Goaltender Dwayne Roloson allowed at least five goals in his third straight game. But the Panthers — with two goals and four points each from Stephen Weiss and Kris Versteeg — moved the puck at will and took 16 of their 33 shots with the man advantage.

The Lightning also won just four of 16 shorthanded faceoffs.


The Lightning was called for 11 penalties and was shorthanded nine times. Its 36 times shorthanded is a league worst.

"If we can stay five on five, we give ourselves a chance," coach Guy Boucher said. "We did some good things five on five. We scored four goals (in the game), and that should be enough to win at home."