Final
FLA at TBL game report
Panthers
5–3
Lightning
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Benchmark International Arena
Panthers beat the Lightning 5–3 despite being out-chanced 3.4–2.7 in expected goals and 11–7 in high-danger chances. Finishing made the difference.
Team comparison
TBLFLA
- 3Goals5
- 3.39Expected goals2.71
- 1.755-on-5 expected goals1.48
- 11High-danger chances7
- 28Shots on goal25
- 65Shot attempts40
- 445-on-5 shot attempts34
- 6:30Power-play time2:00
5-on-5 shares for TBL: 56.4% of shot attempts, 54.1% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
LightningPanthersCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Panthers shooting ←→ Lightning shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| TBL at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 47:36 | 44–34 | 1.75–1.48 | 3–4 |
| Power play | 6:30 | 12–3 | 1.04–0.22 | 0–0 |
| Shorthanded | 2:00 | 0–2 | 0.00–0.30 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 3:54 | 9–1 | 0.60–0.71 | 0–1 |
Read pairs as TBL–FLA. “Power play” means TBL had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL | 20/24 | .833 | 2.00 | -2.00 |
| Cooper Black FLA | 14/16 | .875 | 1.88 | -0.12 |
| Kirill Gerasimyuk FLA | 11/12 | .917 | 1.50 | +0.50 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandis Vilmanis FLA | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.89 |
| Brayden Point TBL | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.66 |
| Jansen Harkins TBL | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0.54 |
| Jake Guentzel TBL | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0.54 |
| John Carlson TBL | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.50 |
| Conor Geekie TBL | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.32 |
| Brandon Hagel TBL | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.29 |
| Cole Reinhardt FLA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.28 |
| Sam Lafferty FLA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.26 |
| Cole Schwindt FLA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.24 |
Three stars
- ★C. ReinhardtFLA · 1G 1A
- ★★J. HarkinsTBL · 2G 0A
- ★★★C. GeekieTBL · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 19:44FLA B. Imama (from D. Sebrango, S. Lafferty)1–0
Period 2
- 02:29FLA K. Schwindt (from C. Reinhardt, M. Hovorka)2–0
- 03:14TBL J. Harkins (from I. Mikheyev, J. Moser)2–1
- 13:09TBL C. Geekie (from S. O'Reilly, B. Rautiainen)2–2
Period 3
- 04:21FLA H. St. Martin (from A. Petrovic, K. Schwindt)3–2
- 05:29TBL J. Harkins (from R. McDonagh, J. Pelletier)3–3
- 05:35FLA C. Reinhardt4–3
- 19:36FLA S. Vilmanis (from U. Balinskis)5–3