Eetu Luostarinen had a goal and three assists to lead the Florida Panthers to a 6-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning and advance Florida to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Nick Paul, Gage Goncalves and Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay fell to 1-9 in the past 10 home playoff games. Tampa Bay scored the opening goal for the first time in the series when Goncalves scored 2:33 into the game. Paul pulled the Lightning even at 12:16 of the first with his second goal of the series.