Tampa Bay Lightning (10-2-1) vs Florida Panthers (8-2-2)
Game Info: Monday, February 15, 2021 at 7:00 pm (Amalie Arena)
Betting Odds: Tampa Bay Lightning -182 / Florida Panthers +150 --- Over/Under: 6.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Monday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena.
The Florida Panthers look for a win after splitting their last six games. The Florida Panthers are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 32.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Carter Verhaeghe leads Florida with seven goals, Jonathan Huberdeau has 11 assists and Aleksander Barkov has 43 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 74.3 percent of their opponents power plays. Chris Driedger has given up four goals on 61 shots faced and Sergei Bobrovsky has given up seven goals on 58 shots.
The Tampa Bay Lightning look to stay hot after winning seven of their last eight games. The Tampa Bay Lightning are averaging 3.8 goals per game and are scoring on 28.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Steven Stamkos leads Tampa Bay with seven goals, Victor Hedman has 12 assists and Brayden Point has 38 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lightning are allowing two goals per game and are killing 84.8 percent of their opponents power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 23 goals on 343 shots faced and Curtis McElhinney has given up one goal on 24 shots.
The Panthers are 17-5 in their last 22 Monday games. The Lightning are 67-28 in their last 95 home games and 54-20 in their last 74 overall. The under is 6-2 in Panthers last 8 road games. The over is 6-2 in Lightning last 8 overall. The Panthers are 5-17 in the last 22 meetings in Tampa Bay and 2-10 in the last 12 meetings.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are in one of those grooves where everything is going right and they're playing at an elite level at both sides. With that said, there's going to be spots where you can take advantage of big plus money with quality teams. The Florida Panthers have been one of the better teams in the league up to this point, have the offense to hang in these games and should be motivated after getting embarrassed their last time out. I'll take my chances with the plus money.
Randy’s Pick Florida Panthers +150
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