glendening | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:52 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 8:07 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:59 | 5:18 | 0:00 | 16:41 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 20:09 | 3:05 | 0:00 | 17:04 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:47 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 18:45 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 | 1:25 | 0:48 | 12:09 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 24:02 | 4:39 | 0:02 | 19:21 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 | 0:00 | 1:54 | 14:15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:14 | 3:15 | 0:41 | 20:18 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 15:33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 | 0:03 | 1:55 | 15:26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:38 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 | 2:42 | 0:00 | 18:11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .880 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 58:06 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Florida Panthers won, 4-2, on Sunday, December 22, 2024.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Florida Panthers 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Sam Reinhart (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Nick Paul (1 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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