The Lightning had their eight-game winning streak snapped. The Panthers have won nine of their past 11 games.
There was no scoring by both clubs in the first period. Florida(38-21-3) got in front 1-0 at 9:02 of the second period. Aleksander Barkov intercepted a pass on the left point and he then snapped a shot from the high slot by Andrei Vasilevskiy for his 15th goal of the season.
The Panthers expanded their lead to 2-0 on the power play with 4:44 to go in the second. Aaron Ekblad backhanded a pass from the top of the zone. Mackie Samoskevich centered the puck from the left wing and Barkov collected his second tally of the contest and 16th goal in 2024-25 on a wrist shot from the slot area.
Tampa Bay(35-21-4) closed it to 2-1 at the 2:09 mark of the third period. Darren Raddysh zipped a pass from the right point to the right corner. Brayden Point released a forehand shot from the right-circle dot which was saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. Point got to the rebound and scored on a backhand shot from the crease area for his 32nd goal this season.
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