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First Round · Game 5

Panthers at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 FLA leads 4–1

Panthers, First Round Game 5, beat Lightning 6–3 at AMALIE Arena on April 30, 2025.

FLA – TBL
31–29
Shots on goal
1/3–1/3
Power play
46–26
Hits
18–14
Blocked shots
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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 🐆 FLA
Eetu Luostarinen
1 G, 3 A
3 shots · 16:28 TOI
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Anton Lundell
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 17:58 TOI
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Sam Reinhart
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 20:09 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Gage Goncalves Go-ahead 1st · 02:33
Assists: Luke Glendening, Victor Hedman · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
0–1
🐆 Carter Verhaeghe PP Tying 1st · 05:21
Assists: Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–1
🐆 Anton Lundell Go-ahead 1st · 10:06
Assists: Brad Marchand, Eetu Luostarinen · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
2–1
⚡ Nicholas Paul Tying 1st · 12:16
Assists: Conor Geekie · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
2–2
2nd period
🐆 Aleksander Barkov Go-ahead 2nd · 00:52
Assists: Gustav Forsling, Eetu Luostarinen · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
3–2
⚡ Jake Guentzel PP Tying 2nd · 09:57
Assists: Victor Hedman · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
3–3
🐆 Sam Bennett Go-ahead 2nd · 15:13
Assists: Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
4–3
3rd period
🐆 Eetu Luostarinen 3rd · 13:02
Assists: Brad Marchand, Anton Lundell · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
5–3
🐆 Sam Reinhart Empty net 3rd · 15:36
Unassisted
6–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Reinhart · Barkov · Lundell 19:07
L2 Marchand · Verhaeghe · Bennett 17:27
L3 Tkachuk · Luostarinen · Rodrigues 13:58
L4 Greer · Sturm · Boqvist 7:40
D1 Jones · Forsling 26:12
D2 Kulikov · Mikkola 21:28
D3 Schmidt · Balinskis 12:00
⚡Lightning
L1 Guentzel · Point · Kucherov 23:48
L2 Cirelli · Goncalves · Gourde 19:03
L3 Paul · Geekie · Chaffee 12:58
L4 Glendening · Girgensons 8:43
D1 Hedman · McDonagh 22:04
D2 Cernak · Raddysh 16:37
D3 Perbix · Moser 13:39
D4 Martinsen Lilleberg 10:51

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA TBL⚡
31 Shots on goal 29
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
46 Hits 26
18 Blocked shots 14
5 Takeaways 4
13 Giveaways 17
8 Penalty minutes 8
FLA shooting 19.4% (6/31) TBL shooting 10.3% (3/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Sergei Bobrovsky
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
25/30
.833 SV% · 5 GA · 57:02 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Gage Goncalves · 1st 02:33 · 0–1 Carter Verhaeghe · 1st 05:21 · 1–1 Anton Lundell · 1st 10:06 · 2–1 Nicholas Paul · 1st 12:16 · 2–2 Aleksander Barkov · 2nd 00:52 · 3–2 Jake Guentzel · 2nd 09:57 · 3–3 Sam Bennett · 2nd 15:13 · 4–3 Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 13:02 · 5–3 Sam Reinhart · 3rd 15:36 · 6–3
FLA TBL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 14-12-3 (48% win rate, 29 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 11-10-4 (44% win rate, 25 games)
After 2nd — 4–3
Panthers
Panthers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 13-3-1 (76% win rate, 17 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-13-3 (11% win rate, 18 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 282025 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 2–4 Apr 262025 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 5–1 Apr 242025 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 2–0 Apr 222025 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 6–2 Apr 152025 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 1–5
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Who won Panthers vs Lightning on April 30, 2025?

Panthers won 6–3. The final score was Panthers 6, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Panthers?

Aleksander Barkov, Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe, Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart.

Who scored for Lightning?

Gage Goncalves, Jake Guentzel, Nicholas Paul.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves on 30 shots (.833 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 28 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 2–4 AfterMay 5 🐆FLA @ 🍁TOR 4–5
⚡ Lightning
BeforeApr 28 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 2–4 AfterOct 9 🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL 5–4
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