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First Round · Game 3

Lightning at Panthers

🗓 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 FLA leads 4–1

Lightning, First Round Game 3, beat Panthers 5–1 at Amerant Bank Arena on April 26, 2025.

TBL – FLA
22–34
Shots on goal
34–43
Hits
23–17
Blocked shots
7–4
Takeaways
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The game

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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 ⚡ TBL
Jake Guentzel
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · 23:46 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Nikita Kucherov
3 A
1 shots · 21:34 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Matthew Tkachuk Go-ahead 1st · 02:43
Assists: Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
0–1
⚡ Brayden Point Tying 1st · 17:15
Assists: Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
1–1
2nd period
⚡ Nicholas Paul Go-ahead 2nd · 13:17
Assists: Gage Goncalves, Ryan McDonagh · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
2–1
3rd period
⚡ Jake Guentzel 3rd · 00:21
Assists: Nikita Kucherov, Ryan McDonagh · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
3–1
⚡ Luke Glendening 3rd · 14:19
Assists: Yanni Gourde, Gage Goncalves · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
4–1
⚡ Anthony Cirelli Empty net 3rd · 15:00
Assists: Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov
5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Paul · Guentzel · Kucherov 21:34
L2 Cirelli · Goncalves · Point 18:31
L3 Girgensons · Geekie · Chaffee 13:22
L4 Glendening · Gourde 10:46
D1 Hedman · Cernak 19:44
D2 McDonagh · Moser 16:26
D3 Raddysh · Perbix 13:26
D4 Martinsen Lilleberg 11:38
🐆Panthers
L1 Reinhart · Barkov · Verhaeghe 18:52
L2 Tkachuk · Rodrigues · Bennett 15:32
L3 Marchand · Luostarinen · Lundell 14:14
L4 Sturm · Boqvist · Samoskevich 9:28
D1 Jones · Forsling 22:58
D2 Ekblad · Mikkola 18:24
D3 Schmidt · Kulikov 14:58

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL FLA🐆
22 Shots on goal 34
34 Hits 43
23 Blocked shots 17
7 Takeaways 4
20 Giveaways 11
20 Penalty minutes 25
TBL shooting 22.7% (5/22) FLA shooting 2.9% (1/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐆Panthers
Sergei Bobrovsky
17/21
.810 SV% · 4 GA · 59:26 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Matthew Tkachuk · 1st 02:43 · 0–1 Brayden Point · 1st 17:15 · 1–1 Nicholas Paul · 2nd 13:17 · 2–1 Jake Guentzel · 3rd 00:21 · 3–1 Luke Glendening · 3rd 14:19 · 4–1 Anthony Cirelli · 3rd 15:00 · 5–1
TBL FLA
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 10-9-4 (43% win rate, 23 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 13-11-3 (48% win rate, 27 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 15-1-2 (83% win rate, 18 games)
Panthers
Panthers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-4-1 (29% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 242025 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 2–0 Apr 222025 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 6–2 Apr 152025 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 1–5 Mar 32025 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 1–2 Dec 232024 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 4–0
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TBL vs FLA, answered

Who won Lightning vs Panthers on April 26, 2025?

Lightning won 5–1. The final score was Lightning 5, Panthers 1.

Who scored for Lightning?

Anthony Cirelli, Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel, Luke Glendening, Nicholas Paul.

Who scored for Panthers?

Matthew Tkachuk.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves on 21 shots (.810 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeApr 24 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 2–0 AfterApr 28 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 2–4
🐆 Panthers
BeforeApr 24 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 2–0 AfterApr 28 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 2–4
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