Nate Schmidt scored on a power play and finished with two goals, and Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart each added a goal and an assist for the Panthers. Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay. Guentzel responded for Tampa Bay, scoring with a man advantage at 12:21. The Panthers broke the game open early in the second when Schmidt scored on a rebound at 4:41. Schmidt added Florida’s third power-play goal off a pass from Tkachuk at 5:09 of the third period.