The Florida Panthers (22-11-2) will go for the sweep when they host the Tampa Bay Lighting (18-11-2) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in the second half of a home-and-home against their cross state rivals.
Sam Reinhart opened (PPG) and closed (ENG) the scoring and A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen notched shorthanded goals 42-seconds apart in the second period of last night’s 4-2 win over the Bolts at Amalie Arena.
Nick Paul and Brayden Point lit the lamp for the Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of 25 shots faced as the Panthers snapped Tampa Bay’s four-game winning streak.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps, FDSNSUN
- ON THE DIAL: Radio Libre 790 (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoBolts, #TBLvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Raw Charge
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 4 (1-0)
- LAST MEETING: FLA 4, @TBL 2 (Recap) – 12/22/2024
- NEXT MEETING: March 3, 2025
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (16-6-1 .896 / 2.79 1SO) Tampa Bay: Johansson (3-1-1 .882 / 3.84 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Tampa Bay
Monday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- Winnipeg (24-10-1 49P) at TORONTO (21-11-2 44P) 7 p.m.
- Washington (23-8-2 48P) at BOSTON (18-13-4 40P) 7 p.m.
- St. Louis (15-16-4 34P) at DETROIT (13-16-4 30P) 7 p.m.
- MONTREAL (14-16-3 31P) at Columbus (13-15-6 32P) 7 p.m.
- BUFFALO (11-19-4 26P) at New York Islanders (13-14-7 33P) 7:30 p.m.
Idle: OTT (38P)