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

Season 26-27
Matchup Preview @ Panthers · SAT · DEC 26 · 5:00 PM CT ← Back to schedule
Upcoming
SAT · DEC 26 · 5:00 PM CT
Amerant Bank Arena
The Spot · SCRIPPS
Tampa Bay Lightning
Lightning
1–1–0
@
Florida Panthers
Panthers
1–0–1
Upcoming
SAT · DEC 26 · 5:00 PM CT
The Spot · SCRIPPS
Tampa Bay Lightning
Away · Lightning
1–1–0
2 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
The read
Jacob Markstrom has not had an answer for Jake Guentzel: 7 goals on 33 shots.
Amerant Bank Arena
Florida Panthers
Home · Panthers
1–0–1
3 PTS
Lightning
GOALIES
Panthers
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Expected
.889 SV% · 2.59 GAA · 1W
.888 SV% L5 · Cooling
VS
Jacob Markstrom
Jacob Markstrom
Likely · 594-jacob-markstrom
.1000 SV% · — GAA · 1W
.899 SV% L5 · Cooling
Lightning
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Panthers
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
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
Jameson Olive · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
Lightning
INJURY REPORT
Panthers
Emil Lilleberg
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Gustav Forsling
DAY-TO-DAY · Upper body
Yanni Gourde
IR · Hip (surgery) · Expected back Dec 2
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Dominic James
IR · Hand · Expected back Oct 13
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
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
Jameson Olive · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
STORYLINE
The Lightning won their last game and are 1-1-0 in their first 2 games. The Panthers lost their last game in overtime and are 1-0-1 in their first 2 games.

Matchup Intel

Jacob Markstrom has not had an answer for Jake Guentzel: 7 goals on 33 shots.

Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals. Jacob Markstrom has had trouble with the Lightning, a .873 save percentage on 464 shots.

The numbers behind it
Matchup
Jake Guentzel has 7 goals on Jacob Markstrom (33 shots).
(Tampa Bay)
7 goals on Jacob Markstrom
Matchup
Brad Marchand has 15 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy (86 shots).
(Florida)
15 goals on Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goaltending
Jacob Markstrom has struggled against Tampa Bay — a .873 save % on 464 shots.
.873 SV% vs TBL
Milestone
Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.
97 career goals