🐆 Away Panthers 15-10-4 before this game
3–1
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 10-21-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
FLA 1113
TBL 0101

Panthers at Lightning

Panthers beat Lightning 3–1 at AMALIE Arena on December 26, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Dec 26, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Bill Lindsay
2 G
3 shots · 18:28 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Scott Mellanby
1 G
1 shots · 17:13 TOI
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Viktor Kozlov
1 A
3 shots · 17:20 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Scott Mellanby PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:54
Assists: Viktor Kozlov, Robert Svehla
1–0
2nd period
🐆 Bill Lindsay 2nd · 06:14
Assists: Mark Parrish
2–0
⚡ Alexander Selivanov 2nd · 16:57
Assists: Benoit Hogue, Vincent Lecavalier
2–1
3rd period
🐆 Bill Lindsay Empty net 3rd · 19:32
Assists: Alex Hicks
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA TBL⚡
35 Shots on goal 24
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
16 Hits 27
10 Blocked shots 10
4 Takeaways 3
14 Giveaways 20
27 Penalty minutes 15
FLA shooting 8.6% (3/35) TBL shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Sean Burke
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Bill Ranford
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 59:21 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Lindsay · Whitney · Niedermayer 18:28
L2 Muller · Kozlov · Mellanby 17:20
L3 Garpenlov · Parrish · Dvorak 12:11
L4 Hicks · Worrell · Kvasha 8:05
D1 Svehla · Carkner 25:12
D2 Jovanovski · Ratchuk 19:06
D3 Laus · Warrener 14:44
⚡Lightning
L1 Zamuner · Janney · Tucker 21:12
L2 Hogue · Lecavalier · Selivanov 19:31
L3 Sillinger · McCarthy · Andersson 13:37
L4 Peterson · Nazarov 7:02
D1 Cross · Cullimore 21:06
D2 Kubina · Dykhuis 17:30
D3 Samuelsson · Bannister 14:03
D4 Wilkie 11:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Panthers lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 27, 1998
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
2–1 · Panthers won
Oct 9, 1998
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
1–4 · Panthers won
Apr 18, 1998
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
2–2 (OT) · Panthers won
Mar 21, 1998
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
1–5 · Lightning won
Jan 31, 1998
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
0–2 · Panthers won

❓ FLA vs TBL, answered

Who won Panthers vs Lightning on December 26, 1998?

Panthers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Lightning?

The final score was Panthers 3, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Panthers?

Bill Lindsay (2), Scott Mellanby.

Who scored for Lightning?

Alexander Selivanov.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Panthers vs Lightning season series?

Panthers lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 23
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
4–0 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 28
🏝️NYI @ 🐆FLA
1–5 · FLA won
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Dec 23
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
0–2 · BUF won
Next game · Dec 29
🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL
0–3 · TBL won
Also on December 26, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
2–1 final
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
2–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR
6–3 final
⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD
2–0 final
🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT
1–2 final
🔔PHI @ 🪶CHI
3–2 final
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
3–4 final
🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH
1–3 final
Panthers season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule