Lightning 6, Panthers 3

Florida 0 3 0 — 3 Tampa Bay 3 1 2 — 6

First Period: 1, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 4 (Point, Hagel), 8:54 (pp). 2, Tampa Bay, Hagel 2 (Hedman), 12:09 (sh). 3, Tampa Bay, Point 2 (Kucherov, Hedman), 15:07.

Second Period: 4, Florida, Verhaeghe 3 (Tkachuk, Lundell), 4:17. 5, Tampa Bay, Hagel 3 (Sergachev, Cirelli), 9:40. 6, Florida, Reinhart 3 (Montour, Tkachuk), 11:10. 7, Florida, Ekman-Larsson 1 (Luostarinen, Rodrigues), 14:33.

Third Period: 8, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 5 (Kucherov, Point), 9:34. 9, Tampa Bay, Paul 2 (Kucherov, Hedman), 16:22 (pp).

Shots on goal: Florida 5-15-5: 25. Tampa Bay 14-8-10: 32.

Power-play opportunities: Florida 0 of 2. Tampa Bay 2 of 5.

Goalies: Florida, Bobrovsky 3-1-0 (32 shots-26 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 1-3-0 (25-22).

A: 19,092 (19,092). T: 2:37.

Referees: Jean Hebert, Garrett Rank; Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison.