Sunshine State battle begins as the Panthers skate into Tampa to face the Lightning. Watch the game live for free on Fubo.
Winning streaks collide on Sunday afternoon as Atlantic Division foes face off in the Battle of Florida as the Tampa Bay Lightning welcome the defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers inside Amalie Arena for the first of four meetings between the teams this season and the first of two meetings in two days as the teams will travel to Sunrise, Florida to face off on Monday night. The Panthers won three games in a row and six of their last eight while the Lightning have won each of their last four and six of their last seven games led by their defense that has not allowed more than three goals in that span.
How to Watch Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning:
Game Date: Dec. 22, 2024
Game Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: WHDT-TV (West Palm Beach)
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Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov ranks fourth in the National Hockey League with his team leading 49 points and is second in the league with 35 assists. Kucherov, who last season became just the sixth player in history to tally 100 assists in a season, comes into this game on a nine-game points streak with 20 points in that span and four multi-assist games in his last six outings. The 11-year veteran has spent his entire career with Tampa Bay and is on pace for his fifth 100-point season.
Florida ranks fifth in the league on the power play converting 26.9% of chances with the man advantage helping to pace their fifth ranked offense that is scoring 3.53 goals per game.
The Panthers have dominated this series of late winning seven of the last nine meetings including four of the last five in Tampa Bay.
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