The Florida Panthers (4-3-1) will continue its three-game road trip tonight at Little Caesars Arena against the Detroit Red Wings (6-3-1). Florida is coming off a tough 3-2 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins that saw Sam Bennett and Oliver Ekman-Larsson leave with injuries. The Cats played well, but couldn’t hold a two-goal lead or convert on the power play, forcing them to settle for a three-game point streak instead of building a three-game winning streak. Aleksander Barkov will move into first place on the team’s all-time games played list.
After running off a five-game winning streak, the Red Wings have leveled off and needed overtime to nip the New York Islanders in Elmont on Monday to end a three-game losing streak. After facing the Panthers, Detroit will wrap up a two-game homestand against the Bruins on Saturday.
- WHEN: 7:00 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, MI
- ON THE TUBE: Bally Sports Florida. Bally Sports Detroit-X
- ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #LGRW, #FLAvsDET, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Winging It In Motown
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 4
- LAST MEETING: FLA 5, @DET 2 – (Recap) 3/20/2023
- NEXT MEETING: January 17, 2024
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (3-3-1 .904 / 2.87 0SO) Detroit: Reimer (2-1-0 .939 / 1.68 1SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Detroit
Thursday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- TAMPA BAY (4-2-3 11P) at Columbus (3-4-2 8P) 7 p.m.
- Los Angeles (5-2-2 12P) at OTTAWA (4-4-0 8P) 7 p.m.
- TORONTO (5-3-1 11P) at BOSTON (8-0-1 17P) 7:30
- MONTREAL (5-2-2 12P) at Arizona (4-4-1 9P) 10 p.m.
Idle: BUF (10P)