Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

Preseason

6-1-0, 2-1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	0	0	0
Panthers FLA	3	3	1	7

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

3-4-0, 2-0-0 Home

Amerant Bank Arena

12:00 AM, 5 October 2025

Sunrise, FL

Attendance: 17,862

Referees:
Jean Hebert
Michael Markovic

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Jonathan Deschamps

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

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