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Panthers Fall 6-1 Against Tampa Bay - Game Recap

Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Tyler Johnson as the Lightning skated to a 6-1 victory over Florida on Saturday at BB&T Center.

The Lightning were a -134 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Tampa Bay got goals from Tyler Johnson(2), Ondrej Palat, Barclay Goodrow, Alexander Volkov, and Mathieu Joseph in the victory. Palat opened the scoring at 4:11 of the second period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 33-save effort for the Lightning.

Frank Vatrano scored for the Panthers, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Florida got a 22-stop effort from Sergei Bobrovsky in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-3, while the Panthers were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 34-28.