This is a must win game for the Panthers in my opinion. They looked lethargic in Game 1 and they still have yet to score a power play goal in the playoffs. That has to change. I think we will see a much better effort from the Panthers tonight. The Lightning also know they did their job stealing a road game and I think they know they can take care of business at home. This might be the only time I am on the Panthers this series as I think the odds are way off in general, most of these games should be much closer to 50-50 and I think the Lightning should be favored when they’re at home. But I like the Panthers to even the series at home.

I'm pretty irked about Tuesday's NHL because my first inclination was to take the puckline on both road teams, but I didn't love the price on Tampa Bay and wanted to see how St. Louis would fare in Denver for one game first. Of course, both road teams covered that +1.5 with the Bolts winning outright. Still think Florida would have eventually won if not for the tying goal waved off with about eight minutes left. Can't possibly see the Panthers losing back-to-back at home -- almost feels like letdown time for Tampa off three straight huge wins since last Thursday. No Brayden Point again for the Bolts. If the Tampa PL (-175) was cheaper than the Panthers ML (-160), I'd take it. Wouldn't shock me actually if Florida won by multiple goals like it did after losing Game 1 at home of the last round vs. Washington.