nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Wrap - Florida Wins 4-3
Mike Hoffman sniped 3 goals in leading Florida to a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay on Saturday at BB&T Center.
Florida won as a +112 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Florida got goals from Mike Hoffman(3), and Noel Acciari in the victory. Hoffman opened the scoring at 9:39 of the second period.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 32 of 35 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Tampa Bay got goals from Gemel Smith, Steven Stamkos, and Mathieu Joseph in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Tampa Bay got a 24-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
On the power play, Florida went 2-for-3, while the Lightning were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Florida lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 35-28.
Next game, Florida takes its act home to face Carolina looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face Carolina.