The Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers traded goals all night, but it was the Panthers that came away with a 6-3 win in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round matchup to take the series on Wednesday at AMALIE Arena.

Tampa Bay is knocked out of the playoffs in the first round for a third straight season, including twice by Florida.

Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) and Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Mitchell Chaffee (41) go after the puck during the third period in Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) AP