Without suspended winger Brandon Hagel in the lineup, the Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Saturday, cutting their deficit in this Eastern Conference first-round series to 2-1 on the strength of five unanswered goals.

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena, narrowing Florida's series lead to 2-1. The road team has won all three games in this tightly contested series.

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