TAMPA – Mikulas Hovorka will make his NHL debut for the Florida Panthers when they face-off against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday.

The matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers went completely insane as wild action erupted late in the game.

Panthers battle rival Lightning, aiming to boost playoff hopes and enter Olympic break on a high note after several injured players returned.

Nikita Kucherov whipped a blind pass from the Lightning goal line all the way to the winger, who was standing near the far blue line, and Guentzel netted the game-winner to lift Tampa Bay to an 18-1-1 mark in the past 20 contests.

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Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 6-1 win against the Florida Panthers at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday. "I mean, 19-1-1 is kind of self-explanatory of how it's gone,