{"id":145503,"date":"2026-02-06T01:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145503\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:42:09","slug":"how-to-watch-stream-lines-goalies-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145503\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch, Stream; Lines, Goalies, Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Cooper said that the rivalry between his Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers can not only be considered the the best in the NHL, but in all of sports.<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning and Panthers have dominated the NHL landscape this decade with the past six Stanley Cup Finals featuring the two Florida teams.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay won the Cup in 2020 and 2021 before losing to Colorado in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers lost to Vegas in 2023, but won it all in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>And, in a couple of those years, the two had to play each other in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Florida and Tampa Bay met in the postseason for the first time in 2020 with the Lightning winning. Tampa Bay swept the Panthers out of the playoffs in 2022 leading to the hiring of Paul Maurice and the trade for Matthew Tkachuk.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers are 2-0 against the Lightning in the playoffs since \u2014 beating Tampa Bay in the first round in each of the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The two meet for the final time of the regular season tonight in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Panthers are outside the playoff picture, if they were to make a run and get in, there is a likelihood these two would go at it in Round 1 again this postseason.<\/p>\n<p>While the Lightning are not making any chances to its lineup, the Panthers are making a bundle.<\/p>\n<p>Details below.<\/p>\n<p>NOTES: PANTHERS at LIGHTNING<\/p>\n<p>Sandis Vilmanis did not get suspended for his high hit on Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy midway through the first period of Wednesday\u2019s shootout win. Although Vilmanis left the game after that hit \u2014 one that drew a minor for a check to the head \u2014 he will play in Tampa.<br \/>\nThe same is not true for Brad Marchand. While <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-5-boston-bruins-4-so-sunrise-feb-4-2026-lundell-3-points-marchand-shootout-winner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he made a triumphant return to the Panthers<\/a> against the Bruins, he will not play in a road back-to-back after missing eight of 13 games.<br \/>\nFlorida recalled Mikulas Hovorka from AHL Charlotte and he will make his NHL debut tonight in place of Aaron Ekblad.<br \/>\nEvan Rodrigues is out with illness.<br \/>\nToby Bjornfot did not play in the third Wednesday and has been placed on IR.<br \/>\nStarting Goalies: Daniil Tarasov will get the final start before the long pause. Andrei Vasilevskiy goes for the Lightning.<br \/>\nHow to Watch\/Stream: The Panthers can only be streamed tonight \u2014 and only if you have ESPN+, Disney+ or Hulu.<br \/>\nNHL Betting Odds: The Lightning are favorites (-185) on the money line at the local book. To win with Florida (+155), a $100 bet wins $155.<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK: GAME No. 57<br \/>\nFLORIDA PANTHERS at TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING<\/p>\n<p>When: Thursday, 7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nWhere: Benchmark Arena, Tampa<br \/>\nNational Streaming ONLY: ESPN+, Disney+, Hulu<br \/>\nRadio: WQAM; WBZT 1230-AM (Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys); SiriusXM<br \/>\nPanthers Radio Streaming: SiriusXM 932, NHL App<br \/>\nLocal Betting Odds \u2014 Lightning Favored: MoneyLine (-185); Puck Line -1.5 (+130); O\/U 5.5 (-145\/+115)<br \/>\nSeason Series (Lightning Lead 2-1) \u2014 At Florida: <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/lightning-strikes-tampa-bay-scores-two-in-third-beat-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lightning 3, Panthers 1 (Nov. 15)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/tampa-bay-lightning-4-florida-panthers-2-sunrise-dec-27-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lightning 4, Panthers 2 (Dec. 27)<\/a>. At Tampa Bay: <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-5-tampa-bay-lightning-2-dec-15-2025-reinhart-scores-twice-bobrovsky-strong\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers 5, Lightning 1 (Dec. 15)<\/a>; Thursday<br \/>\nLast Regular Season: Tied 2-2<br \/>\nLast Postseason: Florida won 4-1 (Round 1)<br \/>\n<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/teams\/FLA\/head2head.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">All-time Regular Season Series:<\/a> Florida leads 80-55-19, 10 ties<br \/>\nAll-Time Postgame Series \u2014 Tied 2-2: Lightning won 2021 first-round, 2022 ECS; Panthers won 2024, 2025 first-round series<br \/>\nUp Next for the Panthers: Olympic Break<br \/>\nNext Game for Florida: Feb. 26 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (29-24-3) LINES<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">27 Eetu Luostarinen \/\/ 15 Anton Lundell \/\/ 13 Sam Reinhart<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">23 Carter Verhaeghe \/\/ 9 Sam Bennett \/\/ 19 Matthew Tkachuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">15 Sandis Vilmanis \/\/ 79 Cole Schwindt \/\/ 10 A.J. Greer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">70 Jesper Boqvist \/\/ 71 Luke Kunin \/\/ 11 Mackie Samoskevich<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">42 Gus Forsling \/\/ 2 Jeff Petry<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">77 Niko Mikkola \/\/ 26 Uvis Balinskis<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">6 Donovan Sebrango \/\/ 96 Mikulas Hovorka<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">40 Daniil Tarasov<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">72 Sergei Bobrovsky<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Scratched: Brad Marchand, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Injured: Toby Bjornfot (undisclosed), Seth Jones (collarbone), Sasha Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)<\/p>\n<p>PROJECTED TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (36-14-4) LINES<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">38 Brandon Hagel \/\/ 59 Jake Guentzel \/\/ 86 Nikita Kucherov<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">22 Oliver Bjorkstrand \/\/ 17 \u00a0Dominic James \/\/ 93 Gage Goncalves<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">28 Zemgus Girgensons \/\/ 37 Yanni Gourde \/\/ 29 Pontus Holmberg<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">42 Curtis Douglas \/\/ 62 Jack Finley \/\/ 46 Scott Sabourin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">90 J.J. Moser \/\/ 43 Darren Raddysh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">27 Ryan McDonagh \/\/ 81 Erik Cernak<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">77 Victor Hedman \/\/ 67 Declan Carlile<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">88 Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">31 Jonas Johansson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scratched: Max Crozier<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Injured: Brayden Point (lower body), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous (undisclosed), Anthony Cirelli (upper body), Nick Paul (undisclosed)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/membership-account\/subscribe-to-fhn\/\" onclick=\"ga(&#039;send&#039;, &#039;event&#039;, { eventCategory: &#039;adclick&#039;, eventAction: &#039;click&#039;, eventLabel: &#039;fhn-plus-post&#039;});\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Get-FHN.png\" alt=\"Get FHN+ today!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Cooper said that the rivalry between his Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers can not only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-145503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-tampa","9":"tag-tampa-headlines","10":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}