Florida Showdown: Nuts & Bolts Battle Comes Again to Tampa

All the things it’s essential to know forward of the Lightning’s matchup towards the Florida Panthers on Monday:

When: Monday, December 15 – 7 p.m. ET
The place: Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment – Tampa, FL
TV protection: The Spot – Tampa Bay 66 (test native listings)
Radio protection: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: TampaBayLightning.com/Stream Now

Traces from Thursday’s recreation (topic to vary)
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel – Brayden Level – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zemgus Girgensons – Yanni Gourde – Pontus Holmberg
Dominic James – Nick Paul – Scott Sabourin

Defensemen
JJ Moser – Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D’Astous – Emil Lilleberg
Declan Carlile – Max Crozier

Goaltenders
Jonas Johansson
Brandon Halverson

Monday’s Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning will host their in-state rival Florida Panthers for the primary time this 2025-26 season on Monday at Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment…Monday marks the second of 4 video games between the groups this season after a 3-1 Lightning win on Nov. 15 in Dawn…Zemgus Girgensons, Jack Finley and Emil Lilleberg all scored objectives, and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves for the win in that recreation… Tampa Bay is 77-66-10 all-time towards the Panthers, together with 42-28-12 on dwelling ice…Steven Stamkos is the franchise’s profession scoring chief towards Florida with 41-40—81 in 67 video games, whereas Victor Hedman leads energetic Bolts with 7-43—50 in 68 video games…Nikita Kucherov has 21-27—48 in 39 video games, fifth-most in TBL historical past… Vasilevskiy holds an 18-15-1 all-time report versus Florida with a .912 save proportion… Jonas Johansson is 1-0-0 with a .932 save proportion as a Bolt towards the Panthers and is 1-1-0 with a .926 save proportion over his profession.

Tampa Bay Sports activities Merchandise of the Recreation
2026 Stadium Sequence Assortment in Retailer
You have seen it on-line, now see it in individual! The Tampa Bay Lightning 2026 Stadium Sequence jersey and full merchandise assortment is obtainable now, in retailer at Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment and on-line at TampaBaySports.com, whereas provides final.

The Street Forward
Thursday, December 18 vs. Los Angeles Kings
Saturday, December 20 vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Monday, December 22 vs. St. Louis Blues