The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning conclude a run of three straight games against each other with tonight’s preseason finale in Sunrise. On Thursday, the Bolts battered the Cats by a 5-2 count in an intense, penalty-filled affair at Benchmark International Arena. Eetu Luostarinen opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal and Seth Jones was the only other Panther who managed to solve Brandon Halverson. The Lightning dominated the majority of the tilt and got two goals from Jake Guentzel and one apiece from Brayden Point, Conor Geekie and Anthony Cirelli. Daniil Tarasov went the distance for Florida, finishing with 28 saves.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoBolts, #TBLvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Raw Charge
- PROJECTED GOALIES: Florida: Sergei Bobrovsky / Tampa Bay: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Tonight’s projected roster
Forwards: A.J. Greer (10), Mackie Samoskevich (11), Jonah Gadjovich (12), Tyler Motte (14), Evan Rodrigues (17), Noah Gregor (18), Carter Verhaeghe (23), Eetu Luostarinen (27), Jack Studnicka (53), Jesper Boqvist (70), Luke Kunin (71), Cole Schwindt (79)
Defensemen: Jeff Petry (2), Seth Jones (3), Aaron Ekblad (5), Dmitry Kulikov (7), Uvis Balinskis (26), Niko Mikkola (77)
Goalies: Sergei Bobrovksy (72), Daniil Tarasov (40)
Tonight’s games
- New Jersey at Philadelphia 12:30 p.m.
- New York Rangers at Boston 2 p.m. (NHL Network)
- Anaheim at Los Angeles 4 p.m.
- Carolina at Nashville 4 p.m.
- Colorado at Dallas 6 p.m.
- Columbus at Washington 7 p.m.
- Ottawa at Montreal 7 p.m.
- St. Louis at Chicago 7 p.m.
- Toronto at Detroit 7 p.m.
- San Jose at Utah 8 p.m.