🐆 Away Panthers 0-0 in series
6–2
Final
FLA leads 4–1
⚡ Home Lightning 0-0 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐆 FLA 2316
⚡ TBL 1102

Panthers at Lightning — First Round Game 1

Panthers, First Round Game 1, beat Lightning 6–2 at AMALIE Arena on April 22, 2025.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2024-25 playoffs
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

FLA vs TBL · FLA leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
6–2
Final · FLA
Game 2
2–0
Final · FLA
Game 3
5–1
Final · TBL
Game 4
2–4
Final · FLA
Game 5
6–3
Final · FLA

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Matthew Tkachuk
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 11:43 TOI
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Nate Schmidt
2 G
3 shots · 15:51 TOI
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Sam Reinhart
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:04 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Sam Bennett Go-ahead 1st · 03:44
Assists: Mackie Samoskevich · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–0
⚡ Jake Guentzel PP Tying 1st · 12:21
Assists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
1–1
🐆 Sam Reinhart Go-ahead 1st · 19:15
Assists: Dmitry Kulikov, Carter Verhaeghe · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
2–1
2nd period
🐆 Nate Schmidt 2nd · 04:41
Assists: Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
3–1
🐆 Matthew Tkachuk PP 2nd · 04:55
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
4–1
🐆 Matthew Tkachuk PP 2nd · 09:44
Unassisted · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
5–1
⚡ Brayden Point 2nd · 13:04
Assists: Ryan McDonagh, Gage Goncalves · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
5–2
3rd period
🐆 Nate Schmidt PP 3rd · 05:09
Assists: Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
6–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Reinhart · Barkov · Lundell 18:40
L2 Marchand · Luostarinen · Verhaeghe 16:32
L3 Rodrigues · Bennett · Samoskevich 12:35
L4 Tkachuk · Sturm · Boqvist 11:43
D1 Jones · Forsling 23:38
D2 Kulikov · Mikkola 19:58
D3 Schmidt · Balinskis 15:23
⚡Lightning
L1 Point · Goncalves · Kucherov 22:58
L2 Hagel · Paul · Guentzel 19:18
L3 Gourde · Geekie · Girgensons 14:05
L4 Glendening · Cirelli 8:01
D1 Hedman · McDonagh 20:30
D2 Cernak · Martinsen Lilleberg 16:42
D3 Raddysh · Moser 14:22
D4 Perbix 11:10

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA TBL⚡
17 Shots on goal 22
3/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
48 Hits 28
18 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 2
13 Giveaways 16
6 Penalty minutes 6
FLA shooting 35.3% (6/17) TBL shooting 9.1% (2/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Sergei Bobrovsky
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
11/17
.647 SV% · 6 GA · 59:46 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Sam Bennett · 1st 03:44 · 1–0 Jake Guentzel · 1st 12:21 · 1–1 Sam Reinhart · 1st 19:15 · 2–1 Nate Schmidt · 2nd 04:41 · 3–1 Matthew Tkachuk · 2nd 04:55 · 4–1 Matthew Tkachuk · 2nd 09:44 · 5–1 Brayden Point · 2nd 13:04 · 5–2 Nate Schmidt · 3rd 05:09 · 6–2
FLA TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Panthers
Panthers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 16-3 (84% win rate, 19 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 9-9-1 (47% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 5–2
Panthers
Panthers — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Apr 152025 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 1–5 Mar 32025 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 1–2 Dec 232024 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 4–0 Dec 222024 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 4–2 Apr 292024 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 1–6
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❓ FLA vs TBL, answered

Who won Panthers vs Lightning on April 22, 2025?

Panthers won 6–2. The final score was Panthers 6, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Panthers?

Matthew Tkachuk (2), Nate Schmidt (2), Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 11 saves on 17 shots (.647 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐆 Panthers
BeforeApr 15 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 1–5 AfterApr 24 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 2–0
⚡ Lightning
BeforeApr 17 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 0–4 AfterApr 24 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 2–0
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