Panthers vs Lightning Game 3 Odds, Picks and Predictions

Panthers are down 2-0 in the series and they travel to Tampa Bay to play the Lightning in Game 3. Last season, the Panthers won the first two games at home. The Panthers are slim -115 away favorites to win Game three. Tampa is 8-1 straight up in its last nine playoff home games.

Puck drop is slated for 1:30 pm ET on Sunday, May 22 at Amalie Arena. TNT will be providing the broadcast. Panthers vs Lightning Game 3 is a best-of-seven series.

The NHL betting trends show the public is staying with Florida. The Panthers are at -115 moneyline odds. The public bets on the Over (6.5) for Game 3. Ross Colton scored the Game 2 winner for the Lightning. Nikita Kucherov scored a game-winning goal in the NHL playoffs for 21st time.

The Panthers scored 4.11 goals per game in the regular season. In the playoffs they are 12th out of 16 teams at 2.75 goals. They are 0-for-25 on the power play and 66.7% on penalty kill. Tampa Bay is the #2 pick in Stanley Cup odds at +425. Florida is at a betting line of +900.

Mason Marchment is out for the next two games of the series. Markus Nutivaara is also out. Brandon Hagel and Brayden Point are questionable for Game 3. Brent Seabrook is injured.

Andrei Vasilevskiy has a 14-3 record in 19 appearances during the Second Round of the playoffs. He has never suffered more than one loss in any Second round series.

Sergei Bobrovsky lost consecutive games for the third time since Dec. 29. Bobroskiy is 1-4 against the Lightning in the playoffs.

Tampa Bay has won three straight games from Florida. Florida is 3-3 straight up in the last six games played at Amalie Arena.