An entertaining contest saw the Tampa Bay Lightning come within 38 seconds of winning their second game in a row, falling to the Florida Panthers in a shootout Saturday night in Tampa.
The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
Penalty shots, 3-on-3 overtime and a shootout. Fans got to witness virtually every modern gimmick in the NHL rule book tonight. In the first of five meetups between the two Florida teams, the Florida Panthers came out on top in a game that also saw last-second heroics in regulation from the Panthers and a lead that changed hands five different times.