Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 24, 2025

FinalPlayoffsThursday, Apr 24, 2025· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	1	0	1	2		FLA	10	6	7	23
TBL	0	0	0	0		TBL	7	9	3	19

: FLA 40TBL 61
: FLA 3.45TBL 2.28
PP goals: FLA 0TBL 0
Hits: FLA 34TBL 38
Blocks: FLA 20TBL 6
PIM: FLA 16TBL 15
: FLA 52%TBL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 at TBL. Sam Bennett (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for TBL: Kucherov–Guentzel–Point skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for TBL: Kucherov–Guentzel–Point skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kucherov Guentzel Point
Luck
TBL scored 0 goals on 2.28 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Aleksander Barkov (FLA) played 15:41, −5:01 down on his 20:42 season average over 22 games.Barkov
New line
New look for TBL: Glendening–Girgensons–Chaffee skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Glendening Girgensons Chaffee
New line
New look for TBL: Gourde–Cirelli–Hagel skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Cirelli Hagel
Usage
Gage Goncalves (TBL) played 12:28, −5:33 down on his 18:01 season average over 4 games.Goncalves
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (FLA) played 11:26, −5:00 down on his 16:26 season average over 20 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) played 13:31, −4:03 down on his 17:34 season average over 22 games.Tkachuk

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

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

TBL
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · TBL 61 · FLA 40

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 17% of the game, TBL 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

FLA

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	FLA	TBL
	34	56
	0.90	1.88
	0.90	1.76
	2	10
	5	6
	14	16
	+0.004	−0.004
	17%	44%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Marchand – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:5525% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
7:4842% CF
L3Bennett – Tkachuk – Samoskevich
5:1718% CF
L4Rodrigues – Boqvist – Sturm
3:2950% CF
D1Jones – Forsling
14:1926% CF
D2Kulikov – Mikkola
11:3642% CF
D3Schmidt – Balinskis
9:0936% CF

PP1Jones – Reinhart – Bennett – Tkachuk – Samoskevich
4:22100% CF
PP2Marchand – Schmidt – Verhaeghe – Bennett – Rodrigues
1:53100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
4:17
PK2FLuostarinen – Sturm
3:10
PK1DJones – Forsling
4:20
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
2:41

Current FLA line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point
7:3875% CF
L2Paul – Goncalves – Geekie
7:3177% CF
L3Gourde – Cirelli – Hagel
7:0869% CF
L4Glendening – Girgensons – Chaffee
6:1436% CF
D1Hedman – Moser
10:4756% CF
D2McDonagh – Cernak
10:4560% CF
D3Perbix – Lilleberg
9:0756% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
7:02100% CF
PP2McDonagh – Gourde – Paul – Goncalves – Geekie
1:360% CF
PK1FGlendening – Girgensons
2:35
PK2FGuentzel – Cirelli
1:49
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
4:28
PK2DHedman – Moser
3:02

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:15
FLANate Schmidt (Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov)slap0.02 xG
FLA: Schmidt, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, BalinskisTBL: Hedman, Gourde, Guentzel, Hagel, Moser
FLA 1 – 0 TBL

3rd period

19:56
FLASam BennettEN (Seth Jones)wrist0.59 xG
FLA: Marchand, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett, ForslingTBL: Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Cernak, Hagel
FLA 2 – 0 TBL

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	4	17:10	—	—	30	20
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.63	1	2	0	17:06	—	—	26	15
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	16:33	—	—	33	31
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	1	2	0	22:45	—	—	50	32
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	2	0	2	16:00	—	—	58	45
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:41	—	—	40	38
Sam Bennett C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	1.48	2	2	0	17:02	—	—	25	27
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	13:31	—	—	26	29
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.65	2	0	2	13:24	—	—	26	31
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	0	0	11:26	—	—	50	47
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:08	—	—	64	49
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:20	—	—	50	81
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	4	1	0	27:31	—	—	31	39
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	1	2	22:55	—	—	33	44
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	0	0	19:42	—	—	48	49
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	2	17:00	—	—	40	28
Nate Schmidt D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	3	0	14:48	—	—	35	21
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	2	0	10:58	—	—	38	16

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	2.28	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	-2	0	0.26	1	1	4	23:10	—	—	63	77
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	-1	1	0.25	2	0	0	20:58	—	—	80	84
Brayden Point C	L1	-1	3	0.84	1	0	2	20:37	—	—	76	83
Nick Paul L	L2	0	1	0.20	4	0	0	15:09	—	—	62	69
Gage Goncalves C	L2	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:28	—	—	67	77
Conor Geekie C	L2	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	11:16	—	—	75	86
Brandon Hagel L	L3	-2	2	0.09	4	0	5	22:41	—	—	58	51
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0.00	4	1	4	15:09	—	—	59	33
Yanni Gourde C	L3	-1	1	0.00	3	0	0	13:42	—	—	65	43
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0.02	4	2	0	10:11	—	—	42	46
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:42	—	—	42	46
Mitchell Chaffee R	L4	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	6:49	—	—	36	46
Victor Hedman D	D1	-2	0	0.16	0	1	0	27:27	—	—	66	73
J.J. Moser D	D1	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	54	69
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	4	0.13	4	0	0	22:30	—	—	60	60
Erik Cernak D	D2	-1	4	0.07	3	0	0	19:44	—	—	68	64
Nick Perbix D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	65	68
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	10:54	—	—	61	62

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	22	21	1	.955	1.76	58:05

Goal anatomy

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

Nate Schmidt (FLA) 1st 4:15 · assists Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov · Off the faceoff · 83.7 mph shot.

Nate Schmidt · 1st 4:15 · FLA

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 83.7 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Type: one-timer

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Sam Bennett · 3rd 19:56 · FLA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.5 mph
Distance: 94 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.