The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning go again tonight, this time at the newly-named Benchmark International Arena in Tampa. Florida dropped Tuesday’s meeting with the Bolts by a 3-2 count at Kia Center in Orlando. MacKenzie Entwistle and Ryan McAllister scored the goals for the Cats, with the primary assist on both tallies going to Wilmer Skoog. Defensemen Marek Alscher and Jake Livingstone also collected helpers. Number three keeper Brandon Bussi went the distance and finished with 26 saves on 29 shots. Oliver Bjorkstrand, Conor Geekie and Jakob Pelletier lit the lamp and Jonas Johansson made 17 stops for the Lightning, who are a perfect 5-0 in the preseason.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoBolts, #FLAvsTBL, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Raw Charge
- PROJECTED GOALIES: Florida: Daniil Tarasov / Tampa Bay: Brandon Halverson
Tonight’s roster
Forwards: Sam Bennett (9), A.J. Greer (10), Mackie Samoskevich (11), Jonah Gadjovich (12), Sam Reinhart (13), Anton Lundell (15), Evan Rodrigues (17), Carter Verhaeghe (23), Eetu Luostarinen (27), Brad Marchand (63), Jesper Boqvist (70), Luke Kunin (71)
Defensemen: Jeff Petry (2), Seth Jones (3), Aaron Ekblad (5), Dmitry Kulikov (7), Gustav Forsling (42), Niko Mikkola (77)
Goalies: Daniil Tarasov (40), Brandon Bussi (30)
Tonight’s games
- Boston at Washington 7 p.m.
- Detroit at Toronto 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
- New Jersey at New York Rangers 7 p.m.
- New York Islanders at Philadelphia 7 p.m.
- Ottawa at St. Louis 8 p.m.
- Los Angeles at Utah 9 p.m.