Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Florida Panthers 2: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 to Florida Panthers 2, on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLSaturday, December 27, 2025
DateDec 27, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueAmerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,651
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningFlorida Panthers
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
21-13-3Record20-15-2
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding5th in Atlantic Division
4-6Road record / home record4-2
WLWWWLast 5WLLWL
W1StreakW1
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningFlorida Panthers
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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak D · Undisclosed
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveFlorida Panthers
Sandis Vilmanis LW · Undisclosed
OutBrad Marchand LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAleksander Barkov C · Knee
Injured ReserveJonah Gadjovich LW · Neck - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 0 | 12:13 | 7:06 | 0:00 | 5:07 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17:10 | 1:44 | 6:22 | 9:04 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Curtis Douglas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 3:45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 | 0:14 | 6:25 | 9:27 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:52 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 9:28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 | 0:23 | 4:57 | 9:44 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Jake Guentzel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27:14 | 8:57 | 6:37 | 11:40 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 | 0:42 | 1:36 | 11:02 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:29 | 9:13 | 0:00 | 9:16 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 | 1:03 | 3:39 | 9:40 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 | 8:38 | 0:00 | 8:38 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Sabourin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:32 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18:32 | 0:00 | 6:25 | 12:07 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20:25 | 0:19 | 5:15 | 14:51 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:42 | 2:18 | 0:45 | 13:39 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:28 | 0:00 | 9:16 | 13:12 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Darren Raddysh | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25:07 | 8:42 | 6:41 | 9:44 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Santini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7:58 | 0:07 | 1:18 | 6:33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .923 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 59:46 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 19:19 | 7:47 | 1:03 | 10:29 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:51 | 0:03 | 0:22 | 7:26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Greer | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:12 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Luke Kunin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:39 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 4:36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:13 | 6:44 | 4:30 | 8:59 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20:14 | 6:04 | 4:23 | 9:47 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Marchand | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 21:55 | 8:36 | 3:53 | 9:26 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Reinhart | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 24:43 | 10:51 | 4:10 | 9:42 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 | 4:00 | 1:56 | 11:00 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:14 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 8:12 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Studnicka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:42 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 3:39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 14:37 | 2:52 | 0:00 | 11:45 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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 | -1 | 9:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:51 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 | 5:48 | 3:18 | 11:30 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Gustav Forsling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:00 | 0:10 | 4:40 | 14:10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 25:53 | 8:48 | 6:27 | 10:38 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Niko Mikkola | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 16:47 | 0:14 | 5:36 | 10:57 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Petry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 | 2:33 | 0:22 | 11:33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .875 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 58:50 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 4-2, on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers?
Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Florida Panthers 2.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (2 goals). Florida Panthers: Eetu Luostarinen (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers played?
Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL.
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