Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers odds, tips and betting trends
The Tampa Bay Lightning (37-18-4) host the Florida Panthers (29-26-6) at Amalie Arena on Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00 PM ET, airing on . The matchup features two of the NHL’s top offensive options in Nikita Kucherov (24 goals and 60 assists) and Matthew Tkachuk (28 goals and 50 assists).
Tampa Bay fell 7-3 on the road its last time out on February 26 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Florida’s most recent game was a home loss, 3-1, to the Buffalo Sabres on February 24.
Before this matchup, here’s what you need to get ready for Tuesday’s action.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers Odds and Betting Lines
- Favorite: Lightning (-158)
- Underdog: Panthers (+136)
- Over/under: 7
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- Tampa Bay has won 34 of its 47 games as a favorite this season.
- The Lightning have won 22 of the 28 games they have played with moneyline odds lower than -158.
- The moneyline odds imply that Tampa Bay has a 61.2% chance of winning this contest.
- Tampa Bay’s games this season have gone over 7 goals 30 of 59 times.
- Over the last 10 contests, the Lightning have gone 5-2-3 (60.0% of possible points).
- They have averaged 3.5 goals per game (35 total) during that time.
- On the defensive end, the Lightning have allowed 2.6 goals per game (26 total) over those 10 outings.
- The Panthers have been the underdog 14 times this season, and upset their opponent in five, or 35.7%, of those games.
- Florida has yet to win as an underdog with odds of +136 or longer on the moneyline this season in four such games.
- Bookmakers have implied, based on the moneyline in this matchup, that the Panthers have a 42.4% chance to win.
- In 60.7% of Florida’s previous games this season (37/61), the teams combined to score more than Tuesday’s over/under of 7 goals.
- In the last 10 games, the Panthers are 6-4-0 (80.0% of possible points).
- They are scoring at a 3.5 goals-per-game average (35 total) over that stretch.
- Defensively, the Panthers have allowed 30 goals (3.0 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- Game Day: Tuesday, February 28, 2023
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free)
