With the Lightning trailing 1-0 late in the second period, Nikita Kucherov found a waiting Jake Guentzel at the far left side of the offensive blueline. Guentzel dished to Point for a short spree alone on Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, but the goalie was there for the save with two minutes left in the middle frame.

5: The Panthers were a perfect 5 for 5 on the penalty kill on Thursday, holding the Lightning to just two shots on goal when they were on the power play. Overall in the series, Florida is 7 for 8 on the penalty and has allowed just six total shots on goal when playing down a man.

The Tampa Bay Lightning looked much more like its championship-caliber form in a 5-1 win against the Florida Panthers in Game 3.