After cutting its training camp roster down to 42 players, the Florida Panthers will host the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight in Sunrise. The Panthers rallied for a 5-4 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday to up its preseason record to 3-2. Tampa Bay got routed 6-0 by the Nashville Predators in its last exhibition outing. The teams will meet again at Amalie Arena on Wednesday before the Cats finish the preseason on Saturday versus the Los Angeles Kings in Quebec City.
- WHEN: 7:00 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps (WSFL-39 / WHDT-9)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoBolts, #TBLvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Raw Charge
- PROJECTED GOALIES: Florida: Bobrovsky – Knight / Tampa Bay: Johansson – Tompkins
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Tampa Bay
Tonight’s projected roster
Forwards: Sam Bennett (9), A.J. Greer (10), Jonah Gadjovich (12), Sam Reinhart (13), Aleksander Barkov (16), Evan Rodrigues (17), Matthew Tkachuk (19), Zac Dalpe (22), Carter Verhaeghe (23), Patrick Giles (36), Will Lockwood (67), Rasmus Asplund (74)
Defensemen: Aaron Ekblad (5), Dmitry Kulikov (7), Uvis Balinskis (26), Adam Boqvist (34), Gustav Forsling (42), Nate Schmidt (88)
Goalies: Sergei Bobrovsky (72), Spencer Knight (30)