Niko Mikkola had an assist on a goal that gave the Florida Panthers an 8-0 lead. Problem was, he'd been kicked out of the game a few minutes earlier and nobody noticed.

It was that kind of night between the Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Florida beat Tampa Bay 7-0 in the preseason finale for both clubs Saturday night, though the score was irrelevant. There were 64 penalties for 312 minutes on the stat sheet, including 13 game misconduct penalties — seven for Tampa Bay, six for Florida.

Florida had 17 power-play chances in the game, by the NHL's count.

“It got silly. It got stupid by the end of it,” Florida forward Evan Rodrigues said. “It wasn't really hockey out there.”

The parade to the penalty boxes started about two minutes into the game when Tampa Bay's Scott Sabourin — wh

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