After a scoreless first period, Florida scored first at the 9:06 mark of the second period. Eetu Luostarinen poked the puck out of the right corner and Brad Marchand backhanded it from the low right circle. Anton Lundell was all by himself in the low slot and released a wrist shot by Andrei Vasilevskiy for his first tally in the postseason and seventh career playoff goal.
Tampa Bay tied it up 1-1 with 7:39 remaining in the second. Nick Perbix took a shot from the top right circle which was saved by Sergei Bobrovsky. Mitchell Chaffee slipped in a forehand shot from the lower right circle for his first goal in the series.
The Lightning leaped to a 2-1 advantage just 11 seconds later. Jake Guentzel angled a loose puck from the high slot and Erik Cernak snapped a shot from the top right circle for his first goal in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
In the third period, the Panthers evened it up 2-2 with 3:47 left. Aaron Ekblad dropped a pass to Sam Reinhart on the right point. His shot was stopped by Vasilevskiy, but Ekblad scored his first goal in the postseason on a wrist shot from the top of the crease.
The Cats reclaimed the lead 3-2 with 3:36 remaining. Marchand pushed the puck from the right wing and it was touched by Lundell at the right point. It was followed by a Seth Jones slap shot that went into the net for his first postseason goal in a Panthers jersey.
Carter Verhaeghe fired a shot from the neutral zone into an empty net with 1:40 to go and gave Florida a 4-2 lead. It turned out to be his 27th career playoff goal. Barkov was credited with an assist on the play.
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