Tampa Bay Lightning @ Florida Panthers

Preseason

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

Final/SO

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

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

2-0-2, 1-0-1 Home

Amerant Bank Arena

6:00 PM, September 26, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Sunrise, FL

Attendance: 18,494

Referees:
Jean Hebert
TJ Luxmore

Linesmen:
Jesse Marquis

Team	W	L	PTS
Boston	1	0	2
Montreal	1	0	2
Florida	1	0	2
Detroit	0	0	0
Buffalo	0	0	0
Tampa Bay	0	0	0
Ottawa	0	0	0
Toronto	0	1	0

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