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Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers

NHLSeptember 26, 2026Amerant Bank Arena

LightningTampa BayTBWon2-1-1

Lightning 3, Panthers 2

Final/SO
PanthersFloridaFLA2-0-2
Score by period
Team123OTSOT
TB101013
FLA110002

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against John Beecher
  3. 0:18Donovan Sebrango hit Zemgus Girgensons
  4. 0:21John Beecher hit Jeff Viel
  5. 0:28Zemgus Girgensons hit Donovan Sebrango
  6. 1:29Nathan Bastian saved by Dennis Hildeby
  7. 1:32Goalie Stopped
  8. 1:29Nathan Bastian Wrist Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  9. 1:32Goalie Stopped
  10. 1:32Lucas Mercuri faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  11. 1:32Lucas Mercuri faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  12. 1:54Cole Reinhardt Wrist Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  13. 3:08Giveaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  14. 3:08Giveaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  15. 3:20Alexander Petrovic Wide Right
  16. 4:03Giveaway by Matt Pietroniro
  17. 4:11Off-side
  18. 4:11Off-side
  19. 4:11Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  20. 4:34Giveaway by Akira Schmid
  21. 4:45Jarred Tinordi Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  22. 4:57Michael Callahan shot blocked by Matvei Shuravin
  23. 5:06Michael Callahan Wide Right
  24. 5:29Dylan Duke saved by Akira Schmid
  25. 5:31Goalie Stopped
  26. 5:31Goalie Stopped
  27. 5:31Dylan Duke Roughing against Donovan Sebrango
  28. 5:31Dylan Duke Roughing against Donovan Sebrango served by Benjamin Rautiainen
  29. 5:31Dylan Duke Misconduct against Donovan Sebrango
  30. 5:31Sandis Vilmanis faceoff won against Sam O'Reilly
  31. 5:31Sandis Vilmanis faceoff won against Sam O'Reilly
  32. 5:38Uvis Balinskis shot blocked by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
  33. 5:45Puck in Crowd
  34. 5:45Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against Sandis Vilmanis
  35. 5:50Puck in Crowd
  36. 5:50Gage Goncalves faceoff won against Sandis Vilmanis
  37. 6:01Nathan Bastian saved by Dennis Hildeby
  38. 6:05Puck in Netting
  39. 6:05Sandis Vilmanis faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  40. 6:21Alexander Petrovic
  41. 6:22Goalie Stopped
  42. 6:22Gracyn Sawchyn faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  43. 6:46Gracyn Sawchyn shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
  44. 7:08Mikulas Hovorka shot blocked by Michael Callahan
  45. 7:10Gracyn Sawchyn
  46. 7:10Gracyn Sawchyn
  47. 7:13Gracyn Sawchyn shot blocked by Cole Reinhardt
  48. 7:17Takeaway by Jack Devine
  49. 7:47Off-side
  50. 7:47Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against Kai Schwindt
  51. 8:30Hand Pass
  52. 8:11Cole Schwindt hit Maxim Groshev
  53. 8:30Hand Pass
  54. 8:30Lucas Mercuri faceoff won against John Beecher
  55. 8:50Lucas Mercuri Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nicholas Abruzzese (1), Jeff Viel (1)
  56. 8:26Noah Steen hit Donovan Sebrango
  57. 8:30Hand Pass
  58. 8:30Lucas Mercuri faceoff won against John Beecher
  59. 8:50Lucas Mercuri Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nicholas Abruzzese (1), Jeff Viel (1)
  60. 8:50Conor Geekie faceoff won against John Beecher
  61. 9:11Jakob Pelletier hit John Beecher
  62. 10:30Jeff Viel Minor
  63. 10:30Jeff Viel Fighting against Sam Lafferty
  64. 10:30Jeff Viel Fighting against Sam Lafferty
  65. 9:31Giveaway by Jakob Pelletier
  66. 9:41Matt Pietroniro hit Sam Lafferty
  67. 10:30Garnet Hathaway Minor
  68. 10:30Sam Lafferty Fighting against Jeff Viel
  69. 10:30Jeff Viel Fighting against Sam Lafferty
  70. 10:30Garnet Hathaway Cross-checking against Jeff Viel
  71. 10:30Sam Lafferty Fighting against Jeff Viel
  72. 10:30TV Timeout
  73. 10:30John Beecher faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  74. 10:30Jeff Viel Fighting against Sam Lafferty
  75. 10:30John Beecher faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  76. 11:03Pontus Holmberg shot blocked by Uvis Balinskis
  77. 11:21Conor Geekie Wrist Shot Wide Right
  78. 12:10Noah Steen saved by Akira Schmid
  79. 12:47Maxim Groshev saved by Akira Schmid
  80. 12:48Matt Pietroniro Wide Left
  81. 13:05Zemgus Girgensons saved by Akira Schmid
  82. 13:01Takeaway by Lucas Mercuri
  83. 13:05Zemgus Girgensons saved by Akira Schmid
  84. 13:08Goalie Stopped
  85. 13:08Conor Geekie faceoff won against Jack Devine
  86. 13:12Puck in Crowd
  87. 13:12Conor Geekie faceoff won against John Beecher
  88. 13:24Giveaway by Jakob Pelletier
  89. 13:34Bokondji Imama shot blocked by Conor Geekie
  90. 13:44John Beecher shot blocked by Jakob Pelletier
  91. 13:44John Beecher shot blocked by Jakob Pelletier
  92. 13:46Puck in Netting
  93. 13:46Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  94. 13:46Puck in Netting
  95. 13:46Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  96. 14:06Garnet Hathaway Wide Right
  97. 14:06Garnet Hathaway Slap Shot Wide Right
  98. 14:57Icing
  99. 14:57Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against John Beecher
  100. 15:04Icing
  101. 14:57Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against John Beecher
  102. 15:04Icing
  103. 15:04Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against John Beecher
  104. 15:11Icing
  105. 15:11Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against John Beecher
  106. 15:11Icing
  107. 15:11Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against John Beecher
  108. 15:17Giveaway by Max Crozier
  109. 15:17Giveaway by Max Crozier
  110. 15:19Nathan Bastian High and Wide Right
  111. 15:39Giveaway by Max Crozier
  112. 16:35Cole Schwindt saved by Dennis Hildeby
  113. 15:39Giveaway by Max Crozier
  114. 16:35Cole Schwindt saved by Dennis Hildeby
  115. 17:18Gage Goncalves Wrist Shot Wide Right
  116. 17:19Gage Goncalves
  117. 17:58Sandis Vilmanis Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Kai Schwindt (2)
  118. 17:58Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against Kai Schwindt
  119. 17:58Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against Kai Schwindt
  120. 18:53Giveaway by Nathan Bastian
  121. 18:54Giveaway by Lucas Mercuri
  122. 18:56Cole Reinhardt saved by Dennis Hildeby
  123. 19:41Puck in Netting
  124. 19:03Giveaway by Maxim Groshev
  125. 19:41Puck in Netting
  126. 19:41Sandis Vilmanis faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  127. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00John Beecher faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  3. 0:32Giveaway by Jeffrey Viel
  4. 1:20Alexander Petrovic Wide Left
  5. 1:34Icing
  6. 1:34Lucas Mercuri faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  7. 1:40High Stick
  8. 4:53Max Crozier Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  9. 5:03Max Crozier Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  10. 1:40Gracyn Sawchyn faceoff won against Lucas Mercuri
  11. 1:54Cole Reinhardt shot blocked by Matt Pietroniro
  12. 2:03Matvei Shuravin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Gracyn Sawchyn (1), Mikulas Hovorka (2)
  13. 2:03Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against Kai Schwindt
  14. 2:18Kai Schwindt Wrist Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  15. 2:20Goalie Stopped
  16. 2:20Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Sam O'Reilly
  17. 2:31Sam O'Reilly hit Kai Schwindt
  18. 3:55Jarred Tinordi Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  19. 3:59Goalie Stopped
  20. 3:59Gracyn Sawchyn faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  21. 4:01Jarred Tinordi shot blocked by Gracyn Sawchyn
  22. 4:14Bokondji Imama Snap Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  23. 4:16Bokondji Imama hit Jarred Tinordi
  24. 4:20Giveaway by Bokondji Imama
  25. 4:36Kai Schwindt hit Max Crozier
  26. 4:38Garnet Hathaway hit Jeff Viel
  27. 4:51Puck in Crowd
  28. 4:51Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  29. 4:53Max Crozier Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  30. 5:03Max Crozier saved by Akira Schmid
  31. 5:11Jeff Viel hit Donovan Sebrango
  32. 5:13Donovan Sebrango Delaying Game - Puck over glass
  33. 5:13John Beecher faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  34. 5:27Conor Geekie saved by Akira Schmid
  35. 5:29Goalie Stopped
  36. 5:29Goalie Stopped
  37. 5:29Conor Geekie faceoff won against John Beecher
  38. 5:56Off-side
  39. 5:56Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Noah Steen
  40. 7:23Bokondji Imama hit Lucas Mercuri
  41. 7:34Bokondji Imama saved by Dennis Hildeby
  42. 7:36Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:36TV Timeout
  44. 7:36Lucas Mercuri faceoff won against Kai Schwindt
  45. 8:11Kai Schwindt Minor
  46. 8:11Kai Schwindt Minor against Lucas Mercuri
  47. 8:11Conor Geekie faceoff won against Sam Lafferty
  48. 8:15Giveaway by Conor Geekie
  49. 8:57Pontus Holmberg Wrist Shot Wide Right
  50. 9:10Charle-Edouard D'Astous Slap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  51. 9:12Goalie Stopped
  52. 9:12Goalie Stopped
  53. 9:37Noah Steen Holding the stick against John Beecher
  54. 9:39Lucas Mercuri faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  55. 9:48Lucas Mercuri hit Mikulas Hovorka
  56. 11:15Hunter St. Martin saved by Dennis Hildeby
  57. 11:15Hunter St. Martin saved by Dennis Hildeby
  58. 11:51Icing
  59. 11:51Conor Geekie faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  60. 11:58Donovan Sebrango saved by Dennis Hildeby
  61. 12:00Goalie Stopped
  62. 12:00TV Timeout
  63. 12:00Kai Schwindt faceoff won against Noah Steen
  64. 12:16Icing
  65. 12:16Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against Kai Schwindt
  66. 12:22Benjamin Rautiainen shot blocked by Kai Schwindt
  67. 13:26Icing
  68. 13:26Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Lucas Mercuri
  69. 13:30Sam Lafferty shot blocked by Lucas Mercuri
  70. 13:42Sandis Vilmanis Hooking against Lucas Mercuri
  71. 13:42John Beecher faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  72. 13:57Conor Geekie saved by Akira Schmid
  73. 15:22Max Crozier shot blocked by Jakob Pelletier
  74. 15:34Noah Steen shot blocked by Donovan Sebrango
  75. 15:59Jakob Pelletier Slashing against Cole Reinhardt
  76. 15:57Jack Devine Wrist Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  77. 15:59TV Timeout
  78. 15:59Jakob Pelletier Slashing against Cole Reinhardt
  79. 17:39Matt Pietroniro hit Hunter St. Martin
  80. 17:43Sandis Vilmanis saved by Dennis Hildeby
  81. 18:42Giveaway by Lucas Mercuri
  82. 18:43Bokondji Imama hit Lucas Mercuri
  83. 19:06Puck in Netting
  84. 19:06Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Sam O'Reilly
  85. 19:24Noah Steen saved by Akira Schmid
  86. 19:20Sandis Vilmanis hit Matt Pietroniro
  87. 19:24Noah Steen Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  88. 19:25Mikulas Hovorka saved by Dennis Hildeby
  89. 19:36Noah Steen hit Matvei Shuravin
  90. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against John Beecher
  3. 0:10Icing
  4. 0:10John Beecher faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
  5. 0:17Bokondji Imama hit Max Crozier
  6. 0:35Pontus Holmberg shot blocked by Marek Alscher
  7. 0:59Icing
  8. 0:59Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Conor Geekie
  9. 1:07Sam Lafferty Wrist Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  10. 1:27Matt Pietroniro shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway
  11. 1:38Sam Lafferty hit Maxim Groshev
  12. 2:08Mikulas Hovorka saved by Dennis Hildeby
  13. 2:14Cole Reinhardt saved by Dennis Hildeby
  14. 2:14Cole Reinhardt Wide Left
  15. 2:14Cole Reinhardt Wide Left
  16. 2:19Giveaway by Nathan Bastian
  17. 2:24Nathan Bastian saved by Dennis Hildeby
  18. 2:30Nathan Bastian Wide Left
  19. 3:03Cole Schwindt saved by Dennis Hildeby
  20. 3:04Goalie Stopped
  21. 3:04Hunter St. Martin shot blocked by Michael Callahan
  22. 3:04Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Lucas Mercuri
  23. 3:11Lucas Mercuri hit Marek Alscher
  24. 4:16Noah Steen saved by Akira Schmid
  25. 4:18Noah Steen Wide Left
  26. 4:31On-Ice Official
  27. 4:35Bokondji Imama hit Max Crozier
  28. 4:38Jeffrey Viel Wrist Shot Wide Left
  29. 4:52Bokondji Imama hit Max Crozier
  30. 5:14Max Crozier Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  31. 4:52Bokondji Imama hit Max Crozier
  32. 5:14Max Crozier Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  33. 5:27Zemgus Girgensons Wide Left
  34. 5:31Max Crozier shot blocked by Mikulas Hovorka
  35. 6:00Giveaway by Jeffrey Viel
  36. 6:07Jeff Viel Tip-In saved by Akira Schmid
  37. 7:02Cole Reinhardt hit Jakob Pelletier
  38. 7:06Nathan Bastian hit Lucas Mercuri
  39. 8:22Off-side
  40. 8:22Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against Gracyn Sawchyn
  41. 8:37Benjamin Rautiainen hit Matvei Shuravin
  42. 8:50Mikulas Hovorka Wrist Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  43. 9:47Garnet Hathaway hit Max Crozier
  44. 9:50Garnet Hathaway hit Maxim Groshev
  45. 10:17Takeaway by Hunter St. Martin
  46. 12:21TV Timeout
  47. 12:21TV Timeout
  48. 12:21Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Sam O'Reilly
  49. 12:35Jakob Pelletier
  50. 12:39Alexander Petrovic hit Jakob Pelletier
  51. 12:40Pontus Holmberg saved by Akira Schmid
  52. 12:56Benjamin Rautiainen Goal (1) , assists: Gage Goncalves (1)
  53. 12:58Noah Steen faceoff won against John Beecher
  54. 12:58Garnet Hathaway Interference - Goalkeeper against Dennis Hildeby
  55. 13:28Goalie Stopped
  56. 13:28Puck Frozen - Goalie
  57. 13:39Takeaway by Sam Lafferty
  58. 15:15Donovan Sebrango hit Noah Steen
  59. 15:23Maxim Groshev saved by Akira Schmid
  60. 16:16Michael Callahan shot blocked by Jack Devine
  61. 16:31Giveaway by Matvei Shuravin
  62. 16:32Giveaway by Jarred Tinordi
  63. 17:04Max Crozier hit Cole Schwindt
  64. 17:35Giveaway by Maxim Groshev
  65. 17:51Garnet Hathaway hit Michael Callahan
  66. 18:05Giveaway by Sandis Vilmanis
  67. 18:38Garnet Hathaway hit Lucas Mercuri
  68. 18:54Giveaway by Gracyn Sawchyn
  69. 19:55Pontus Holmberg saved by Akira Schmid
  70. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00John Beecher faceoff won against Sam O'Reilly
  3. 0:44Hunter St. Martin Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  4. 1:51Gage Goncalves Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  5. 2:46Cole Reinhardt hit Maxim Groshev
  6. 3:15Hunter St. Martin Tip-In saved by Dennis Hildeby
  7. 4:02Off-side
  8. 4:02Conor Geekie faceoff won against Sam Lafferty
  9. 4:33Dylan Duke shot blocked by Matvei Shuravin
  10. 4:35Puck in Netting
  11. 4:35Sam O'Reilly faceoff won against John Beecher
  12. 4:50John Beecher shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  13. 4:50John Beecher shot blocked by Gage Goncalves
  14. 5:00End of 1st OT

SO

  1. 0:00Start of Shootout
  2. 0:00Sandis Vilmanis Goal Wrist Shot
  3. 0:00Pontus Holmberg Goal Backhand
  4. 0:00Gracyn Sawchyn Wrist Shot saved by Dennis Hildeby
  5. 0:00Maxim Groshev Backhand saved by Akira Schmid
  6. 0:00Uvis Balinskis failed shot attempt on Dennis Hildeby
  7. 0:00Benjamin Rautiainen Goal Wrist Shot
  8. 0:00End of Shootout
  9. 0:00End of 2nd OT
  10. 0:00End of Shootout

1st

  1. 8:50TB 1, FLA 0Lucas Mercuri Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nicholas Abruzzese (1), Jeff Viel (1)
  2. 17:58TB 1, FLA 1Sandis Vilmanis Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Kai Schwindt (2)

2nd

  1. 2:03TB 1, FLA 2Matvei Shuravin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Gracyn Sawchyn (1), Mikulas Hovorka (2)

3rd

  1. 12:56TB 2, FLA 2Benjamin Rautiainen Goal (1) , assists: Gage Goncalves (1)

Game leaders

LightningTampa Bay

PanthersFlorida

Team stats

  • TB 22ShotsFLA 22
  • TB 60%Faceoffs wonFLA 40%
  • TB 1Power-play goalsFLA 0
  • TB 6Power playsFLA 3
  • TB 26HitsFLA 37
  • TB 7Blocked shotsFLA 10
  • TB 2TakeawaysFLA 7
  • TB 19GiveawaysFLA 12
  • TB 21Penalty minutesFLA 27
All team stats
  • TB 17%Power play percentageFLA 0%
  • TB 32Faceoffs wonFLA 21
  • TB 5Total penaltiesFLA 8

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%TKPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTYTDGSSMFWFLGVPN
Nick Abruzzese C010000014:570.004:170:0010:40190000000
Dylan Duke LW00-10001212:080.000:460:1111:11160100002
Conor Geekie C01-1001019:5653.805:320:5113:33202107610
Zemgus Girgensons C000031014:2454.500:012:2611:57170116500
Gage Goncalves C01-1001019:53100.005:332:0212:18220201000
Pontus Holmberg RW000010020:090.005:372:2212:10210210000
Lucas Mercuri C100031010:3675.010:130:0010:23181106220
Sam O'Reilly RW000020020:3562.505:352:0212:582100010600
Jakob Pelletier LW00-1031216:590.005:300:4710:42210010031
Benjamin Rautiainen C100010017:580.014:510:0013:07181200010
Noah Steen LW000040216:3650.004:260:0012:10170202201
Jeffrey Viel LW011010512:220.000:000:1312:09152110021
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOITKPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTYTDGSSMFWFLFO%GVPN
Michael Callahan D00-1000022:0000:012:3819:2126011000.000
Maxwell Crozier D001020025:5904:021:5220:0526030000.040
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D001011013:2504:040:518:3012010000.010
Maxim Groshev D00-1000021:2500:061:4519:3426020000.030
Matt Pietroniro D00-1041012:4500:002:0310:4217001000.010
Jarred Tinordi D00-1010017:1300:111:4915:1321020000.010
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOISOSSOSAESSVPPSVSHSVYTDGPIM
Dennis Hildeby G22220.90964:4000173000

Video

0:42Sandis Vilmanis lights the lamp0:45Lucas Mercuri lights the lamp for Lightning0:39Matvei Shuravin scores goal for Panthers
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