Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction: Will the Panthers be unable to beat their opponents on their third attempt?

Prediction for the NHL Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning match, which will take place on February 7. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

The Panthers are having a lot of trouble this season. Now Florida is at a crossroads - either go into rebuilding, change the roster, or find a new head coach. There is no third option. In their current form, the Panthers don't look like a competitive team at the strongest level.

In the last game before the pause, Florida managed a largely illogical home-ice win over Eastern Conference leader Boston. Alexander Barkov leveled the score three seconds before the final siren, sending the game into overtime, where the Panthers were stronger - 4:3 (3:3).

The Lightning has gotten in shape over the past few weeks and has started to resemble the team beating everyone in the East for three straight seasons. Tampa Bay had won 11 of their previous 15 games.

The Lightning approaches the meeting with Florida with three wins in a row. Moreover, during this period, the team dealt with the representatives of the playoff zone - Minnesota (4:2), Boston (3:2), and Los Angeles (5:2).

Tampa Bay reached its projected capacity at the turn of the first and second halves of the regular season and almost stopped losing. In the matchup with Florida, the most successful NHL team of recent years will also be sure to claim victory. The Panthers can't find their game and are unlikely to be a powerful opponent for content players like Tampa Bay. We are betting on another success for the team of Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevsky and expect a productive game - it is no coincidence that Florida is the top team of the season, and they still have to do without Sergei Bobrovsky, who is in the hospital.