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Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning · Matchup Preview Based on 26-27 form — rosters current

Season 26-27
Matchup Preview vs Lightning · SAT · DEC 26 · 5:00 PM CT ← Back to schedule
Upcoming
SAT · DEC 26 · 5:00 PM CT
Amerant Bank Arena
SCRIPPS · The Spot
Florida Panthers
Panthers
1–0–1
VS
Tampa Bay Lightning
Lightning
1–1–0
Upcoming
SAT · DEC 26 · 5:00 PM CT
SCRIPPS · The Spot
Florida Panthers
Home · Panthers
1–0–1
3 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
The read
Andrei Vasilevskiy has not had an answer for Brad Marchand: 15 goals on 86 shots. But Akira Schmid has had trouble with Tampa Bay, a .880 save percentage on 50 shots.
Amerant Bank Arena
Tampa Bay Lightning
Away · Lightning
1–1–0
2 PTS
Panthers
GOALIES
Lightning
Akira Schmid
Akira Schmid
Likely · 29148-akira-schmid
.875 SV% · 3.80 GAA · 0W
.880 SV% L5 · Cooling
VS
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Expected
.889 SV% · 2.59 GAA · 1W
.888 SV% L5 · Cooling
Panthers
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Lightning
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L4
Bokondji Imama · Sam Lafferty · Garnet Hathaway
D1
Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D3
Dmitry Kulikov · Radko Gudas
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP2
Lars Eller · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
PK2
Anton Lundell · Eetu Luostarinen · Niko Mikkola · Radko Gudas
PanthersProjected lines
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L4
Bokondji Imama · Sam Lafferty · Garnet Hathaway
D1
Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D3
Dmitry Kulikov · Radko Gudas
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP2
Lars Eller · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
PK2
Anton Lundell · Eetu Luostarinen · Niko Mikkola · Radko Gudas
LightningProjected lines
No projected lines yet
Jameson Olive · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
Panthers
INJURY REPORT
Lightning
Gustav Forsling
DAY-TO-DAY · Upper body
Emil Lilleberg
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Yanni Gourde
IR · Hip (surgery) · Expected back Dec 2
Brad Marchand
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 25
Dominic James
IR · Hand · Expected back Oct 13
MacKenzie Entwistle
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Jonah Gadjovich
IR · Upper body (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
PanthersInjury report
Gustav Forsling
DAY-TO-DAY · Upper body
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Brad Marchand
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 25
MacKenzie Entwistle
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Jonah Gadjovich
IR · Upper body (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
LightningInjury report
Emil Lilleberg
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Yanni Gourde
IR · Hip (surgery) · Expected back Dec 2
Dominic James
IR · Hand · Expected back Oct 13
Jameson Olive · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
STORYLINE
The Panthers lost their last game in overtime and are 1-0-1 in their first 2 games. The Lightning won their last game and are 1-1-0 in their first 2 games.

Matchup Intel

Andrei Vasilevskiy has not had an answer for Brad Marchand: 15 goals on 86 shots. But Akira Schmid has had trouble with Tampa Bay, a .880 save percentage on 50 shots.

Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.

The numbers behind it
Matchup
Brad Marchand has 15 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy (86 shots).
(Florida)
15 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matchup
Sam Reinhart has 15 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy (125 shots).
(Florida)
15 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goaltending
Akira Schmid has struggled against Tampa Bay — a .880 save % on 50 shots.
.880 SV% vs TBL
Milestone
Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.
97 career goals