nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Falls 2-1 to Panthers - Recap
Aleksander Barkov scored a pair of goals against the Lightning as Florida handed Tampa Bay a 2-1 defeat on Monday at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida was favored by -139 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Aleksander Barkov(2) scored for the Panthers in the victory. Barkov opened the scoring for Florida.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 of 28 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Tampa Bay got a goal from Brayden Point in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 of 29 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Florida went 1-for-3, while the Lightning were 0-for-7 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 29-28.
Next game, Florida takes its act home to face Columbus looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head home to face Columbus.