The Florida Panthers are on the gulf coast to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first of two meetings between the Sunshine State clubs to close out the exhibition slate. Florida is coming off a 3-2 shootout loss on Tuesday to the Carolina Hurricanes. Brady Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov each had a goal and an assist in the game. Like the Cats, the Lightning are 1-0-1 in the preseason. They nipped Nashville by a count 2-1 at home on Sunday before dropping a 3-2 overtime decision to the Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps, The Spot
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoBolts, #TBLvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Raw Charge
- PROJECTED GOALIES: Florida: Cooper Black / Tampa Bay: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Panthers roster
Forwards: Nate Bastian, Bokondji Imama, John Beecher, Sam Lafferty, Lars Eller, Garnet Hathaway, Angus Crookshank, Cole Reinhardt, Cole Schwindt, Hunter St. Martin, Sandis Vilmanis, Kai Schwindt
Defensemen: Uvis Balinskis, Alexander Petrovic, Marek Alscher, Donovan Sebrango, Matvei Shuravin, Mikulas Hovorka
Goalies: Cooper Black, Kirill Gerasimyuk
Tonight’s games
- Boston at Philadelphia 7 p.m.
- Buffalo at Detroit 7 p.m.
- Nashville at Carolina 7 p.m. (Greensboro)
- New Jersey at New York Rangers 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
- Chicago at St. Louis 8 p.m.
- Edmonton at Vancouver 9 p.m.
- Calgary at Seattle 9:40 p.m.
- Anaheim at San Jose 10 p.m.
- Utah at Vegas 10 p.m.
Wednesday results
- Toronto 6, Ottawa 1
- Toronto 4, Ottawa 2
- Dallas 2, Minnesota 0
- Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 1