Brayden Point scored the go-ahead goal 3:03 into the third and the Tampa Bay Lightning tacked on two more to post a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers at Amalie Arena.
After Andrei Vasilevskiy defused a solid Florida start, Anthony Cirelli fought off Colin White in the right corner before finding Pat Maroon in the right circle and he beat Sergei Bobrovsky for his first of the season. Cal Foote picked up secondary assist at the 8:40 mark.
Call-up Zac Dalpe got the only goal for the Panthers 6:02 into the second. After Eric Staal won an offensive zone draw, Zalpe got to the puck and dropped it to Josh Mahura at the point, Mahura went back to Dalpe along the right boards, and he cut in and threw the puck towards the net, where it went in off of Mikhail Sergachev.