The Florida Panthers (9-7-1) will wrap a five-homestand this afternoon when they play host to the middling Calgary Flames (7-7-2) at FLA Live Arena. After a terrible first period cost them Thursday’s night tilt against the Dallas Stars, the Cats are just 2-2 on this run of home games in Sunrise. After losing six in a row, Calgary posted one-goal victories over Winnipeg and Los Angeles on home ice before they were beaten 4-1 by Tampa Bay to open a six-game road trip on Thursday. After making a blockbuster trade with each other this summer, neither club can be all that happy with their current position. We will see ex-Panthers Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar as members of the opposition; and Matthew Tkachuk will face his original team for the first time. Should be interesting to say the least,
- WHEN: 4:00 p.m. ET
- WHERE: FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: NHL Network, Bally Sports Florida X
- ON THE DIAL: 96.5 WPOW-FM HD-2 (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #Flames, #GCYvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Matchsticks and Gasoline
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 2
- LAST MEETING: @CGY 5, FLA 1 – (Recap) 1/18/2022
- NEXT MEETING: November 29, 2022
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Spencer Knight (5-3-0 .921 / 2.25 1SO) vs Jacob Markstrom (6-4-2 .887 / 3.06 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Calgary/
Saturday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances):
- New Jersey (14-3-0 28P) at OTTAWA (6-9-1 13P) 1 p.m. (NHL Network)
- BUFFALO (7-10-0 14P) at TORONTO (9-5-4 22P) 7 p.m.
- Chicago (6-7-3 15P) at BOSTON (15-2-0 30P) 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
- DETROIT (8-5-4 20P) at Columbus (6-9-1 13P) 7 p.m.
- Philadelphia (7-7-3 17P) at MONTREAL (8-8-1 17P) 7 p.m.
- TAMPA BAY (10-6-1 21P) at Nashville (8-8-1 17P) 8 p.m./
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