nhl Game Recap
Lightning Down Florida 3-2 - Match Report
The Lightning earned a 3-2 victory over the Panthers on Saturday at Amalie Arena.
Tampa Bay was favored by -110 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brayden Point, Victor Hedman, and Pat Maroon in the victory. Maroon opened the scoring at 12:17 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 of 28 Florida shots in the victory.
Jonathan Huberdeau, and Eetu Luostarinen scored for the Panthers, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 of 24 shots for the Panthers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-1, while the Panthers were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Florida outshot Tampa Bay 28-24 in the game.
Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face New York looking for another win. For Florida, they head home to face New York.