nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Falls 6-2 to Panthers - Recap
Nate Schmidt scored a pair of goals against the Lightning as Florida handed Tampa Bay a 6-2 defeat on Tuesday at Amalie Arena.
Florida won as a +104 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Florida got goals from Nate Schmidt(2), Matthew Tkachuk(2), Sam Reinhart, and Sam Bennett in the victory. Bennett opened the scoring at 3:44 of the first period.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 of 22 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Jake Guentzel, and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 10 of 16 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Florida scored 3 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
Florida lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 22-16.