Paul Maurice, Panthers Morning Skate: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida; Dec. 27, 2025

Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice meets the media before his team plays host to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.

Florida is coming off another third period comeback against Carolina, winning 5-2 over the host Hurricanes on Tuesday night; the Lightning has won two straight including Monday against the Blues.

Florida went into the Christmas break with wins in five of six and eight of the past 10.

The Panthers kick off a run of three games in the next four days in a five-game homestand that includes Friday’s Winter Classic in Miami.

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  2. Putting Reino with Lundell just made so much sense. Lundell does play just like Barkov and Reino is so used to playing with Barkov, so they basically just fit together like jigsaw pieces. I was against taking Marchand off the line at first and that’s why I’m not the coach 🤣🤣

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