Lightning vs Panthers Odds, Picks and Predictions

Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers are playing each other at FLA Live Arena on Wednesday night. Both teams are missing their top two goalies. The teams split the first two meetings in Tampa earlier this season.

The Panthers opened at -135 on the ML and have since moved to -130. Tampa Bay closed at -115 on ML at home in the last meeting (November 13).

Lightning vs Panthers is on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. ET.

USA can get their first bet matched up to $1,001 at Caesars. Canada can bet on any team to win a game involving a Canadian team at Betway.

Andrei Vasilevskiy is injured. Brian Elliott is out. Anthony Cirelli is also injured, as is Mikhail Sergachev. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is unavailable. Panthers are without Owen Tippett.

Lightning are 10-9 SU, 64 goals for. Panthers are 9-10 SU and 60 goals against.

The favorite is 22-7 SU in the last 29 meetings between the Lightning and Panthers.

Lightning vs Panthers is a game that we would put some of our bankroll behind.

Andrei Vaslivelskiy and Brian Elliott are out injured. Maxime Legace played well in the last game for the Lightning. Florida won last night's game against the Rangers. The Panthers have won nine of their last 10 games. They have a league-leading four wins when trailing after two periods. Sergei Bobrovs. Sergei Shesterkin is the Panthers' top-ranked goalie. Spencer Knight is their backup. He has a poor record in seven games in NHL. Tampa's bottom-six forwards are thin. Panthers won the game last time. Their bottom line played better than the top two lines.

Both the Lightning and Panthers have scored four goals in their first games back from the Christmas break. Lightning scored 4.7 xgoals in a 5-4 win in Montreal on Tuesday, while Panthers scored 4:54 x goals against Shesterkin last night.

The Under hit in the two previous meetings. The Lightning are down to their third or fourth option in net against the league's No. 3 offense. Montreal is 31st in goals per game. Brayden Point netted two goals and an assist on Tuesday. Florida's Alex Barkov is back and has been injured. Lightning's goalie is Ryan Knight, who allowed eight goals in his last outing before the break and a 3.96 GAA over his past 10 starts. Knight was the starter in Game 6 of the playoffs last year where the Panthers were eliminated in a 4-0 loss.

Legace and Knight are playing a game on Thursday night. The game is a best bet. Andrei Vasilevskiy is not available. The Over is 6-3 in the league since the restart.

Today's Lightning vs. Panthers game is a $10 bet. If parlayed, you could win $21.66 on a bet of $100.