Jon Cooper, Playoff Game 1 Post: Florida Panthers 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper talks after his team lost 6-2 to the visiting Florida Panthers in Game 1 of their 2025 Stanley Cup playoff series at Amalie Arena on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

The Panthers lead the best-of-7 series with Game 2 on Thursday.

Florida had Matthew Tkachuk back in the lineup for the first time since Feb. 8; he scored twice.

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Florida led 2-1 going into the second on goals from Sam bennett and Sam Reinhart; the Panthers scored three straight goals (one from Nate Schmidt, two from Tkachuk) in the second to open things up.

Schmidt got the final goal of the night in the third.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves.

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5 comments

  3. I dont wanna be that guy But Tampa got their ass kicked. evry oner counted out teh panthers but again the yare healthy and showed today why they are defending champs

  4. Никто не ожидал, что Флорида так сыграет……Купер сильно расстроен……сделают работу над ошибками и попробуют точно у себя дома обыграть Флориду…..но я заметила в первой игре у Тампы было так много удалений……да, чтобы выиграть у котов их нужно только убить…..но коты очень страшные звери……не легко будет Тампе! Вперед Флорида!

  5. For cooper to say he liked Tampa’s game is bizarre. Tampa played like they were uninterested, refused to punish Panther players when they had the chance, and Vasileski gave them zero chance to be competitive! He was bad!

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