Florida Panthers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

29-27-11, 14-11-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Panthers FLA	2	0	0	2
Lightning TB	0	2	1	3

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

32-26-9, 19-11-3 Home

No Story Available

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Panthers
3
Lightning
4

Game 1

19/10

Lightning
1
Panthers
3

Game 2

8/11

Lightning
1
Panthers
2

Game 3

27/1

Panthers
2
Lightning
3

Game 4

12/3

Benchmark International Arena

8:00 AM, 12 March 2017

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Kyle Rehman

Linesmen:
Greg Devorski
Pierre Racicot

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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