Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning 10/8/22 - NHL Preseason Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 10/08/2022 at 11:21 AM ET

Florida Panthers  at Tampa Bay Lightning  10/8/22 - NHL Preseason Picks & Predictions

This Saturday night October 8th, 2022 4pm EDT the NHL is back with more exciting hockey action. The Florida Panthers are in Tampa, FL to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in Amalie Arena. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

The Florida Panthers are 1-3, offensively the Panthers are averaging 4 goals and 34 shots per game. The Panthers are 20% on power plays and 45% on face-offs.

Defensively the Panthers are allowing 1.9 goals and 31 shot attempts per game with a 85% penalty kill. Expected in net for the Panthers is Sergei Bobrovsky (6-0-0) with a .94 save percentage.

The Lightning are 0-3, offensively are averaging 3 goals in 33 shots per game. The Lightning are successful on 13.6% of power plays and 53% of face-offs.

Defensively the Lightning are allowing 3.7 goals and 29 shot attempts with an 83% penelty kill. Expected in net for the Lightning is Andrei Vasilevskiy(3-2-1) with a .90 save percentage.

We think the Lightning win this game at home. This being a preseason game we cant see the Panthers putting up a much effort on the road. We think the Lightning take this one with home court advantage. Our best bet is TB ML. Final score prediction the Tampa Bay Lightning wins the Florida Panthers cover the spread and the total stays under 3-2. 

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