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Recap - Panthers Defeat Tampa Bay 3-2

The Panthers earned a 3-2 victory over the Lightning on Sunday at Amerant Bank Arena.

The Panthers were a -183 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Florida got goals from Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, and Carter Verhaeghe in the victory. Reinhart opened the scoring at 6:17 of the first period.

Sergei Bobrovsky turned in a 17-save effort for the Panthers.

Steven Stamkos, and Brandon Hagel scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 27 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Florida went 1-for-3, while the Lightning were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 28-19.