Panthers GameDay v Avalanche: How to Watch, Lines, Goalies, Odds

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers will try and get over a Winter Classic hangover today when they face the NHL’s best team in the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avalanche kicked off their east coast swing in style on Saturday night in Raleigh, scoring four times in the third to overcome a 3-1 deficit and beat the Hurricanes 5-3.

Colorado has two regulation losses this season.

That’s it.

For the Panthers, the big question revolves around the health of defenseman Seth Jones who left Friday’s game in Miami after getting hit by a deflected puck.

Jones is not expected to play today; Toby Bjornfot has been brought up from AHL Charlotte.

Paul Maurice said Jones remains day-to-day and will not play today; Jones will see a doctor on Monday.

Today will be the Panthers final home game for a minute; Florida kicks off a six-game road trip Tuesday in Toronto. The next home game is not until Jan. 19 against San Jose.

NOTES: AVALANCHE AT PANTHERS

• The Panthers will be wearing their Winter Classic faux throwbacks today. The Avalanche wore its anniversary Quebec Nordiques Saturday in Raleigh but are in the usual road whites today.
• Colorado’s Devon Toews has been ruled out for tonight’s game after sustaining an upper-body injury last night.
• Starting Goalies: Daniil Tarasov gets the start for the Panthers before the team hits the road. Scott Wedgewood gets the back-to-back start instead of Trent Miner who was a recent callup from the AHL.
• How to Watch/Stream: The Panthers are back on local television today with Steve Goldstein, Randy Moller, Katie Engleson, Jessica Blaylock, and Jeff Chychrun filling in for Ed Jovanovski. If you want to stream it, go to Panthers+ or ESPN+.
• NHL Betting Odds: The Avalanche are a slight favorite (-130) on the money line. To win with the Panthers (+110), a $110 bet wins $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 41

COLORADO AVALANCHE at FLORIDA PANTHERS

• When: Sunday, 5 p.m.
• Where: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise
• Local TV: Scripps Sports — WSFL 39 (Miami/FTL); WHDT 9 (WPB); LAFF 36.3 (Naples/FTM)
• Streaming: Panthers+, ESPN+
• Radio: WQAM; WBZT 1230-AM (Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys); SiriusXM
• Panthers Radio Streaming: SiriusXM 932, NHL App
• Local Betting Odds — Panthers Favored: MoneyLine (-145); Puck Line -1.5 (+160); O/U 5.5 (-115/-105)
• Last Season: Avalanche Won 2-0
• This Season — At Colorado: Avalanche 6, Panthers 2 (Dec. 12). At Florida: Sunday
• All-time Regular Season Series: Colorado leads 30-14-5, 3 ties
• Postseason Series: Colorado d. Florida 4-0, 1996 Stanley Cup Final
• Up Next for the Panthers: Tuesday at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7:30 p.m.

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (21-16-3) LINES

27 Eetu Luostarinen // 15 Anton Lundell // 13 Sam Reinhart

23 Carter Verhaeghe // 9 Sam Bennett // 63 Brad Marchand 

11 Mackie Samoskevich // 17 Evan Rodrigues // 10 A.J. Greer

71 Luke Kunin // 53 Jack Studnicka // 70 Jesper Boqvist

42 Gus Forsling // 5 Aaron Ekblad

77 Niko Mikkola // 26 Uvis Balinskis

6 Donovan Sebrango // 2 Jeff Petry

40 Daniil Tarasov

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Noah Gregor, Toby Bjornfot

Injured: Seth Jones (upper body), Sasha Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Cole Schwindt (broken arm)

PROJECTED COLORADO AVALANCHE (31-2-7) LINES

92 Gabriel Landeskog // 29 Nathan MacKinnon // 88 Martin Necas

62 Artturi Lehkonen // 11 Brock Nelson // 13 Valeri Nichushkin

20 Ross Colton // 18 Jack Drury // 95 Victor Olofsson

93 Zakhar Bardakov // 17 Parker Kelly // 54 Gavin Brindley

49 Samuel Girard // 8 Cale Makar

42 Josh Manson // 84 Brent Burns

28 Ilya Soloyov // 70 Sam Malinski

50 Trent Miner

41 Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Taylor Makar

                                   Injured: Devon Toews (upper body), Mackenzie Blackwood (lower      

                                        body), Joel Kiviranta (lower), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)