Florida Panthers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers, Florida Panthers 2 to Tampa Bay Lightning 5, on Thursday, October 2, 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.
NHLThursday, October 2, 2025
DateOct 2, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance13,200
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-4-0Record6-0-0
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
Anthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutErik Cernak D · Upper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bennett | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:53 | 6:28 | 0:00 | 6:25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 | 1:08 | 5:03 | 10:30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonah Gadjovich | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:13 | 0:20 | 1:35 | 8:18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| A.J. Greer | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 7:32 | 0:17 | 2:30 | 4:45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
| Luke Kunin | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 | 0:21 | 5:10 | 8:01 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:40 | 2:04 | 2:39 | 3:57 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 | 1:39 | 6:03 | 7:28 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brad Marchand | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:42 | 7:29 | 2:10 | 7:03 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:36 | 7:21 | 0:07 | 8:08 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:26 | 5:33 | 3:41 | 9:12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 | 5:43 | 0:00 | 9:37 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 | 5:11 | 0:00 | 11:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Florida Panthers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Ekblad | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:09 | 4:05 | 4:15 | 5:49 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| Gustav Forsling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:32 | 3:29 | 5:30 | 10:33 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:55 | 7:45 | 5:22 | 11:48 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:21 | 0:00 | 4:49 | 11:32 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Niko Mikkola | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 19:20 | 0:15 | 6:01 | 13:04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeff Petry | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20:47 | 6:12 | 3:17 | 11:18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Tarasov | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .848 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 59:43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 17:48 | 10:27 | 0:01 | 7:20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 | 3:01 | 3:24 | 8:27 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 | 3:21 | 1:56 | 6:48 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Jack Finley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 | 1:58 | 4:58 | 5:58 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Conor Geekie | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 11:58 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:41 | 3:22 | 0:00 | 11:19 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 | 0:00 | 7:27 | 7:25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:08 | 10:14 | 3:26 | 8:28 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:26 | 1:05 | 1:15 | 2:06 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 | 1:02 | 3:39 | 11:01 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 7:09 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 | 10:06 | 0:00 | 7:32 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 | 0:55 | 2:22 | 9:26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Erik Cernak | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 | 0:00 | 4:08 | 7:46 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22:31 | 3:24 | 6:25 | 12:42 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 | 0:10 | 3:42 | 11:52 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:41 | 3:54 | 7:20 | 11:27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 7:22 | 2:13 | 9:49 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Halverson | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .889 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 59:38 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 5-2, on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Florida Panthers 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Eetu Luostarinen (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (2 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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