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Lightning Down Florida 3-1 - Match Report

The Lightning earned a 3-1 victory over the Panthers on Saturday at Amerant Bank Arena.

The Lightning were a +125 underdog in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Tampa Bay got goals from Jack Finley, Zemgus Girgensons, and Emil Lilleberg in the victory. Lilleberg opened the scoring at 12:19 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 of 24 Florida shots in the victory.

Brad Marchand scored for the Panthers, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Florida got a 17-stop effort from Sergei Bobrovsky in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-4, while the Panthers were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Florida outshot Tampa Bay 24-20 in the game.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face Vancouver looking for another win. For Florida, they head home to face Vancouver.