LIGHTNING PRESEASON GAME #6
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 at AMALIE ARENA
Lightning Roster
1 G BRIAN ELLIOTT
35 G AMIR MIFTAKHOV
88 G ANDREI VASILEVSKIY
3 D FREDRIK CLAESSON
7 F MATHIEU JOSEPH
10 F COREY PERRY
12 F ALEX BARRE-BOULET
13 F BORIS KATCHOUK
14 F PAT MAROON
15 F SIMON RYFORS
16 F TAYLOR RADDYSH
17 F ALEX KILLORN
18 F ONDREJ PALAT
21 F BRAYDEN POINT
24 D ZACH BOGOSIAN
27 D RYAN McDONAGH
29 D ANDREJ SUSTR
41 F PIERRE-EDOUARD BELLEMARE
44 D JAN RUTTA
46 F GEMEL SMITH
52 D CAL FOOTE
71 F ANTHONY CIRELLI
77 D VICTOR HEDMAN
79 F ROSS COLTON
81 D ERIK CERNAK
86 F NIKITA KUCHEROV
91 F STEVEN STAMKOS
98 D MIKHAIL SERGACHEV
Panthers Roster
30 G SPENCER KNIGHT
31 G CHRISTOPHER GIBSON
72 G SERGEI BOBROVSKY
5 D AARON EKBLAD
7 D RADKO GUDAS
8 D MATT KIERSTED
9 F SAM BENNETT
10 F ANTHONY DUCLAIR
11 F JONATHAN HUBERDEAU
13 F SAM REINHART
15 F ANTON LUNDELL
16 F ALEKSANDER BARKOV
17 F MASON MARCHMENT
18 F SERRON NOEL
19 F JOE THORNTON
21 F ZAC DALPE
22 D CHASE PRISKIE
23 F CARTER VERHAEGHE
27 F EETU LUOSTARINEN
32 D LUCAS CARLSSON
42 D GUSTAV FORSLING
44 D KEVIN CONNAUTON
52 D MacKENZIE WEEGAR
53 D JOHN LUDVIG
55 F NOEL ACCIARI
58 D NOAH JUULSEN
62 D BRANDON MONTOUR
65 D MARKUS NUTIVAARA
70 F PATRIC HORNQVIST
74 F OWEN TIPPETT
77 F FRANK VATRANO
83 F JUHO LAMMIKKO
94 F RYAN LOMBERG
98 F MAXIM MAMIM
TAMPA BAY VS. FLORIDA: ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME RECORD: 65-58-13 with 10 ties
LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME: May 10, 2021 at BB&T Center (Tampa Bay 0, Florida 4)
FIRST REGULAR SEASON MEETING: October 19, 2021 at AMALIE Arena
2021 PRESEASON RESULTS AND UPCOMING SCHEDULE
GAME DATE RESULT OPPONENT SITE TIME
PS1 Sept. 28 1-3 L at Carolina PNC Arena 7 p.m.
PS2 Sept. 30 2-6 L vs. Nashville AMALIE Arena 7 p.m.
PS3 Oct. 1 8-5 W vs. Carolina AMALIE Arena 7 p.m.
PS4 Oct. 2 1-6 L at Nashville Bridgestone Arena 8 p.m.
PS5 Oct. 5 2-3 L vs. Florida Amway Center 7 p.m.
PS6
PS7
Oct. 7
Oct. 9
vs. Florida
at Florida
AMALIE Arena
FLA Live Arena
7 p.m.
6 p.m.
*All Start Times Eastern (ET)
2021 PRESEASON GOAL SCORERS
DATE OPPONENT SCORE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Sept. 28 at Carolina 1-3 L BarreBoulet
Sept. 30 vs. Nashville 2-6 L Cirelli Claesson — — — —
Oct. 1 vs. Carolina 8-5 W Palat Fortier Perry Maroon Point Fortier
Oct. 2 at Nashville 1-6 L
Fortier (7th)
Katchouk
Perry (8th)
Oct. 5 vs. Florida 2-3 L Bellemare Sergachev — — — —
Oct. 7
Oct. 9
vs. Florida
at Florida
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SO – Shootout winner
PS – Penalty shot
2021 PRESEASON LEADERS
GAMES PLAYED: Barre-Boulet (4), Claesson (4), Katchouk (4), T. Raddysh (4), Ryfors (4), Bogosian (3), Colton (3), Hudon
(3), Joseph (3), Rutta (3), Sergachev (3), Sustr (3), 38 players with 2 or fewer games
GOALS: Fortier (3), Perry (2), Barre-Boulet (1), Bellemare (1), Cirelli (1), Claesson (1), Katchouk (1), Maroon (1), Palat (1),
Point (1), Sergachev (1)
ASSISTS: Kucherov (3), Maroon (2), Palat (2), Point (2), Cajkovic (1), Goncalves (1), Katchouk (1), McDonagh (1), T.
Raddysh (1), Ryfors (1), Sergachev (1), Stamkos (1)
POINTS: Fortier (3), Kucherov (3), Maroon (3), Palat (3), Point (3), Katchouk (2), Perry (2), Sergachev (2), Barre-Boulet (1),
Bellemare (1), Cajkovic (1), Cirelli (1), Claesson (1), Goncalves (1), McDonagh (1), T. Raddysh (1), Ryfors (1), Stamkos (1)
PENALTY MINUTES: Killorn (12), Katchouk (9), Perry (9), Bogosian (7), Claesson (7), Colton (7), Rutta (6), Sergachev (5),
Goncalves (4), Ryfors (4), Cirelli (2), Crawley (2), Joseph (2), Maroon (2), T. Raddysh (2)
POWER PLAY GOALS: Cirelli (1), Perry (1), Sergachev (1)
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Fortier (1)
SHOTS: Barre-Boulet (10), Palat (8), Claesson (7), Ryfors (7), Colton (6), T. Raddysh (6), Hudon (5), Katchouk (5), Perry
(5), Point (5), Sergachev (5), Sustr (5), Cernak (4), Element (4), Fortier (4), Elie (3), Killorn (3), Maroon (3), Stamkos (3),
Thompson (3), 23 players with 2 or fewer shots
WINS: Alnefelt (1)
LIGHTNING ALL-TIME PRESEASON RECORD (91-67-26)
2019 RESULTS — 2-3-2 (DNP preseason games in 2020)
2019 PRESEASON LEADERS
GAMES PLAYED: Verhaeghe (6), Witkowski (6), Cirelli (5), Coburn (5), Gourde (5), Joseph (5), Sergachev (5), Volkov (5)
GOALS: Kucherov (3), Verhaeghe (2), Volkov (2), Cernak (1), Cirelli (1), Gaunce (1), Gourde (1), Paquette (1), Sergachev
(1), Stamkos (1)
ASSISTS: Palat (3), Verhaeghe (3), Cirelli (2), Johnson (2), Shattenkirk (2)
POINTS: Verhaeghe (5), Cirelli (3), Kucherov (3), Palat (3), Volkov (3), Gaunce (2), Johnson (2), Shattenkirk (2)
PENALTY MINUTES: Witkowski (16), Martel (15), Maroon (11), Schenn (9), Cernak (6), Katchouk (6), Masin (4), Paquette
(4)
POWER-PLAY GOALS: Sergachev (1), Stamkos (1), Volkov (1)
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Kucherov (2)
SHOTS: Kucherov (14), Sergachev (10), Verhaeghe (10), Cirelli (9), Rutta (9), Cernak (8)
WINS: McElhinney (2)
LAST GAMES
Panthers 3, Lightning 2 – Oct. 5 – Amway Center
FLA Goals: Vatrano (4), Tippett (1, 2)
TBL Goals: Bellemare (1), Sergachev (1-PPG)
FLA Goalie: Knight – 28 Saves
TBL Goalie: Vasilevskiy – 25 Saves
FLA Shots: 28
TBL Shots: 30
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
- Oct. 6: D Noah Juulsen, F Zac Dalpe and F Serron Noel recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
- Oct. 2: F Karch Bachman, F Henry Bowlby, F Grigori Denisenko, F Aleksi Heponiemi, F
Logan Hutsko, F Justin Nachbaur, F Serron Noel, F Cole Schwindt, D Max Gildon and G Evan
Fitzpatrick assigned to Charlotte (AHL). F Zac Dalpe, D Noah Juulsen and G Sam Montembeault
placed on waivers for assignment to Charlotte (AHL). - Sept. 28: D Evan Nause, D Braden Hache and F Justin Sourdif returned to junior clubs
PANTHERS vs. LIGHTNING
ALL-TIME vs. TBL: 71-48-10-17
ALL-TIME ROAD vs. TBL: 29-32-6-7
2020-21 vs. TBL: 5-2-1
LAST TIME OUT
In a game that featured 96 total penalty minutes (49 FLA, 47 TBL), the Panthers remained perfect
(5-0-0) in the preseason defeating the Lightning at Amway Center in Orlando, 3-2. Frank Vatrano
opened the scoring with his team-leading fourth goal of the preseason and Owen Tippett added two
third-period tallies to overcome the Bolts. Spencer Knight stopped 28 of the 30 shots he faced (.933
save percentage). 10 total fighting majors were assessed to the two teams.
BATTLE OF FLORIDA
Tonight’s preseason game is the second of three consecutive matchups of the NHL’s two Florida
franchises in three Florida locations: Amway Center, Amalie Arena and FLA Live Arena. The
Panthers faced the Lightning eight times in the 2020-21 regular season, where the Cats owned a 5-
2-1 record against their intrastate rival. The Cats and Bolts then dueled in the first round of the
Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time ever.
FROM THEN TIL NOW
The Panthers enter the 2021-22 preseason coming off of their best regular season in club history in
terms of win percentage. In 2020-21, Florida posted a record of 37-14-5 for a franchise-best .705 win
percentage, earning the second seed in the Central Division. The Panthers 79 points were the
fourth-most by an NHL team during the regular season, and they led the league with 34.9 shots on
goal per game.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Away from South Florida in 2020-21, the Panthers recorded a 17-9-2 record for a franchise-record
.643 road win percentage, scoring a club-record 3.36 goals per game on the road. The Cats’ 26.3
road power-play percentage and 33.3 shots per game ranked as the second-best among NHL
teams, and Aleksander Barkov’s 1.17 points per game on the road was tied for fifth highest among
league forwards.
BARKOV COUNTY
Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov was named the recipient of the 2020-21 Frank J. Selke
Trophy, becoming the first Panthers player to be named the league’s top defensive forward. He led
FLA in goals (26), even-strength goals (18), even-strength points (38), shots (176), and a careerhigh 54.9 faceoff win percentage during the regular season. He ranked second on FLA in assists
(32), points (58), power-play goals (7), power-play points (19), game-winning goals (6), overtime
goals (2), takeaways (39), and total time on ice (1,046:52), and became the only Panther in club
history to record six consecutive 50-point and 20-goal seasons. Barkov was just one of 10 NHL
forwards to take over 1,000 faceoffs in 2020-21, and his 50 games played were the fewest of those
10 players.
SAM’S NEW CLUB
Sam Reinhart joins the Cats after leading the Buffalo Sabres with 25 goals and 40 points (25-15-40)
in 2020-21, and his 10 power-play goals ranked tied for the fifth-most in the NHL. Over his six full
NHL seasons, Reinhart has recorded at least 40 points six times and has tallied at least 20 goals
five times.
JUMBO JOE IN SOFLO
Joe Thornton signed with Florida as a free agent on Aug. 13. Entering his 24th NHL season,
Thornton’s 680 NHL games played stands as the sixth-most in league history. He owns the seventhmost career assists (1,104) and 14th-most career points (1,529) in NHL history, both marks the most
of any active NHL skater. Thornton produced 20 points (5-15-20) over 44 games with Toronto in
2020-21.
JONNY B. GOOD
Jonathan Huberdeau enters the 2021-22 season having paced the Cats in assists and points for
the past two consecutive seasons. In 2020-21, Huberdeau led the Panthers in assists (41), points
(61) and power-play points (24) for the second straight season, ranking second on the club in goals
(20) and even-strength points (37) and fourth in even-strength goals (15), power-play goals (5), and
shots (122). His 61 points ranked tied for 11th-most of any NHL skater, and his 41 assists were tied
for eighth-most. 2020-21 marked Huberdeau’s fifth campaign with at least 20 goals, and his fourth
consecutive campaign with at least 60 points. The 28-year-old is Florida’s franchise leader for
assists (330) and points (498).
BENNY AND THE CATS
Sam Bennett recorded 15 points (6-9-15) over his first 10 games as a Panther, setting a new
franchise record for points recorded by a Panthers player in their first 10 games with the club. 12 of
those 15 points (5-7-12) came at even strength. From his debut with Florida on April 17 through
Florida’s final regular season game on May 10, Bennett led the Cats with 39 shots on goal and led
Florida forwards with 29 hits.
EK’S GON’ GIVE IT TO YA
Prior to suffering a season-ending injury March 28, 2021 at DAL, Aaron Ekblad ranked tied for first
among NHL defensemen with 11 goals and led all league blueliners with six power-play goals and
three game-winning goals. The 25-year-old produced 22 points (11-11-22) over 25 games for the
Cats last season.
RETURN OF THE MACK
MacKenzie Weegar posted a career-high 30 assists and 36 points (30-6-36) in 2020-21, pacing
Panthers defensemen in those categories. He led all NHL defensemen with 31 even-strength points
(6-25-31) and tied for the league lead among all skaters with a +29 rating.
ST. PATRIC
Patric Hornqvist enters his 14th NHL season coming off a 2020-21 campaign where he led Florida
with eight power-play goals. His 32 points (14-18-32) tied for the fifth-most on the Panthers and
matched his point total from his 2019-20, doing so in seven less games played. His 80 hits were the
third-most among Florida forwards in 2020-21.
FRANK THE TANK
Frank Vatrano leads the Panthers with four preseason goals in three games played. Prior to games
played on Oct. 6, his four tallies tied for second-most among NHL skaters in the preseason. In 2020-
21, Vatrano led Florida with a career-high seven game-winning goals, three overtime goals and 10
third-period goals. His 18 goals scored were tied for third-most on the Cats.
THE BUTCHER
Radko Gudas led all NHL skaters with 250 hits in 2020-21, the second-most hits by a Panther in
one season since NHL began tracking hits in 2005-06. He ranked second on FLA in blocked shots
(72) and even-strength time on ice (839:42), and third among FLA defensemen in time on ice
(948:45) and shorthanded time on ice (106:17). He set a club record for most hits in a game twice
last season, recording 11 hits on March 23 at Chicago and on May 10 vs. Tampa Bay.
TIPPING THE SCALES
Owen Tippett tallied two third-period goals against Tampa Bay on Oct. 5 and registered one fighting
major. Through four preseason contests, he has produced four points (2-2-4). Tippett led Florida
rookies in goals (7), assists (11) and points (18) in 2020-21.
CUP OF JOEL
Head Coach Joel Quenneville enters the 2020-21 season with 962 career regular season wins as
an NHL bench boss, the second-most wins in league history. Over two seasons as head coach of
the Panthers, Quenneville owns a record of 72-40-13 for a .628 win percentage and has led the Cats
to the postseason each year
