
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers
· National Hockey LeagueBarkov scores twice as Panthers beat Lightning 2-1 and snap Tampa Bay's 8-game winning streak

The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers won their fourth straight game, while the Lightning had their eight-game winning streak snapped. Tampa Bay hadn't lost a game since Feb. 1.
Brayden Point got the Lightning on the board with his team-leading 32nd goal of the season early in the third. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves.
The Panthers lead the regular-season series 2-1. Tampa Bay will host the final meeting of the regular season on April 15.
Veteran defenseman Seth Jones made his Panthers debut after being acquired over the weekend in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks and nearly scored a goal early in the second. Vasilevskiy was able to make the save, but the play drew cheers from the crowd of Panthers fans.
Panthers: Bobrovsky, coming off a 23-save performance in a 3-0 win over Calgary, has had an excellent two-game stretch. He withstood a series of Lightning shots at the end of the second and beginning of the third before giving up the goal to Point.
FLA leads series 2-1
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 2nd Period 9:02 | Aleksander Barkov Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 2nd Period 15:16 | Aleksander Barkov Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Mackie Samoskevich (10), Aaron Ekblad (28) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 2:07 | Brayden Point Goal (32) Backhand, assists: Darren Raddysh (21), Jake Guentzel (30) |
Statistics
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12 | Blocked Shots | 13 |
12 | Hits | 38 |
3 | Takeaways | 4 |
29 | Shots | 29 |
0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
7 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 |
0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 33.3 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
29 | Faceoffs Won | 31 |
48.3 | Faceoff Win Percent | 51.7 |
9 | Giveaways | 16 |
3 | Total Penalties | 6 |
6 | Penalty Minutes | 14 |
Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Aleksander Barkov, C | Day-To-Day | Apr 3 |
Nico Sturm, C | Day-To-Day | Apr 3 |
Dmitry Kulikov, D | Out | Mar 31 |
Matthew Tkachuk, LW | Injured Reserve | Mar 31 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Luke Glendening, C | Day-To-Day | Apr 2 |
Game Information
Amerant Bank Arena
Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,441 | Capacity:

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,441 | Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
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46 | 25 | 96 | 4 |
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44 | 25 | 93 | 5 |
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44 | 27 | 92 | 4 |
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39 | 29 | 84 | 6 |
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35 | 30 | 79 | 9 |
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34 | 33 | 75 | 7 |
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32 | 36 | 70 | 6 |
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30 | 36 | 69 | 9 |