The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lighting meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena.

The Florida Panthers look for a big road win after winning six of their last eight games. The Florida Panthers are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 24.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Evgenii Dadonov leads Florida with nine goals, Keith Yandle has 13 assists and Mike Hoffman has 65 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 74.6 percent of their opponents power plays. Roberto Luongo has given up 16 goals on 196 shots faced and James Reimer has allowed 27 goals on 256 shots. The Florida Panthers have allowed three or more goals in five of their last 10 games.

The Tampa Bay Lighting look for another victory after winning six of their last nine games. The Tampa Bay Lighting are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 28.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Brayden Point leads Tampa Bay with 14 goals, Nikita Kucherov has 16 assists and Yanni Gourde has 44 shots on goal. Defensively, the Tampa Bay Lighting are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 82.1 percent of their opponents power plays. Andrei Vasilevskiy has given up 30 goals on 412 shots faced and Louis Domingue has allowed 28 goals on 260 shots. The Tampa Bay Lighting have allowed three or more goals in five of their last eight games.

The Panthers are 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win, 16-37 in their last 53 Wednesday games and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The Lightning are 44-19 in their last 63 home games, 24-9 in their last 33 Wednesday games and 13-6 in their last 19 overall. The Panthers are 0-5 in the last 5 meetings in Tampa Bay, 1-5 in the last 6 meetings and the home team is 8-1 in the last 9 meetings. The over is 5-2-1 in Lightning last 8 overall. The over is 3-1-1 in Panthers last 5 road games.

The Tampa Bay Lighting have gotten the better of the Flordia Panthers in recent meetings, but the last two meetings and four of the last nine meetings have gone into overtime. These games have been closer than the raw numbers indicate. The Florida Panthers are also playing their best hockey of the season now that Luongo returned to anchor that defense. If you're looking for a nice value bet, the Panthers and the big plus money may be worth a look.