Florida 6, Tampa Bay 4

First Period_1, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 8 (Cernak, Palat), 6:24. 2, Florida, Huberdeau 5 (Hornqvist, Weegar), 7:56. Penalties_Johnson, TB (Holding), 8:54; Yandle, FLA (Interference), 17:48.

Second Period_3, Florida, Tippett 1 (Luostarinen), 4:59. 4, Florida, Vatrano 4, 8:39 (ps). 5, Florida, Duclair 1 (Barkov, Verhaeghe), 10:23. 6, Tampa Bay, Volkov 2 (McDonagh), 11:42. 7, Florida, Barkov 5 (Stralman, Verhaeghe), 12:36. 8, Tampa Bay, Volkov 3 (Maroon, Smith), 15:50. 9, Tampa Bay, Johnson 4 (Joseph, Sergachev), 16:38. Penalties_Cernak, TB (Tripping), 0:47; Ekblad, FLA (Interference), 1:25; Ekblad, FLA (Hooking), 18:14.

Third Period_10, Florida, Stralman 1 (Huberdeau, Gudas), 0:59. Penalties_Smith, TB (Fighting), 4:04; Verhaeghe, FLA (Fighting), 4:04; Gudas, FLA (Fighting), 13:03; Gourde, TB (Fighting), 13:03; Smith, TB (Roughing), 13:17; Yandle, FLA (Slashing), 16:45.

Shots on Goal_Florida 10-7-4_21. Tampa Bay 6-14-11_31.

Power-play opportunities_Florida 0 of 3; Tampa Bay 0 of 4.

Goalies_Florida, Driedger 3-1-1 (31 shots-27 saves). Tampa Bay, McElhinney 1-0-0 (21-15).

A_0 (19,092). T_2:35.

Referees_Jean Hebert, TJ Luxmore. Linesmen_Kyle Flemington, Jonny Murray.