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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Wrap - Tampa Bay Wins 2-1

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 of 37 shots fired at him by Florida, as the Lightning skated to a 2-1 victory Thursday at FLA Live Arena.

The Lightning were a +148 underdog in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Tampa Bay got goals from Corey Perry, and Ross Colton in the victory. Perry opened the scoring at 12:06 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 36-save effort for the Lightning.

Florida got a goal from Eetu Luostarinen in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Florida got a 27-stop effort from Sergei Bobrovsky in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-3, while the Panthers were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 37-29.