The Florida Panthers (18-10-2) will wrap up a season-long five-game road trip when they visit the Calgary Flames (12-14-5) tonight at Scotiabank Saddledome. Florida broke its goal-starved two-game losing streak on Saturday night by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in one of their best performances of the season. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 38 of 39 shots and the second line of Sam Bennett (1/2A), Carter Verhaeghe (2G/1A), and Matthew Tkachuk (1A) combined for seven points and nine shots on goal in the big win.
Calgary is coming off a 4-2 home ice victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday that snapped a four-game (0-2-2) losing streak. Forward Yegor Sharangovich scored for the fifth consecutive game and his goal turned out to be the game-winner. Veteran goaltender Jacob Markstrom has been activated from injured reserve and could get the start against the Cats tonight. Nazem Kadri leads Calgary in assists (14) and points (22).
- WHEN: 9:30 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary, AB
- ON THE TUBE: Bally Sports Florida
- ON THE DIAL: Radio Libre 790 (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #Flames, #FLAvsCGY, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Red Mile Hockey
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 2
- LAST MEETING: @CGY 6, FLA 2 – (Recap) 11/29/2022
- NEXT MEETING: March 9, 2024
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Stolarz (4-2-1 .915 / 2.19 0SO) / Calgary: Markstrom (6-8-2 .896 / 2.94 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Calgary
Monday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- Anaheim (11-19-0 22P) at DETROIT (15-11-4 34P) 7 p.m.
- MONTREAL (13-13-4 30P) at Winnipeg (18-9-2 38P) 7:30 p.m.
Idle: BOS (43P), TOR (38P), TBL (33P), BUF (29P), OTT (22P)