Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Prediction, 12/23/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers

Date: Monday, December 23, 2024

Location: Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, FL

TV: WSFL-TV

Odds/Point Spread: Lightning (+120) Panthers (-144)

The Florida Panthers (20-11-2) will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning (18-10-2) at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday. The moneyline on this game has the Lightning at +120 while the Panthers are priced at -144. The total comes in at 6.

The Tampa Bay Lightning came out of this game feeling pretty good about themselves with a 3-1 win over the Blues their last time out. Tampa Bay earned 9 penalty minutes in this game. The Lightning had an average offensive outing in the win. Moreover, they had 3 power play opportunities but weren't able to score. In the game, they finished 3 out of the 18 shots they put on net.

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In relation to their scoring capabilities, the Tampa Bay Lightning have notched 120 goals (2nd in the NHL) this season and have allowed 85. For the current campaign, they have tallied 38 points and their points percentage is .633. Tampa Bay comes into tonight with 90 power play opportunities and they have tallied 25 goals out of those attempts, giving them a percentage of 27.78%. While at even strength, the Lightning have given up 68 goals while earning 95 of their own. Tampa Bay has attempted 853 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 14.1%. The Lightning so far have had 836 shots taken against them and hold a save percentage of .898. Tampa Bay Lightning opponents have recorded 85 power play opportunities (25th in the NHL) and have racked up 17 goals in those chances.

Patrolling the crease for the game will be Andrei Vasilevskiy. Vasilevskiy has been in net for 502 matchups during his professional hockey career. He has a mark of 308-152-31 and he was named the starter in 492 games. Opponents have notched 1,257 goals versus Vasilevskiy in his pro hockey career and his average for goals against per game is 2.68. Vasilevskiy has had 15,043 shots taken against him and has amassed 13,786 total saves. He has a save percentage of .916 during his 28,109 minutes played. In his professional hockey career, Vasilevskiy has tallied 280 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .569.

In their last outing, Florida went up against the Wild in a game where the Panthers got the win by a mark of 6-1. The Panthers recorded 6 goals of the 33 shots on goal they pursued. They had 2 opportunities on the power play in this game and recorded 1 out of those chances.

The Panthers have racked up 90 goals at even strength and 28 goals (3rd in the NHL) while on the power play. Florida has taken 1,015 shots (3rd in the league) and has earned a shooting percentage of 11.63%, while allowing their opponents 887 shots. For the season, the Florida Panthers have accumulated 118 goals, 42 points, in addition to a points percentage of .636. They have granted a total of 105 goals to be scored by of a combination of 86 goals at even strength and 19 goals while they had less men on the ice. They have a tally of 106 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play rate of 26.42%. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 80.21% on the other teams 96 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is 88.2%.

On the other side of the ice you will find Sergei Bobrovsky in net. His opponents are averaging 2.68 goals/game and he has yielded 1,801 goals in total. Bobrovsky's quality start rate comes out to 57.8% and he has made 408 quality starting assignments in his pro hockey career. He has started in 706 games and has been on the ice for 40,380 mins. Bobrovsky has accumulated a career mark of 411-230-56 and has played in 722 contests. He is sitting with 19,204 saves out of 21,005 shots attempted, giving him a percentage of .914.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony's Pick: Take Florida (-144)

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