2024 Stanley Cup Playoff Preview Capsules Panthers-Lightning 4-18-24
A1 Florida Panthers (52-24-6, 110 PTS +68) vs. AWC1 Tampa Bay Lightning (45-29-8, 98 PTS +23)
HC: Paul Maurice vs. Jon Cooper
- Beast in the East vs. Peaking Old Guard
- Reinhart vs. Hart Candidate
- Sandpaper, Skill, Battle of Florida
Stats on Centerpieces: Sam Reinhart (82 GP, 57-37-94 +29); Matthew Tkachuk (80 GP, 26-62-88 +19); Alexsander Barkov (73 GP, 23-57-80 +33); Carter Verhaeghe (76 GP, 34-38-72 +17); vs. Nikita Kucherov (81 GP, 44-100-144 +8); Brayden Point (81 GP, 46-44-90 –16); Steven Stamkos (79 GP, 40-41-81 –21); Brandon Hagel (82 GP, 26-49-75)
Premium Defense: Gustav Forsling (79 GP, 10-29-39 +56!); Brandon Montour (66 GP, 8-25-33); Oliver Ekman-Larsson (80 GP, 9-23-32 +10) vs. Victor Hedman (78 GP, 13-63-76 +18); Darren Raddysh (82 GP, 6-27-33); OUT: Mikhail Sergachev (34 GP, 2-17-19 –16)
Additions: Stats Since Vladimir Tarasenko (18 GP, 6-7-13 –2); Kyle Okposo (6 GP, 0-0-0 Even) vs. Anthony Duclair (16 GP, 7-6-13 +4)
How Does Bottom-6 Fare? Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, Evan Rodrigues (All 30+ range, High +); vs. Nick Paul, Michael Eyssimont, Tanner Jeannot (54 GP 6-7-13 –10);
A Bolt of Energy? Special Teams: Tampa Best PP Marker (28.6%) Fifth PK (83.3); vs. Florida PP: (8th, 23.5%); PK: (6th, 82.5)
Goaltending: Sergei Bobrovsky (58 GP, 36-17-4, 2.37 GAA, .915 SV, 6 SO); Anthony Stolarz (27 GP, 16-7-2, 2.03 GAA, .925 SV, 2 SO) vs. Andrei Vasilevskiy (52 GP, 30-20-2, 2.90 GAA, .900 SV, 2 SO); Jonas Johansson (26 GP, 12-7-5, 3.37 GAA, .890 SV, 2 SO)
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