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Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers preseason series
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Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers preseason matchups series
The Tampa Bay Lightning participated in a preseason matchup against the and Florida Panthers continued their high-intensity preseason rivalry with a matchup at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa. The game is framed as a continuation of series follows a high-intensity rivalry between the two Florida-based clubs, previous preseason meeting noted for extreme physicality in previous meetings physicality, which resulted in “65 penalties and 322 combined penalty minutes.” The In their final preseason game, the Florida Panthers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning lineup was expected to include regulars such as Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, 5-3. Cole Reinhardt scored the game-winning goal and Victor Hedman, with Andrei Vasilevskiy projected to start recorded an assist. Other scorers for the Panthers included Kai Schwindt, Hunter St. Martin, Bokondji Imama, and Sandis Vilmanis. Goaltending duties for Florida were split between Cooper Black, who stopped 14 of 16 shots, and Kirill Gerasimyuk, who made 11 saves in goal. the third period. The Panthers roster featured concluded their exhibition slate with a mix record of newcomers and players such as Lars Eller and Garnet Hathaway, with Akira Schmid projected 2-0-1. Florida is scheduled to start begin its regular season against the Carolina Hurricanes in goal. Raleigh, while the Lightning will make their regular-season debut against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
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- 2026-09-26 23:12 UTC Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers preseason series
- 2026-09-24 19:33 UTC Tampa Bay Lightning preseason matchups
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