TAMPA — Over the previous three seasons, the Lightning have pulled out more than their share of late wins. But each team needs to build its own resume as well as its own confidence. And this year’s version is beginning to show that clutch factor.

The Lightning went into the third period of Saturday’s home meeting with the Panthers tied at 1. They played their best hockey down the stretch, scoring three third-period goals to win 4-1 at Amalie Arena.

Tampa Bay (17-9-1) improved to 7-2-0 this season when tied after two periods.

“That’s the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey the past three years that you guys watched, 2-1 games, 2-2 games,” said Lightning forward Pat Maroon, who opened scoring in the first period with his first goal of the season. “And we’re closing games out the right way. We’re playing the right way. And we’re sticking to the structure. We’re not just trying to chase the game. We’re sticking with it and we’re doing a full 60 (minutes) of it.

“We have a great hockey team in here and I think if we stick to the game plan everything will work out.”

Brayden Point scored the winning goal for the second straight game, giving the Lightning the lead for good 3:03 into the third period. The goal was his fourth over the past three games and his 14th in 17 career games against Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.

After Mikhail Sergachev scored to make it a 3-1 game, Steven Stamkos extended his point streak to 13 games with his team-high 15th goal of the…