Florida Panthers 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: final score and stats
Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers 5 to Tampa Bay Lightning 2, on Monday, December 15, 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.
NHLMonday, December 15, 2025
DateDec 15, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVNHL Net
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
17-13-2Record18-12-3
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
6-7Road record / home record8-0
WLLWLLast 5WLWWW
W1StreakW1
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 · Undisclosed
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 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 | 4:30 | 1:52 | 9:42 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7:59 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 7:04 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Greer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:02 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Gregor | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6:24 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 5:29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19:50 | 2:49 | 5:09 | 11:52 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 36.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:24 | 0:38 | 2:56 | 11:50 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Marchand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15:55 | 3:02 | 3:07 | 9:46 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:19 | 4:59 | 5:09 | 12:11 | 31 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:18 | 0:33 | 1:48 | 15:57 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 | 2:08 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Studnicka | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 | 4:20 | 0:00 | 10:37 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 | 0:55 | 2:06 | 13:33 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:06 | 0:49 | 5:06 | 17:11 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:57 | 0:07 | 2:38 | 11:12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Seth Jones | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26:14 | 4:45 | 5:11 | 16:18 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Mikkola | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19:24 | 0:00 | 4:58 | 14:26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Jeff Petry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:11 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 15:16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 20 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17:28 | 7:21 | 0:00 | 10:07 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:59 | 1:50 | 3:02 | 11:07 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Douglas | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:05 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 14:53 | 0:00 | 3:22 | 11:31 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 16:53 | 1:20 | 2:26 | 13:07 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:24 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:32 | 3:15 | 3:01 | 7:16 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:06 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 18:40 | 8:03 | 0:00 | 10:37 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Paul | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2 | 13:33 | 1:27 | 1:02 | 11:04 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 | 7:59 | 0:00 | 12:42 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Sabourin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:25 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 | 0:05 | 0:34 | 12:25 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:59 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 17:01 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:08 | 1:47 | 2:06 | 15:15 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Moser | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:50 | 0:01 | 4:16 | 17:33 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 24:56 | 8:29 | 2:58 | 13:29 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Steven Santini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 11:53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .792 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 59:56 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Florida Panthers won, 5-2, on Monday, December 15, 2025.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Florida Panthers 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Sam Reinhart (2 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: JJ Moser (1 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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