Florida Panthers 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: final score and stats
Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers 6 to Tampa Bay Lightning 2, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 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.
NHL · East 1st Round - Game 1Tuesday, April 22, 2025
DateApr 22, 2025
Start time8:48 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
47-31-4Record47-27-8
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
6-7Road record / home record8-0
WWLLWLast 5WWLWW
W2StreakW2
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
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveErik Cernak D · Upper Body
Day-To-DayAnthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksander Barkov | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18:40 | 2:02 | 0:54 | 15:44 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 77.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Bennett | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11:50 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 11:11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:08 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 2:17 | 15:12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 13:47 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Marchand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 | 0:32 | 2:20 | 14:23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Reinhart | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 | 2:03 | 0:36 | 16:25 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 12:11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 | 1:36 | 0:00 | 10:59 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 9:05 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 9:34 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 | 0:38 | 0:18 | 15:21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:04 | 0:27 | 3:16 | 19:21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:12 | 1:44 | 3:12 | 19:16 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | 0:00 | 2:42 | 17:18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Mikkola | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19:56 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 17:11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Schmidt | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15:51 | 0:57 | 0:00 | 14:54 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .909 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 60:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6:21 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 5:50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 14:05 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 13:45 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 10:23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Glendening | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:41 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 7:55 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:07 | 1:46 | 0:00 | 18:21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 16:07 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:20 | 4:11 | 0:55 | 13:14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:25 | 4:05 | 1:10 | 14:10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:15 | 5:05 | 0:00 | 18:10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 19:18 | 1:48 | 0:00 | 17:30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:58 | 4:08 | 0:00 | 18:50 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 38.9 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 16:22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:58 | 4:01 | 0:59 | 16:58 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:16 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 15:21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:02 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 17:20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 12:41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:02 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 13:02 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .647 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 59:46 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 2-2
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Mar 3, 2025TB 1, FLA 2
Dec 23, 2024TB 4, FLA 0
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Florida Panthers won, 6-2, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Florida Panthers 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Matthew Tkachuk (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Brayden Point (1 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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