Lightning 5-1 Panthers (Apr 26, 2025) Play-by-Play

Tampa Bay Lightning

47-27-8, 18-19-4 away

	1	2	3	T
TB	1	1	3	5
FLA	1	0	0	1

TIME	TB	FLA
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Sam Bennett	0	0
0:15	Sam Bennett hit Erik Cernak	0	0
0:32	Anthony Cirelli hit Seth Jones	0	0
0:33	Giveaway by Seth Jones	0	0
0:35	Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov	0	0
0:35	Sam Reinhart hit Nikita Kucherov	0	0
0:56	Aleksander Barkov hit Victor Hedman	0	0
1:03	Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot Wide Right	0	0
1:21	Giveaway by J.J. Moser	0	0
1:45	Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0
1:47	Goalie Stopped	0	0
1:47	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Nico Sturm	0	0
1:58	Off-side	0	0
1:58	Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Brayden Point	0	0
2:04	Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Darren Raddysh	0	0
2:06	Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Sam Reinhart	0	0
2:21	Giveaway by Victor Hedman	0	0
2:26	Aaron Ekblad Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	0
2:26	Erik Cernak hit Sam Reinhart	0	0
2:28	Goalie Stopped	0	0
2:28	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Sam Bennett	0	0
2:34	Evan Rodrigues hit Erik Cernak	0	0
2:43	Matthew Tkachuk Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Sam Bennett (2), Evan Rodrigues (1)	0	1
2:43	Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Brayden Point	0	1
3:09	Sam Reinhart hit Erik Cernak	0	1
3:10	Aaron Ekblad hit Jake Guentzel	0	1
3:25	Anton Lundell hit Nikita Kucherov	0	1
3:40	Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov	0	1
4:00	Mitchell Chaffee shot blocked by Seth Jones	0	1
4:19	Anthony Cirelli hit Dmitry Kulikov	0	1
4:49	Anthony Cirelli hit Mackie Samoskevich	0	1
5:04	J.J. Moser shot blocked by Evan Rodrigues	0	1
5:07	Puck in Netting	0	1
5:07	Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Jake Guentzel	0	1
5:15	Takeaway by Ryan McDonagh	0	1
5:20	Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
5:28	Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot Above Crossbar	0	1
5:37	Aleksander Barkov shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh	0	1
6:10	Giveaway by Conor Geekie	0	1
6:29	Gage Goncalves hit Niko Mikkola	0	1
6:47	Zemgus Girgensons Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	1
6:52	Nico Sturm hit Nick Paul	0	1
6:57	Gage Goncalves Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
7:09	Icing	0	1
7:09	Nico Sturm faceoff won against Jake Guentzel	0	1
7:16	Off-side	0	1
7:16	Brayden Point faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov	0	1
7:18	Erik Cernak Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	1
7:27	Giveaway by Sam Reinhart	0	1
7:31	Victor Hedman Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	1
7:33	Goalie Stopped	0	1
7:33	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Anton Lundell	0	1
7:39	Gage Goncalves shot blocked by Seth Jones	0	1
7:41	Puck in Netting	0	1
7:41	Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Jake Guentzel	0	1
7:46	Brayden Point shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad	0	1
7:53	Victor Hedman Slap Shot Wide Right	0	1
8:04	Giveaway by Brayden Point	0	1
8:05	Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
8:05	Sam Reinhart hit Brayden Point	0	1
8:17	Takeaway by Nikita Kucherov	0	1
8:25	Jake Guentzel hit Sam Reinhart	0	1
8:32	Brad Marchand hit Erik Cernak	0	1
8:50	Puck Frozen - Goalie	0	1
8:50	Brad Marchand Cross-checking against Zemgus Girgensons	0	1
8:50	Nico Sturm faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli	0	1
9:10	Eetu Luostarinen hit Jake Guentzel	0	1
9:57	Brayden Point shot blocked by Seth Jones	0	1
10:15	Off-side	0	1
10:15	Nick Paul faceoff won against Anton Lundell	0	1
10:31	Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Mitchell Chaffee	0	1
10:38	Darren Raddysh hit Jesper Boqvist	0	1
11:00	Aleksander Barkov Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
11:01	Aleksander Barkov shot blocked by Erik Cernak	0	1
11:33	Seth Jones Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
11:35	Goalie Stopped	0	1
11:35	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues	0	1
12:03	Sam Reinhart Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
12:06	Goalie Stopped	0	1
12:06	Nick Paul faceoff won against Anton Lundell	0	1
12:08	Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg	0	1
12:18	Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg	0	1
12:19	Anton Lundell shot blocked by Yanni Gourde	0	1
12:21	Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Darren Raddysh	0	1
12:31	Mitchell Chaffee hit Dmitry Kulikov	0	1
12:56	Emil Lilleberg hit Nico Sturm	0	1
13:05	Nico Sturm hit Emil Lilleberg	0	1
13:07	Takeaway by Emil Lilleberg	0	1
13:09	Off-side	0	1
13:09	Luke Glendening faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues	0	1
13:34	Carter Verhaeghe Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
13:35	Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
13:37	Goalie Stopped	0	1
13:37	Anton Lundell faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli	0	1
13:44	Brad Marchand Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
13:51	Takeaway by Brad Marchand	0	1
13:54	Brad Marchand shot blocked by Gage Goncalves	0	1
13:57	Eetu Luostarinen hit Anthony Cirelli	0	1
14:06	Eetu Luostarinen hit Gage Goncalves	0	1
14:11	Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky	0	1
14:15	Takeaway by Gage Goncalves	0	1
14:15	Anthony Cirelli hit Anton Lundell	0	1
14:23	Anton Lundell hit J.J. Moser	0	1
14:50	Victor Hedman hit Carter Verhaeghe	0	1
15:19	Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg	0	1
15:29	Nick Paul hit Nico Sturm	0	1
15:53	Off-side	0	1
15:53	Sam Bennett faceoff won against Conor Geekie	0	1
16:13	Icing	0	1
16:13	Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Sam Bennett	0	1
16:20	Conor Geekie Wrist Shot Off Crossbar	0	1
16:29	Nick Perbix hit Nate Schmidt	0	1
16:47	Icing	0	1
16:47	Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Yanni Gourde	0	1
16:54	Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy	0	1
17:15	Brayden Point Goal (2) Deflected, assists: Jake Guentzel (1), Nikita Kucherov (2)	1	1
17:15	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Anton Lundell	1	1
17:24	Seth Jones hit Nick Paul	1	1
17:40	Giveaway by Seth Jones	1	1
17:46	Niko Mikkola hit Mitchell Chaffee	1	1
17:59	Giveaway by Seth Jones	1	1
18:03	Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen	1	1
18:14	Eetu Luostarinen hit Darren Raddysh	1	1
18:31	Jake Guentzel hit Niko Mikkola	1	1
18:44	Nikita Kucherov Roughing against Sam Bennett	1	1
18:44	Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Luke Glendening	1	1
18:51	Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	1
19:45	Puck in Netting	1	1
19:45	Sam Bennett faceoff won against Luke Glendening	1	1
20:00	End of 1st Period	1	1

Nick Paul beats Sergei Bobrovsky to put Lightning on top

0:53

Fracas ensues after Tkachuk's late hit, Cirelli's empty-netter

0:59

Luke Glendening scores goal vs. Panthers

0:54

Panthers
6
Lightning
2

Game 1

4/22

Panthers
2
Lightning
0

Game 2

4/24

Lightning
5
Panthers
1

Game 3

4/26

Lightning
2
Panthers
4

Game 4

4/28

Panthers
6
Lightning
3

Game 5

4/30

Amerant Bank Arena

1:00 PM, April 26, 2025Coverage: TBS/truTV/Max

Sunrise, FL

Line: FLA -135

Over/Under: 5.5

Attendance: 19,587

Referees:
Wes McCauley
Jon McIsaac
Furman South

Linesmen:
Devin Berg
Bevan Mills

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	52	26	4	108
Tampa Bay	47	27	8	102
Florida	47	31	4	98
Ottawa	45	30	7	97
Montreal	40	31	11	91
Detroit	39	35	8	86
Buffalo	36	39	7	79
Boston	33	39	10	76

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