Tampa Bay at Florida

The Lightning has not had a good season, but should have a buzz of confidence coming in here tonight. Tampa Bay enters this one off a stunning upset shutout win on the road over last year's Stanley Cup runner up Penguins. They dominated the entire game which saw them put up 29 shots on goal to the Penguins 15. This gives the Lightning some high hopes of coming in here and doing the same. The one place the Lightning have excelled is when they have had two day’s rest as they have put together a 9-4 mark after two days off the ice in their last 13. The Panthers have been up-and-down the shutout scale at home as all three of their last home games have resulted in shutouts - two in their favor, one against. The Panthers have been horrible off of two day’s rest as they are just a woeful 34-70-6 on their last 110 in this situation. The Lightning is a live dog here, and I'll back them in this one.