Tkachuk scored his third goal of the series to make it 1-0 at 2:43 of the first period. After the Lightning turned over the puck in their own zone, Sam Bennett missed on his shot attempt, but the puck went across the crease to Tkachuk, who swept it in.

The Lightning routed the Panthers 5-1 in Game 3 of their first-round series, cutting Florida’s series lead to 2-1.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.