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SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers failed to capitalize on home-ice advantage, falling 5-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of their first-round series on April 26. Florida got star defenseman Aaron Ekblad back from a 20-game suspension, with captain Aleksander Barkov returning after leaving Game 2 with an injury with 10 minutes to go.

Tampa Bay drops the first two games of the opening-round series at Amalie Arena and faces a two-game deficit as it heads to Sunrise for the next two games.