And while Sam Reinhart leads the way with four individual shorthanded goals — as many as any other team in the NHL — Florida has seven players total who have found the back of the net on the penalty kill this season. Aleksander Barkov, Jesper Boqvist, Anton Lundell, Gustav Forsling, Greer and Luostarinen are the others.

Sam Reinhart put the Panthers on the board first with a power-play goal, by redirecting the puck off a shot from Aaron Ekblad. The Lightning responded with Nick Paul scoring a goal just a few seconds before the buzzer,

The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning are resuming the battle of Florida in their first meeting of the season.