A couple of squads itching to get after it, the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning open the 2018-19 season at Amalie Arena in a divisional tilt. Fox SportsNet Florida will air the game, and the puck drops at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, October 6.
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning Odds
Each of these teams owned a winning record 2017-18 season. The Florida Panthers were 44-38 straight up (SU) last season, while the Tampa Bay Lightning finished 54-28.
The visiting Panthers managed to score 3.02 goals per game on offense (34.4 shot attempts per game), while the defense gave up 3.00 goals per contest. Opponents attempted 34.6 shots per game against the Panthers last year.
Behind 32.1 offensive shot attempts per outing, the Lightning were able to put up 3.49 goals/game. They yielded 32.5 shots and 2.87 goals per game on defense.
Florida found the net on 18.9 percent of its power play opportunities during the 2017-18 season. The team managed to kill off 80.3 percent of all opposition power plays.
Tampa Bay scored on a whopping 24.8 percent of its extra-man advantages and killed off 75.9 percent of the power plays its defense faced.
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Florida was 3-3 in games that went to a shootout last year. Tampa Bay was 6-2 in shootouts.
Tampa Bay’s skaters managed 7.2 takeaways per game and allowed 8.3 giveaways per contest.
Florida skaters converted 9.1 takeaways per matchup while yielding 13.1 giveaways per game in 2017-18
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