- - Spoilers and other stuff down there - Steven Stamkos assisted on the tiebreaking goal by Vladislav Namestnikov, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Florida Panthers 5-3 at Amalie Arena in the season opener for each team Friday. Ondrej Palat scored twice, and Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov scored for Tampa Bay, which has won its past six home openers and is 16-7-0 with two ties in its 25 season openers.