Saturday will feature an NHL outing between the home favorite Florida Panthers (9-7-1, -135 on the moneyline to win) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (8-6-2, +114 moneyline odds) at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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Panthers to win vs Lightning -135
Panthers vs. Lightning Betting Lines
- Favorite: Panthers (-135)
- Underdog: Lightning (+114)
- Over/under: 5.5
Panthers vs. Lightning Quick Facts
- Florida has combined with its opponent to score more than 5.5 goals in eight of 17 games this season.
- Tampa Bay’s games have gone over 5.5 goals in eight of 16 chances this season.
- Saturday’s over/under is 0.4 lower than the two teams’ combined average of 5.9 goals per game.
- These two clubs concede a combined 5.9 goals per game, 0.4 more than this game’s over/under.
Panthers Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Panthers Season Stat Insights
- The Panthers are ranked 26th in the NHL with 48 goals this season, an average of 2.8 per contest.
- Florida is ranked 12th in NHL action in goals against this season, having given up 50 (2.9 per game).
- The team is ranked 19th in goal differential at -2.
- Florida’s 13 power-play goals this season are the eighth-most in the NHL (on 65 chances).
- The Panthers’ 20% power-play conversion rate this season ranks 16th in the NHL.
- Florida has scored a total of two shorthanded goals this season.
- The Panthers have the league’s 21st-ranked penalty-kill percentage at 77.97%.
- The Panthers win 47.8% of their faceoffs (22nd in the NHL).
- Florida converts 10% of its shots, ranking 24th in the league.
- The Panthers average 26.1 hits and 13.6 blocked shots per game.
Panthers Moneyline
- In 13 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Florida has won six of those games.
- The Panthers have a record of 5-7 this season in games with their moneyline odds shorter than -135.
- There is a 57.4% chance that Florida wins this contest, per the moneyline.
Panthers Leaders
- Brad Marchand: 11 goals and nine assists
- Anton Lundell: four goals and 10 assists
- Sam Reinhart: 10 goals and two assists
- Sergei Bobrovsky: 8-4-0 record, .892 save percentage, 32 goals allowed
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Lightning Stats, Moneyline & Leaders
Lightning Season Stats Insights
- The Lightning have the NHL’s 24th-ranked scoring offense (49 total goals, 3.1 per game).
- Tampa Bay’s 48 total goals allowed (three per game) are the ninth-fewest in the league.
- Their +1 goal differential ranks 14th in the league.
- Tampa Bay has recorded eight power-play goals this season (26th in the NHL) on 53 chances.
- The Lightning have the league’s 28th-ranked power-play conversion rate of 15.09%.
- Tampa Bay has scored one shorthanded goal this season (14th in NHL).
- The 88.24% penalty-kill percentage the Lightning have registered is the league’s third-best rate.
- The Lightning have the league’s 30th-ranked faceoff win percentage (44.6%).
- Tampa Bay is shooting 11.5% (13th in the league).
- The Lightning have not yet shut out an opponent this season.
Lightning Moneyline Insights
- The Lightning have claimed an upset victory in two of the five games they have played while the underdog this season.
- Tampa Bay has had moneyline odds of +114 or longer once this season and lost that game.
- The win probability for the Lightning, implied from the moneyline, is 46.7%.
Lightning Leaders
- Jake Guentzel: seven goals and nine assists
- Nikita Kucherov: seven goals and seven assists
- Brandon Hagel: seven goals and seven assists
- Andrei Vasilevskiy: 5-5-2 record, .895 save percentage, 34 goals given up
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