Game 4 Lightning at Panthers: How to Watch, Lines, Goalies, Odds

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers said they will make some adjustments before playing host to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 tonight in Sunrise.

One change the team is making is getting A.J. Greer back on the fourth line.

That means Mackie Samoskevich will be coming out.

Florida leads 2-1 in the best-of-7 series with each team winning on the road.

The Panthers are going to try and change that tonight before heading back to Tampa for Game 5 on Wednesday.

“It’s two good teams going against each other,’’ Anton Lundell said. “We know what the game is going to look like. You have to earn everything.”

GAME 4: LIGHTNING @ PANTHERS

• How to Watch: Tonight’s game is on local TV and is also being broadcast nationally on ESPN. The game can be streamed locally on Panthers+ as well.
• Starting Goalies: The Panthers are going with Sergei Bobrovsky; The Lightning will start Andrei Vasilevskiy.
• NHL Betting Odds: The local book has Florida as a slight favorite (-145) on the money line. If you think the Panthers will win, a $145 bet pays $100.
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2025 NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

EASTERN CONFERENCE 1ST ROUND: GAME 4

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING @ FLORIDA PANTHERS 

Panthers Lead Best-of-7 Series 2-1

• When: Monday, 7 p.m.
• Where: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise
• Local TV: Scripps Sports — WSFL 39 (Miami/FtL); WHDT 9 (WPB); LAFF 36.3 (SWFla)
• National TV: ESPN
• Streaming: Panthers+
• Radio: WAXY 790-AM; WBZT 1230-AM (Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys); SiriusXM
• Panthers Radio Streaming: SiriusXM 932, NHL App
• Betting Odds — Panthers Favored: Money Line (-145); Puck line (-1.5, +160); Over/Under 5.5 (-110/-110)
• Series Schedule — Game 1: Florida 6, @ Tampa Bay 2; Game 2: Florida 2, @ Tampa Bay 0; Game 3: Tampa Bay 5, @ Florida 1; Game 4 at Florida: Monday, 7 (ESPN/Scripps); Game 5 at Tampa: Wednesday (ESPN2/Scripps), 7:30; Game 6* at Florida: Friday, May 2 (TBA); Game 7* at Tampa: Sunday, May 4 (TBA).
• Regular Season Series: Tied 2-2
• All-time Regular Season Series: Florida leads 79-53-19, 10 ties
• All-Time Postgame Series: Tampa Bay Leads 2-1 (won 2021 first-round, 2022 ECS); Florida d. Lightning 4-1 in 2024 first-round.

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (2-1) LINES

23 Carter Verhaeghe // 16 Sasha Barkov // 13 Sam Reinhart

17 Evan Rodrigues // 9 Sam Bennett // 19 Matthew Tkachuk

27 Eetu Luostarinen // 15 Anton Lundell // 63 Brad Marchand

70 Jesper Boqvist // 8 Nico Sturm // 10 A.J. Greer

42 Gus Forsling // 5 Aaron Ekblad

77 Niko Mikkola // 3 Seth Jones

88 Nate Schmidt // 7 Dmitry Kulikov

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

41 Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Mackie Samoskevich, Jonah Gadjovich, Tomas Nosek, Jaycob Megna, Uvis Balinskis

PROJECTED TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (1-2) LINES

37 Yanni Gourde // 21 Brayden Point // 86 Nikita Kucherov

38 Brandon Hagel // 71 Anthony Cirelli // 59 Jake Guentzel

93 Gage Goncalves // 20 Nick Paul // 14 Conor Geekie

— // 28 Zemgus Girgensons // 11 Luke Glendening

77 Victor Hedman // 90 JJ Moser

27 Ryan McDonagh // 81 Erik Cernak

78 Emil Lilleberg // 48 Nick Perbix

// 43 Darren Raddysh

88 Andrei Vasilevskiy

31 Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Mitchell Chaffee

Injured: Oliver Bjorkstrand (lower body)

Tampa Bay Lightning Lines Courtesy NHL.com