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The Florida Panthers are on the gulf coast to face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first of two meetings between the Sunshine State clubs to close out the exhibition slate. Florida is coming off a 3-2 shootout loss on Tuesday to the Carolina Hurricanes. Brady Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov each had a goal and an assist in the game. Like the Cats, the Lightning are 1-0-1 in the preseason. They nipped Nashville by a count 2-1 at home on Sunday before dropping a 3-2 overtime decision to the Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.
WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
WHERE: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL
ON THE TUBE: Scripps, The Spot
SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoBolts, #TBLvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
ENEMY INTEL: Raw Charge
PROJECTED GOALIES: Florida: Akira Schmid / Tampa Bay: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Tonight’s games
Boston at Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Detroit 7 p.m.
Nashville at Carolina 7 p.m. (Greensboro)
New Jersey at New York Rangers 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
Chicago at St. Louis 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver 9 p.m.
Calgary at Seattle 9:40 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose 10 p.m.
Utah at Vegas 10 p.m.
Wednesday results
Toronto 6, Ottawa 1
Toronto 4, Ottawa 2
Dallas 2, Minnesota 0
Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 1