Panthers vs Lightning predictions and NHL picks for Monday, December 15. Darren Raddysh continues strong play with several D-men sidelined.

The box score from Bryce Young's outing against the New Orleans Saints isn't all that inspiring, but it doesn't exactly paint an accurate picture. The Carolina

The Carolina Panthers are still learning how to handle success. While the Panthers have thrived in the underdog role this season with wins over Green Bay and the Los Angeles Rams, they continue to struggle winning the games they’re supposed to win.

While the Bucs have shown success stopping the run, opposing offenses have torched them through the air. Tampa Bay has allowed the fourth-highest EPA per dropback since its Week 9 bye, after all. Look for Young and the Panthers to put enough points on the board to do their part in sending this total Over the number.

It was business as usual for the Panthers on Sunday vs. the Saints. Once again, Carolina came up short on the scoreboard after winning their previous game.

The Panthers still can win the NFC South, but the path to do that is much more difficult than if they'd beaten the Saints.

One more stop. In the final game of their four-game road trip, the Florida Panthers (16-13-2) will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning (18-11-3) at Benchmark International Arena on Monday at 7 p.m. ET. “It’s nice to come back (to Florida),

Dave Canales’s well-rested team were outright leaders of the NFC South with a 7-6 record entering Sunday’s clash with the Saints at the Superdome. When Dave Canales’s team last took the field, they were putting the finishing touches on a 31-28 upset of the formidable Los Angeles Rams at Charlotte in Week 13.

I don’t want to get into the specifics of the breakdowns, of all that, but these are base calls that we have to be more connected on.”

There's a path to success for the Florida Panthers tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and to pick up the two points, the Panthers must exploit it.

Derrick Brown and Lathan Ransom deserve their grades. Both of them committed awful penalties by hitting Tyler Shough late. In Ransom's case, it literally cost the Panthers the game because it put them in field-goal range with less than 10 seconds.