Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida PanthersApr 28, 2025

FinalPlayoffsMonday, Apr 28, 2025· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	2	0	2		TBL	6	6	8	20
FLA	0	1	3	4		FLA	6	9	8	23

: TBL 49FLA 67
: TBL 1.52FLA 3.00
PP goals: TBL 0FLA 0
Hits: TBL 28FLA 46
Blocks: TBL 20FLA 11
PIM: TBL 6FLA 17
: TBL 52%FLA 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at home. Anton Lundell (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for TBL: Gourde–Paul–Goncalves skated 4:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Anton Lundell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:18.Lundell
New line
New look for TBL: Gourde–Paul–Goncalves skated 4:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Paul Goncalves
Usage
Anthony Cirelli (TBL) played 20:41, +5:33 up on his 15:08 season average over 4 games.Cirelli
Usage
Niko Mikkola (FLA) played 14:58, −5:30 down on his 20:28 season average over 21 games.Mikkola
Usage
A.J. Greer (FLA) played 4:19, −3:32 down on his 7:51 season average over 15 games.Greer
Usage
J.J. Moser (TBL) played 18:16, +3:41 up on his 14:35 season average over 4 games.Moser
Usage
Nick Paul (TBL) played 13:49, −3:27 down on his 17:16 season average over 4 games.Paul
Usage
Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 14:21, −3:11 down on his 17:32 season average over 4 games.Goncalves

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · FLA 67 · TBL 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 15% of the game, FLA 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

FLA

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	FLA
	46	67
	1.39	2.06
	1.36	1.93
	5	8
	2	6
	12	16
	+0.042	−0.042
	15%	33%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point
13:0839% CF
L2Gourde – Paul – Goncalves
4:1950% CF
L3Glendening – Girgensons – Chaffee
3:1467% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
12:3835% CF
D2Hedman – Moser
11:4031% CF
D3Perbix – Lilleberg
5:3550% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Cirelli
2:43100% CF
PP2Kucherov – Paul – Raddysh – Chaffee – Goncalves
2:43100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Girgensons
2:05
PK2FCirelli – Hagel
2:04
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
3:55
PK2DHedman – Moser
1:14

Current TBL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
12:4178% CF
L2Bennett – Rodrigues – Tkachuk
11:4145% CF
L3Marchand – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:1461% CF
L4Greer – Boqvist – Sturm
3:5656% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
13:2563% CF
D2Jones – Mikkola
10:5569% CF
D3Kulikov – Schmidt
6:3538% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Jones – Reinhart – Tkachuk
3:3783% CF
PP2Marchand – Schmidt – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues
1:4333% CF
PK1FMarchand – Lundell
2:15
PK2FLuostarinen – Sturm
2:02
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:21
PK2DKulikov – Jones
1:59

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:06
FLAAnton Lundell (Brad Marchand, Eetu Luostarinen)wrist0.16 xG
TBL: Gourde, Paul, Perbix, Goncalves, LillebergFLA: Marchand, Kulikov, Schmidt, Luostarinen, Lundell
TBL 0 – 1 FLA
12:21
TBLMitchell Chaffee (Emil Lilleberg, Nick Perbix)wrist0.12 xG
TBL: Girgensons, Point, Perbix, Chaffee, LillebergFLA: Kulikov, Schmidt, Greer, Boqvist, Sturm
TBL 1 – 1 FLA
12:32
TBLErik Cernak (Jake Guentzel)snap0.05 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, CernakFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling
TBL 2 – 1 FLA

3rd period

16:13
FLAAaron Ekblad (Sam Reinhart)wrist0.13 xG
TBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, MoserFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling
TBL 2 – 2 FLA
16:24
FLASeth Jones (Anton Lundell, Dmitry Kulikov)snap0.01 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Paul, Cernak, Chaffee, GoncalvesFLA: Marchand, Kulikov, Jones, Luostarinen, Lundell
TBL 2 – 3 FLA
18:20
FLACarter VerhaegheEN (Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.55 xG
TBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh, CirelliFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling
TBL 2 – 4 FLA

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	0	0	25:32	—	—	40	42
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.34	1	0	0	24:06	—	—	40	40
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	2	23:52	—	—	37	43
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.23	1	1	0	15:33	—	—	34	35
Gage Goncalves C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	2	2	14:21	—	—	37	29
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:49	—	—	44	25
Mitchell Chaffee R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	3	0	0	12:41	—	—	50	49
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	5	0	0	11:15	—	—	50	89
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:59	—	—	50	31
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	37	42
Erik Cernak D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.06	5	3	0	18:32	—	—	34	39
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.12	2	1	0	24:16	—	—	42	37
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	3	0	18:16	—	—	39	27
Nick Perbix D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	2	11:21	—	—	69	62
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	10:11	—	—	29	36
Anthony Cirelli C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	4	0	20:41	—	—	38	37
Darren Raddysh D	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:30	—	—	46	49
Brandon Hagel L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	1	0	11:04	—	—	47	22

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	1.94	58:28

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	4	0	0	21:54	—	—	74	68
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	1	0	0	20:27	—	—	76	72
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.73	5	0	0	19:12	—	—	74	73
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.86	2	2	0	17:41	—	—	45	57
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	45	57
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	45	62
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:59	—	—	60	70
Anton Lundell C	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.18	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	57	70
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.08	2	1	0	15:03	—	—	60	68
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:56	—	—	55	4
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:45	—	—	56	4
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:19	—	—	56	4
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	2	2	2	23:34	—	—	64	58
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	4	0	0	22:11	—	—	63	53
Seth Jones D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	26:16	—	—	62	50
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	8	0	15	14:58	—	—	67	57
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	5	0	0	14:59	—	—	54	73
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	14:02	—	—	42	69

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	1.52	59:51

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Anton Lundell (FLA) 2nd 9:06 · assists Brad Marchand, Eetu Luostarinen · Forecheck turnover · loose puck · 48.0 mph shot · 8.7 s from entry to goal.

Anton Lundell · 2nd 9:06 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s

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Mitchell Chaffee · 2nd 12:21 · TBL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Erik Cernak · 2nd 12:32 · TBL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.2 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Aaron Ekblad · 3rd 16:13 · FLA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Seth Jones · 3rd 16:24 · FLA

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 27.2 mph
Distance: 68 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 18:20 · FLA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 81 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.