Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, Pick and Preview, October 21 (10/21): NHL

Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, Pick and Preview, October 21 (10/21): NHL

 

Odds

Time 7:30 p.m. EST
Lightning money line +100
Lightning spread +1.5 (-160)
Panthers  money line -120
Panthers spread -1.5 (+215)
Over / under 6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

  Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers
Record 1-3 3-1
Road / home record 1-2 1-0
Streak L1 L1
Goals per game 2.50 3.50
Goals allowed per game 3.50 3.00
Shots per game 34.5 35.0
Shots allowed per game 34.5 31.2
PP % 33.6% 13.10%
PK % 28.22% 10.80%
Over / under record 2-2 2-1-1
 

Preview

The Tampa Bay Lightning continue on the road and will visit the Florida Panthers on Friday night. These teams met 8 times last season and the Lightning dominated the Panthers and beat them in 6 of the 8 matchups.

 

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Lightning have lost 3 of their last 4 games and are 1-2 on the road with a 1-3 record overall ranking last in the Atlantic Division. They were close to beat the Flyers in their last game but lost it in the 3rd period. Steven Stamkos had two power-play goals and extended his season-opening goal streak to four games for the Lightning. Stamkos has six goals during the second-longest goal streak to start a season in team history. Nikita Kucherov holds the franchise record with seven.

In their last 10 games the Lightning are 3-7, averaging 2.5 goals, 5.5 assists, 4.8 penalties and 13.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game.

Florida Panthers

The Panthers get here with a 3-1 record overall and 1-0 at home so far ranking 3rd in the Atlantic Division with 6 points. They beat the Flyers 4-3 in their last game.  Carter Verhaeghe scored twice, Rudolfs Balcers and Josh Mahura each had third-period goals.

Matthew Tkachuk is leading the team with 2 goals, 4 assists and 6 points for the Panthers. Carter Verhaeghe has scored eight goals with six assists over the past 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Panthers are 5-5, averaging 2.6 goals, 6.5 assists, 4.2 penalties and 11.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.

 

BETTING TRENDS

Tampa Bay are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.

Tampa Bay are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games against Florida.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games on the road.

Tampa Bay are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Florida.

The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Florida's last 10 games against Tampa Bay.

Florida are 14-4 SU in their last 18 games at home.

Florida are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay.

 

Prediction

The Lightning have struggled so far this season as they have won only 1 game and have score 2 goals per game in their last 2 games. The Panthers have been on fire offensively and are averaging 3.5 goals per game but they were dominated by the Lightning last season. The Panthers get here in better shape and will have the home advantage so go with the Panthers to win this game. 

PICK: Panthers ML (-120) 

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