Cats hunting for another home ice win tonight against Central Division leaders
The Florida Panthers (9-6-1) look to continue a solid run of play that has seen them win four of their last six games. Florida is coming off a hard-fought 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals that saw its top line of Aleksander Barkov (1G/2A), Carter Verhaeghe (2G) and Matthew Tkachuk (3A) combine for eight points. The Central Division-leading Stars (9-5-2) are playing the final game of a three-game road trip that began with a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers before they were nipped 5-4 in overtime by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports Southwest
- ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #TexasHockey, #DALvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Defending Big D
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 2
- LAST MEETING: @FLA 7, DAL 1 – (Recap) 1/14/2022
- NEXT MEETING: January 8, 2023
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Sergei Bobrovsky (4-4-1 .905 / 3.14 0SO) vs Jake Oettinger (6-2-1 .929 / 2.12 1SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Dallas
Thursday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances):
- Calgary (7-6-2 16P) at TAMPA BAY (9-6-1 19P) 7 p.m.
- MONTREAL (8-7-1 17P) at Columbus (5-9-1 11P) 7 p.m.
- New Jersey (13-3-0 26P) at TORONTO (9-5-3 21P) 7 p.m.
- Philadelphia (7-6-3 17P) at BOSTON (14-2-0 28P) 7 p.m.
- DETROIT (7-5-4 18P) at San Jose (6-9-3 15P) 10:30 p.m.
Idle: BUF (14P), OTT (13P)
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