Florida Panthers (21-11-2, 44 Pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (18-10-2, 38 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Tonight – Sunday, December 22
Time: 5:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+, FanDuel Sports Network Sun, SCRIPPS
Radio:
Florida – 560 Sports WQAM
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Florida -1.5 ML -112
Tampa Bay +1.5 ML -230
O/U 6
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Florida Panthers News & Notes:
This is the first game of a back-to-back with the Lightning. Florida has won each of their last three games, including a 2-1 overtime win over the St. Louis Blues on Friday. The Panthers are tied for fourth in the NHL in goals per game at 3.53.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
The Lightning have won each of their last four games while outscoring the opposition 21-8 during that stretch. Tampa Bay defeated the Blues 3-1 on Thursday night. The Lightning are first in the league in goals per game at 4.0.
Florida Panthers Projected Lines
Verhaeghe-Barkov-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart
Rodrigues-Bennett-Samoskevich
Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Kulikov
Balinskis-Schmidt
Bobrovsky
Knight
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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines
Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Geekie
Goncalves-Paul-Chaffee
Girgensons-Glendening-Eyssimont
Hedman-Raddysh
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Perbix
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
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Players To Watch:
Florida Panthers
Sam Reinhart has 20 goals and 23 assists for the Panthers. Matthew Tkachuk has scored eight goals and added nine assists over the last 10 games and has scored six goals in seven regular season games as a Panther against Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point has 21 goals and 17 assists for the Lightning. Jake Guentzel has nine goals and four assists over the last 10 games.
Injury Report:
Florida Panthers
C Jesper Boqvist – Day to day
Tampa Bay Lightning
D J.J. Moser – Day to day
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