TBL 3–2 FLA

Final / SO · W

Lightning/Schedule/Recap Sat, Sep 26, 2026 · 2026-27 preseason

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL · 2-1-1

3–2

Final / SOW

Florida Panthers

FLA · 2-0-2

1ST2ND3RDOTSOT TBL 180617011322 FLA 161906010222 goals · shots on goal

Meeting 2 this season — the season series is tied 1–1

TBL 2-1-1 · FLA 2-0-2 · Meeting 2 this season — the season series is tied 1–1

Lightning beat the Panthers

The Lightning earned it: 1.9 expected goals to 1.4, and they won it in a shootout.

▶ Recap ↗ ▶ Condensed game ↗

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★ NHL first starBenjamin Rautiainen

TBL · C · #41 1 G · 0 A · 1 P

Who had the better chances

The Lightning created the better chances: 1.9 expected goals to 1.4, on 22 and 22 shots on goal.

TBL 1.9 xG · 22 shots FLA 1.4 xG · 22 shots

1st 0.8 · 0.6

2nd 0.3 · 0.3

3rd 0.7 · 0.3

OT 0.2 · 0.2

Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.

Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Lightning win 61.

TBL 61%FLA 39%

Goals and penalties

4 goals · 13 penalties

← Lightning shoot this way Panthers shoot this way →

On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list

1st period

PEN

05:31

Dylan Duke· Roughing

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

05:31

Dylan Duke· Misconduct

10 min
Misconduct

08:50

, Jeffrey Viel · snap shot, a good chance (18%)

1–0 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

10:30

Garnet Hathaway· Cross-checking

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

10:30

Sam Lafferty· Fighting

Offsetting

5 min
Major

PEN

10:30

Jeffrey Viel· Fighting

Offsetting

5 min
Major

PEN

10:30

Sam Lafferty· Misconduct

10 min
Misconduct

17:58

Sandis Vilmanis

Kai Schwindt · wrist shot, a good chance (12%)

1–1 ▶ Watch ↗

2nd period

02:03

Matvei Shuravin

Gracyn Sawchyn, Mikulas Hovorka · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in

1–2 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

05:13

Donovan Sebrango· Delaying game puck over glass

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

08:11

Kai Schwindt· Tripping

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

09:39

Noah Steen· Holding the stick

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

13:42

Sandis Vilmanis· Hooking

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

15:59

· Slashing

Killed

2 min
Minor

3rd period

PEN

12:21

Kai Schwindt· Tripping

Killed

2 min
Minor

12:58

Benjamin Rautiainen EXTRA ATTACKER

Gage Goncalves, Conor Geekie · wrist shot, a great chance (26%)

2–2 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

12:58

Garnet Hathaway· Interference goalkeeper

Killed

2 min
Minor

Shootout

Sandis Vilmanis Goal

Pontus Holmberg Goal

Gracyn Sawchyn Save

Maxim Groshev Save

Uvis Balinskis Miss

Benjamin Rautiainen Goal

NHL three stars

the league's pick

★ 1st star

Benjamin Rautiainen

TBL · C · #41 1 G · 0 A · 1 P1G 0A

★ 2nd star

Dennis Hildeby

TBL · G · #35 SV% .909 · 20 savesSV% .909 ★ 3rd star

TBL · C · #75 1 G · 0 A · 1 P1G 0A

Goaltending

Dennis Hildeby

TBL

−0.9

vs expected

20/22 saves · 2 GA · 1.1 xGA Allowed 0.9 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.

Akira Schmid

FLA

+0.8

vs expected

20/22 saves · 2 GA · 2.8 xGA Stopped 0.8 more goals than an average goalie would have.

Team TBLFLA

Shots on goal

Expected goals

1.9

1.4

Hits

Blocks

Faceoffs

60%

40%

Power play

0/5

0/3

Penalty minutes

The Lightning went 0-for-5 on the power play and killed all 3 Panthers power plays.

Box score

xG and GSAx are Inside the Game numbers

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
23S. O'ReillyS. O'ReillyRW	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:35	21	62%	0	0	0	0.0
29Pontus HolmbergP. HolmbergRW	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20:09	21	—	0	0	0	0.2
94Conor GeekieC. GeekieC	0	1	1	−1	0	1	0	1	19:56	20	54%	0	1	0	0.1
93Gage GoncalvesG. GoncalvesC	0	1	1	−1	0	2	0	1	19:53	22	100%	0	0	0	0.3
41Benjamin RautiainenB. RautiainenC	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	17:58	18	—	1	1	1	0.4
22 . LW	0	0	0	−1	2	0	3	1	16:59	21	—	0	3	0	0.0
67Noah SteenN. SteenLW	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	16:36	17	50%	0	0	0	0.3
80 . C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14:57	19	—	0	0	0	0.0
28Z. GirgensonsZ. GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	14:24	17	55%	0	0	0	0.0
25Jeffrey VielJ. VielLW	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	0	12:22	15	—	0	2	0	0.1
53Dylan DukeD. DukeLW	0	0	0	−1	12	1	0	0	12:08	16	—	0	0	0	0.0
75 . C	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	10:36	18	75%	0	2	1	0.2

Defense	+/−	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	GV	xG
24M. CrozierM. CrozierD	+1	3	2	0	25:59	26	—	4	0.0
79M. CallahanM. CallahanD	−1	1	0	0	22:00	26	—	0	0.2
52Maxim GroshevM. GroshevD	−1	2	0	0	21:25	26	—	3	0.1
5J. TinordiJ. TinordiD	−1	2	1	0	17:13	21	—	1	0.0
51C. D'AstousC. D'AstousD	+1	1	1	1	13:25	12	—	1	0.0
72M. PietroniroM. PietroniroD	−1	0	4	1	12:45	17	—	1	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
35Dennis HildebyD. HildebyG	20	22	2	.909	17/19	3/3	0/0	64:40		−0.9

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	GV	TK	xG
95Sandis VilmanisS. VilmanisLW	1	0	1	+1	2	2	5	0	20:15	25	40%	1	0	0.2
17J. BeecherJ. BeecherC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	18:35	25	37%	0	0	0.0
11N. BastianN. BastianRW	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	16:12	19	—	2	0	0.2
38J. DevineJ. DevineRW	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	1	15:13	16	—	0	1	0.1
79C. SchwindtC. SchwindtRW	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	15:04	20	100%	1	0	0.1
18Sam LaffertyS. LaffertyC	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	14:34	18	56%	0	1	0.0
14B. ImamaB. ImamaLW	0	0	0	−1	0	2	8	0	14:02	17	—	1	0	0.0
29C. ReinhardtC. ReinhardtLW	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	13:55	19	—	0	0	0.1
59Gracyn SawchynG. SawchynC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	13:54	19	36%	1	2	0.1
21Garnet HathawayG. HathawayRW	0	0	0	+1	4	1	9	1	13:35	19	—	0	0	0.0
85H. St. MartinH. St. MartinLW	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13:31	18	—	0	1	0.4
97Kai SchwindtK. SchwindtLW	0	1	1	+1	4	1	1	1	10:34	17	17%	1	0	0.0

Defense	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	GV	TK	xG
26Uvis BalinskisU. BalinskisD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	24:46	27	—	1	0	0.0
36A. PetrovicA. PetrovicD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:10	26	—	1	0	0.1
76Matvei ShuravinM. ShuravinD	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1	21:22	24	—	2	1	0.0
96Mikulas HovorkaM. HovorkaD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1	19:22	22	—	0	0	0.1
51M. AlscherM. AlscherD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:33	25	—	0	0	0.0
73Donovan SebrangoD. SebrangoD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	18:04	25	—	0	1	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
40Akira SchmidA. SchmidG	20	22	2	.909	16/17	4/5	0/0	64:42		+0.8

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