Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Prediction & Picks - NHL
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Prediction:
Both Teams To Score in the 2nd Period - Yes
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by Edgar Jibran | in NHL Picks
Despite being considered as big contenders to battle for the NHL championship in the current season, Florida Panthers weren’t expected to deliver such a dominant performance during the first game of the series against Tampa Bay Lightning, being notorious that even some Panthers’ fans expressed their shock of finding that terrible performance from Tampa Bay on social media.
With that in mind, it’s a fact that Tampa Bay Lightning wasn’t expecting to have such a disappointing performance in their first playoffs’ home game against Florida Panthers, which for sure are one of their biggest rivalries in the NHL. Taking that into consideration, it’s expected from the Lightning to show an exponential improvement in this game to avoid facing a 2-game disadvantage during their following away games.
Meanwhile, Florida Panthers must try to gain momentum after their 2-6 victory in Game 1, in which it was very positive for players like Tkachuk, Bennett and Reinhart to finally score in an important moment of the season. Even though that was very positive, the series still have a long way to go, so being overconfident is the last thing they should allow in such an early instance of the playoffs.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Form
Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers Latest Matches
2/6 (33%)
4/6 (67%)
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Tampa Bay Lightning against Florida Panthers : Head to Head (H2H)
33 %
67 %
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Players list
A. Vasilevskiy
J. Johansson
V. Hedman
E. Lilleberg
J. Moser
N. Perbix
E. Cernak
R. McDonagh
B. Hagel
J. Guentzel
N. Paul
A. Cirelli
B. Point
G. Goncalves
M. Chaffee
Z. Girgensons
N. Kucherov
L. Glendening
Y. Gourde
C. Geekie
S. Bobrovsky
V. Vanecek
U. Balinskis
D. Kulikov
N. Schmidt
G. Forsling
N. Mikkola
S. Jones
M. Tkachuk
J. Boqvist
C. Verhaeghe
E. Luostarinen
M. Samoskevich
A. Lundell
N. Sturm
E. Rodrigues
A. Barkov
B. Marchand
S. Reinhart
S. Bennett
Most goals and assists
Tampa Bay Lightning
Florida Panthers
B. Point
(44 Goals)
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J. Guentzel
(44 Goals)
S. Reinhart
(50 Goals)
A. Barkov
(67 Assists)
Tampa Bay Lightning - Florida Panthers Key Points
- Tampa Bay Lightning at home lost only 2 out of their last 10 games in regulation time, but unfortunately those losses were against historic rivals like Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers.
- Florida Panthers broke a terrible streak of 9 away consecutive games without winning in regulation time.
- Tampa Bay Lightning at home in direct duels against Florida Panthers, won only 1 out of their last 4 confrontations in a row.
- Florida Panthers in face-to-face away games against Tampa Bay Lightning, scored 4 or more goals in three out of their last five confrontations.
Our Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Prediction
To conclude, this game will be such a spectacular way to begin with next Thursday’s NHL calendar as Tampa Bay Lightning is expected to take the offensive leadership of the game due to their urgency of winning after such a terrible result in the beginning of the playoffs. Therefore, the pick for Tampa Bay Lightning – Florida Panthers is: Both Teams To Score in the 2nd Period – Yes!
Prediction:
Both Teams To Score in the 2nd Period - Yes
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