Panthers 5, Lightning 2
TAMPA, Fla. -- Roberto Luongo had 33 saves to lift the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Saturday.
Florida (42-24-9) takes over first place in the Atlantic Division with the win.
Tampa Bay (43-27-5) had its three-game win streak snapped.
Jiri Hudler gave the Panthers a 3-1 lead they would not lose when he scored on a deflected shot at 15:53 in the second period. The shot by Alex Petrovic deflected off Hudler and Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Jussi Jokinen scored for the Panthers in the third period. Steven Stamkos had a power-play goal for the Lightning in the third.
Tyler Johnson gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead with his 14th goal of the season at 5:52 in the first period. Johnson took a pass from defenseman Nikita Nesterov in the left circle and put one past Florida goalie Roberto Luongo on the far post.
Florida answered at 13:36 in the first period with Vincent Trocheck's 25th goal of the season. Jokinen recorded the assist, his 41st of the season.
The Panthers tacked on a power-play goal at 18:02 in the first period. Florida held the puck in the zone for most of the power play and Aleksander Barkov found Jaromir Jagr open in the slot and he placed a shot past Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Hudler increased the lead to 3-1 for Florida when he redirected a shot by Petrovic at 15:53 in the second period.
NOTES: The Lightning recalled D Slater Koekkoek from Syracuse of the American Hockey League to replace D Anton Stralman, who will be out at least six weeks because of a fractured fibula. ... Panthers RW Reilly Smith was questionable but suited up and started. He did not participate in the morning skate. ... Lightning RW Nikita Kucherov took part in pre-game warmups but was scratched Saturday night. RW Joel Vermin was brought up on an emergency recall. ... The Panthers have surpassed the 90-point mark in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history.