Bruins at Panthers: Lines, Betting Odds, How to Watch

The Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins renew their heated rivalry on a Saturday afternoon special in Sunrise.

The Panthers, coming off a split Rocky Mountain roadie, practiced without Aaron Ekblad on Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale.

Coach Paul Maurice said Ekblad would be a game-time decision for today.

Since neither the Panthers nor Bruins will hold a morning skate today with the early kickoff, we should know whether Ekblad plays when the team comes onto the ice for warmups around 12:30.

Maurice did say Saturday morning that Ekblad was likely out.

• Starting Goalies: Florida will go with Sergei Bobrovsky today for his fourth start in the past five games. Spencer Knight could start Monday in Philadelphia. Jeremy Swayman is expected to go for the Bruins.
• How to Watch: Today’s game is being broadcast nationally on ABC. That means no local broadcast nor stream on Panthers+. The game will be streamed on ESPN+. There is no blackout of this broadcast anywhere.
• NHL Betting Odds: The Panthers are favorites (-180) on the money line at the local book. To win with the Panthers, a $180 bet pays $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 43

BOSTON BRUINS at FLORIDA PANTHERS

• When: Saturday, 1 p.m.
• Where: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise
• National TV: ABC
• Streaming: ESPN+
• Radio: WPOW 96.5-FM2; WBZT 1230-AM (Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys); SiriusXM
• Panthers Radio Streaming: SiriusXM 932, NHL App
• Betting Odds — Panthers Favored: Money Line (-180); Puck line (-1.5, +130); Over/Under 5.5 (-115/-105)
• This Season (Panthers Lead 2-0) — At Florida: Panthers 6, Bruins 4 (Oct. 8); Saturday. At Boston: Panthers 4, Bruins 3 (Oct. 14); March 11.
• Last Regular Season: Bruins Won 4-0
• Last Postseason: Panthers Won ECS 4-2
• All-time Regular Season Series: Boston leads 64-39-7, 6 ties
• All-time Postseason Series: Florida leads 3-0 (1996 1st, 2023 1st, 2024 2nd)
• Up Next for the Panthers: Monday at Philadelphia Flyers, 7 p.m.

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (25-15-2) LINES

17 Evan Rodrigues // 16 Sasha Barkov // 13 Sam Reinhart

27 Eetu Luostarinen // 9 Sam Bennett // 19 Matthew Tkachuk

23 Carter Verhaeghe // 15 Anton Lundell // 70 Jesper Boqvist

10 AJ Greer // 94 Tomas Nosek // 25 Mackie Samoskevich

42 Gus Forsling // 7 Dmitry Kulikov

2 Toby Bjornfot // 77 Niko Mikkola

88 Nate Schmidt // 26 Uvis Balinskis

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

30 Spencer Knight

Scratched: Adam Boqvist

Injured: Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Aaron Ekblad (undisclosed)

PROJECTED BOSTON BRUINS (20-19-5) LINES

39 Morgan Geekie // 18 Pavel Zacha // 88 David Pastrnak

63 Brad Marchand // 28 Elias Lindholm // 13 Charlie Coyle

71 Oliver Wahlstrom // 11 Trent Frederic // 55 Justin Brazeau

19 John Beecher // 26 Mark McLaughlin // 45 Cole Koepke

91 Nikita Zadorov // 73 Charlie McAvoy

82 Jordan Oesterle // 25 Brandon Carlo

6 Mason Lohrei // 52 Andrew Peeke

1 Jeremy Swayman

70 Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Mark Kastelic, Parker Wotherspoon

Injured: Hampus Lindholm (lower body)