Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 04/26/25

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers meet for an extremely-pivotal Game Three of their Round One matchup

In the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The series now shifts to Florida after the Panthers were able to steal two wins on the road. Tampa Bay is already in must-win mode, but can they make this a series after being dominated in Game One and Two? Here are our Lightning vs. Panthers predictions to help us find out.

We knew heading into this series it could go either way as both teams are legit, but so far Tampa Bay has never really looked into it. I see this changing in Game Three in an eventual win. The Lightning are now hitting the road and can forget how things have gone and focus on the current task at hand. They are an elite group that is filled with elite NHL talent and veteran leadership throughout, as well as one of the NHL’s best head coaches who has seen it all. Their backs are against the wall, but this is a threatening Lightning group that will clearly not back down from a fight. Game Three should be the best game we’ve seen in the series so far, and I see Tampa Bay finally making their mark. Take the Lightning on the money line for our Lightning vs. Panthers prediction.

Lightning vs. Panthers prediction: Tampa Bay Lightning money line (+115) available at time of publishing. Playable to (-105).

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