<p>The National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety on Sunday announced multiple fines and hearings related to Saturday’s preseason game between the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> and <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations">Florida Panthers</a>.  </p>


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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tampa Bay’s Roman Schmidt has been fined $2,098.52, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for cross-checking Florida’s Carter Verhaeghe.</p>
<p>— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1974842263395311984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tampa Bay’s Gage Goncalves has been fined $3,125.00, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for cross-checking Florida’s Evan Rodrigues.</p>
<p>— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1974842352674934992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Lightning forward Gage Conclaves was fined $3,125 for cross-checking Panthers’ forward Evan Rodrigues, and Tampa Bay defender Roman Schmidt was dinged $2,098.52 for roughing Florida forward Carter Vergaeghe. </p>


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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tampa Bay’s Scott Sabourin will have a hearing for roughing Florida’s Aaron Ekblad. Date and time TBD.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="134"></div>
<p>— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1974842508573090233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tampa Bay’s J.J. Moser will have a hearing for boarding Florida’s Jesper Boqvist. Date and time TBD.</p>
<p>— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1974842595676152318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The league also announced that Lightning defenseman J.J. Moser will have a hearing for boarding Panthers’ forward Jesper Boqvist, as will Tampa Bay forward Scott Sabourin for roughing Florida’s Aaron Ekblad. </p>


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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Battle of Florida is picking up right where it left off 😳 <a href="https://t.co/Oecdk1WHxa">pic.twitter.com/Oecdk1WHxa</a></p>
<p>— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href="https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1974614029550149905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The two teams combined for more than 300 penalty minutes on Saturday, including 16 ejections. At one point, there were three skaters on the Tampa bench. </p>



<p>“The two Florida teams have had a lot of success in this league the last six years,” Lightning head coach<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6690225/2025/10/04/panthers-lightning-preseason-penalties-ejections/"> Jon Cooper said</a>. “And I think anybody that’s been a part of this rivalry would probably look at this box score and not be surprised and be like, I can’t believe it’s taken this long for something like that to happen.&nbsp;</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="181"></div>



<p>“It’s two extremely proud franchises and the boys played with their heart on their sleeves,” Cooper added. “That’s all I can say.”</p>


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<p>The Panthers won 7-0. </p>



<p>Just days earlier, the two teams met for another preseason game and finished with a combined 186 penalty minutes. Panthers’ forward<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/florida-panthers-aj-greer-tampa-bay-lightning-brandon-hagel-fined-roughing"> A.J. Greer was fined </a>for roughing Lightning forward Brandon Hagel. </p>
