nhl Game Recap
Florida Ices Tampa Bay 6-1 - Recap
Carter Verhaeghe was the difference, potting a pair for Florida on Monday as the Panthers skated off with a 6-1 victory over the Lightning at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida won as a -183 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Carter Verhaeghe(2), Aleksander Barkov(2), Evan Rodrigues, and Niko Mikkola each scored for the Panthers in the victory. Verhaeghe opened the scoring for Florida.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 of 32 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Victor Hedman scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 of 37 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Florida went 0-for-4, while the Lightning were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 39-32.