9-7-2, 5-5-2 Away

11-4-2, 8-0-0 Home

Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Panthers

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Markstrom	4	3	1	1	2.74	.886
A. Schmid	5	3	1	0	3.00	.886
C. Black	0	1	0	0	3.15	.857

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	4	1	0	2.85	.883
D. Hildeby	3	0	1	0	2.95	.880

Benchmark International Arena

7:30 PM, February 16, 2027Coverage: Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu

Tampa, FL

FLA

Points

Matthew TkachukLW #19

26PTS

22A

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Goals

Brady TkachukLW #8

10G

4PPG

66S

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Assists

Matthew TkachukLW #19

22A

13PPA

0+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
FLA	3.11	3.06	29.5	25.3	292	19	23.5	11	85.7	1	0
TB	3.71	3.06	29.9	24.7	140	12	19.4	13	72.9	0	0

Florida Panthers

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Sandis Vilmanis LW	OUT	Nov 12
Brad Marchand LW	IR	Nov 21
Aleksander Barkov C	IR-LT	Nov 27
Jonah Gadjovich LW	IR-LT	Nov 28

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

Panthers Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@BOS	L4-1
11/7/26	@WSH	L4-3
11/4/26	vsCHI	W5-3
11/2/26	vsDET	L5-3
10/30/26	vsWPG	W5-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/28

Lightning
Panthers

Game 1

11/28

ESPN+

Lightning
Panthers

Game 2

12/26

Panthers
Lightning

Game 3

2/16

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Panthers
Lightning

Game 4

3/23

TNT/truTV

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

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Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Matthew TkachukLW #19

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Brady TkachukLW #8

Jake GuentzelC #59

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Nikita KucherovRW #86

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