How to Watch Red Wings at Panthers: Lines, Goalies, Betting Odds

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers will once again be doing some mixing-and-matching tonight when they play host to the Detroit Red Wings.

It is nothing like what happened Sunday in Detroit, however.

The Panthers will again have a number of top players back in the lineup — Sasha Barkov, Sam Reinhart, Gus Forsling — as was the case in Tuesday’s 3-1 win against the Maple Leafs.

Only Carter Verhaeghe will be getting what coach Paul Maurice called a “maintenance day’’ after he snapped his 13-game goal drought by scoring into an empty net to end Tuesday’s game against Toronto.

With Nico Sturm back, and Maurice not wanting to break up his hard-skating fourth line centered by Tomas Nosek, Verhaeghe will sit.

Jesper Boqvist also gets back in the lineup after sitting out Tuesday; he replaces Jesse Puljujarvi.

RED WINGS @ PANTHERS

• Aaron Ekblad is still suspended, but he joined the team for morning skate Thursday after being cleared to take part in all team activities.
• The Red Wings need at least a point tonight or they are eliminated from postseason consideration.
• How to Watch: Tonight’s game is on local TV and can be streamed locally on Panthers+. Those who live outside the Panthers viewing territory can stream the game on ESPN+.
• Starting Goalies: The Panthers will go with Sergei Bobrovsky; Detroit will start Cam Talbot. Former Panthers goalie Alex Lyon will be a healthy scratch with Petr Mrazek returning to backup.
• NHL Betting Odds: The local book once again has Florida as a favorite (-220) on the money line. To win with the Panthers, a $220 bet pays $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 79

DETROIT RED WINGS at FLORIDA PANTHERS 

• When: Thursday, 7 p.m.
• Where: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise
• Local TV: Scripps Sports — WSFL 39 (Miami/FTL); WHDT 9 (WPB); LAFF 36.3 (SWFla)
• Streaming: Panthers+; ESPN+
• Radio: WPOW 96.5 FM-2; WBZT 1230-AM (West Palm Beach); WCTH 100.3-FM (Florida Keys); WCZR 101.7-FM (Treasure Coast); SiriusXM
• Panthers Radio Streaming: SiriusXM 932, NHL/Panthers App
• Betting Odds — Panthers Favored: Money Line (-220); Puck line (-1.5, +115); Over/Under 5.5 (-110/-110)
• Last Season: Florida won 3-1
• This Season (Red Wings Lead 2-0)— At Detroit: Red Wings 2, Panthers 1 (April 6). At Florida: Red Wings 5, Panthers 2 (Jan. 16); Thursday.
• All-time Regular Season Series: Florida leads 39-21-7, 5 ties
• Up Next for the Panthers: Saturday vs. Buffalo Sabres, 6 p.m.

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (45-29-4; 94 points) LINES

25 Mackie Samoskevich // 16 Sasha Barkov // 13 Sam Reinhart

27 Eetu Luostarinen // 15 Anton Lundell //63 Brad Marchand

70 Jesper Boqvist // 8 Nico Sturm // 17 Evan Rodrigues

10 A.J. Greer // 92 Tomas Nosek // 12 Jonah Gadjovich

42 Gus Forsling // 88 Nate Schmidt

77 Niko Mikkola // 3 Seth Jones

6 Jaycob Megna // 26 Uvis Balinskis

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

41 Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Carter Verhaeghe, Jesse Puljujarvi, Rasmus Asplund, Matt Kiersted

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Sam Bennett (UBI)

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

PROJECTED DETROIT RED WINGS (36-34-7; 79 points) LINES

88 Patrick Kane // 71 Dylan Larkin // 93 Alex DeBrincat

92 Marco Kasper // 27 Michael Rasmussen // 23 Lucas Raymond

11 Vladimir Tarasenko // 37 J.T. Compher // 48 Jonatan Berggren

85 Elmer Soderblom // 14 Tyler Motte // 15 Craig Smith

8 Ben Chiarot // 53 Moritz Seider

77 Simon Edvinsson // 46 Jeff Petry

3 Justin Holl // 20 Albert Johansson

39 Cam Talbot

43 Petr Mrazek

Scratched: William Lagesson, Alex Lyon

Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed)