| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 FLA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 TB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Game Leaders
Nick Paul
· LW
Darren Raddysh
· D
Sam Reinhart
· C
Anton Lundell
· C
Team Stats
14Blocked Shots12
26Hits24
9Takeaways5
26Shots21
1Power Play Goals0
2Power Play Opportunities3
50.0Power Play Percentage0.0
2Short Handed Goals0
0Shootout Goals0
27Faceoffs Won30
47.4Faceoff Win Percent52.6
8Giveaways20
Play-by-Play
20:00
Game End
20:00
End of 3rd Period
19:52
Cam Atkinson Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
19:48
Takeaway by Nick Perbix
19:40
A.J. Greer faceoff won against Conor Geekie
19:40
Goalie Stopped
19:38
Mitchell Chaffee Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
19:38
Giveaway by Spencer Knight
19:29
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Conor Geekie
19:29
Sam Reinhart Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (15), Aleksander Barkov (23)
18:07
Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
18:07
Icing
17:04
Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
17:04
Off-side
17:02
Sam Reinhart hit Luke Glendening
16:56
Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Luke Glendening
16:54
Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh
16:45
Takeaway by Eetu Luostarinen
16:32
Luke Glendening faceoff won against Anton Lundell
16:32
Goalie Stopped
16:30
Sam Bennett shot blocked by Erik Cernak
16:30
Evan Rodrigues Deflected saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
16:01
Brayden Point shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
15:45
Takeaway by Brayden Point
15:36
Takeaway by Niko Mikkola
15:23
Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
15:23
Icing
15:09
Victor Hedman shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
14:32
Anton Lundell hit Darren Raddysh
14:28
Darren Raddysh hit Anton Lundell
14:16
Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Right
14:01
Victor Hedman Wrist Shot saved by Spencer Knight
13:58
Aleksander Barkov hit Nick Perbix
13:55
Dmitry Kulikov hit Jake Guentzel
13:50
Takeaway by Nikita Kucherov
13:06
Erik Cernak hit Matthew Tkachuk
12:52
Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli
12:40
Takeaway by Sam Bennett
12:25
Giveaway by Zemgus Girgensons
12:12
A.J. Greer hit Luke Glendening
12:03
Luke Glendening hit Tomas Nosek
11:29
Giveaway by Brayden Point
11:04
Brayden Point faceoff won against Anton Lundell
11:04
Puck in Netting
11:02
Mitchell Chaffee shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
10:56
Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Spencer Knight
10:40
Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
10:06
Nikita Kucherov Slap Shot Wide Left
10:03
Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
9:46
Brayden Point faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
Panthers use short-handed goals to beat Lightning 4-2 in opener of home-and-home set
— A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen scored short-handed goals 42 seconds apart in the second period to help the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday to open a home-and-home series.
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