Tampa Bay vs Florida Prediction 27 April 2024

Heading into the fourth game, the series stands at 0-3. Tampa is on the brink of elimination. The "Lightning" need to urgently step up and take the game, which will be held on April 28th at the "Amalie Arena". Otherwise, Florida will quickly secure a spot in the Stanley Cup quarterfinals.

It's not that Tampa is going down without a fight. In each of the matches, they've had their moments, but their execution falters. Nikita Kucherov, who was the top scorer in the regular season, hasn't scored a single goal – a telling indicator. Furthermore, John Cooper's team is struggling with the power play. Just two goals from 12 attempts.

Florida, on the other hand, is showing excellent execution. They aren't overwhelming their opponent, but simply manage their moments better and don't falter when things don't go as planned. Also, it's impossible not to mention Bobrovsky, who is having an excellent series. His confidence in goal gives Paul Maurice's team strength.

Projected lineups:

Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy – Cernak, Hedman – Kucherov, Point, Duclair

Florida: Bobrovsky – Forsling, Ekblad – Tarasenko, Barkov, Reinhart

From the hosts' side, Brown and Sergachev will not play, and Johansson and Fleury's participation in the match is still uncertain. The guests will be without Bennett and Lomberg – far from key players.

As has been said, Tampa feels uncertain in attack. Their execution is suffering, the main star isn't scoring, and Florida's goalie is delivering an excellent performance match after match. Therefore, we believe that the "Lightning" will once again fail to score more than three times.