NO HORSES: The walking wounded Panthers came into Tampa and not only lost, but came out more wounded

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in Nich Fairbanks(@Prudentia0) to break down the Panthers 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Florida already came into the game without Aaron Ekblad, Brad Marchand, Evan Rodrigues and Tobias Bjornfot out of the lineup, and an NHL Debut made from Panthers D Mikulas Hovorka. Although the Panthers controlled play in the first period, they couldn't get pucks past Andrei Vasilevskiiy, as the Panthers failed to break out of their zone cleanly, and Daniil Tarasov struggled with his rebound control as the Bolts were able to pounce on their second chances, as Tampa Bay got to a 2-0 lead after one. Panthers shot themselves in the foot after some confusion off a face-off where they were not happy with the officials, and then Matthew Tkachuk was given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the end of the first, which the Bolts were able to cash in the second period to put the game out of reach. The demolition continued and in the third period, it turned into fight night at Benchmark international Arena, as multiple players were given misconducts, and two game misconducts for JJ Moser and Gustav Forsling for engaging in a second fight after the first one between Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel. The injuries only added on the night as Daniil Tarasov looked to have injured himself after making a save on Pontus Holmberg while the Lightning were on a 5-on-3 power play, and could not recover himself to make a second save on Holmberg. Tarasov was slow to get up and was unable to put any weight on his right leg as he limped off into the locker room, and then Sergei Bobrovsky came in relief. Tampa Bay then added one more after the Panthers scored on a five-minute major PP. Florida are now at eight points back with 25 games left, and their playoff chances look low, and with more players on the shelf, it may get worse due to the fact that they'll have 10 players representing them in the Olympic games in Milano Cortina. When they return, it'll only be more miles on them, so will that eventually hurt them more than help? We discuss all of this and more on today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every Day.

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