Florida Panthers (10-2-2) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (6-3-3)
November 13, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Tampa Bay Lightning -111 / Florida Panthers -111; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Saturday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena. The Florida Panthers look to snap a three-game losing streak. The Tampa Bay Lightning look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.
The Florida Panthers are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 23.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Aleksander Barkov leads Florida with 9 goals, Jonathan Huberdeau has 10 assists and Aaron Ekblad has 43 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing 2.6 goals per game and are killing 81.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Sergei Bobrovsky has given up 13 goals on 242 shots faced, and Spencer Knight has allowed 22 goals on 194 shots.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 16.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Alex Killorn leads Tampa Bay with 7 goals, Victor Hedman has 9 assists and Steven Stamkos has 35 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 83.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 24 goals on 301 shots faced, and Brain Elliott has allowed 6 goals on 50 shots.
The Panthers are 12-3 in their last 15 Saturday games and 10-4 in their last 14 overall. The Lightning are 53-23 in their last 76 home games and 102-50 in their last 152 overall. The over is 4-1 in Panthers last 5 overall. The over is 4-1-2 in Lightning last 7 Saturday games. The Panthers are 8-20 in the last 28 meetings in Tampa Bay.
The Tampa Bay Lightning should be given the benefit of the doubt whenever they’re at home, but they’ve been shaky over the last two weeks and have yet to find their footing defensively. The Florida Panthers have come back to reality with three straight losses, but they’ve still won 10 of their last 14 games and have been one of the top teams in the league at both ends. The Panthers are more trustworthy despite three straight losses. Give me the Panthers.
