After getting its three-game winning streak snapped in Denver, the Florida Panthers (15-13-2) will resume its tough four-game road trip tonight when they face the Dallas Stars (21-6-5) at American Airlines Center.
A night after defeating the Utah Mammoth, the Panthers got a rude awakening when they were battered 6-2 by the high-flying Colorado Avalanche. While positives were at a minimum, Noah Gregor did notch his first goal with Florida and Mackie Samoskevich ended an eight-game goalless drought to complete the scoring. Assists were collected by Seth Jones, A.J. Greer and Evan Rodrigues while a beleaguered Daniil Tarasov stopped 36 shots. Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen, Gustav Forsling and Aaron Ekblad all finished the game with a minus-three rating.
The Stars, who are second in the league, saw a monster 11-game point streak (9-0-2) come to an end on Thursday when they were beaten 5-2 in their original locale by the Minnesota Wild. Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen scored the goals and Jake Oettinger stopped 24 of 27 shots before the Wild iced it with a pair of empty-netters. Miko Rantanen leads the team in scoring with 42 points while the aforementioned Robertson is up to 20 goals and 20 assists.
- WHEN: 8 p.m. ET
- WHERE: American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps, Victory+
- ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #TexasHockey, #FLAvsDAL, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Defending Big D
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 2 (1-0)
- LAST MEETING: @FLA 4, DAL 3 (SO) (Recap) – 11/1/2025
- NEXT MEETING: Stanley Cup Final or 2026-27 regular season
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (12-8-1 .882 / 2.98 2SO) Dallas: Oettinger (14-5-2 .908 / 2.51 2SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Dallas
Saturday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- Minnesota 3, OTTAWA 2
- TAMPA BAY (18-11-2 38P) at New York Islanders (18-11-3 39P) 3:30 p.m.
- Edmonton (14-11-6 34P) at TORONTO (14-11-5 33P) 7 p.m.
- MONTREAL (16-11-3 35P) at New York Rangers (15-13-4 34P) 7 p.m.
- DETROIT (17-12-3 37P) at Chicago (13-12-6 32P) 8 p.m.
Idle: BOS (38P), BUF (30P)