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

The Florida Panthers and Detroit Red Wings really don’t have anything to play for today.

Or do they?

The Panthers officially clinched a playoff spot on Saturday night after the Toronto Maple Leafs doused any hope the Blue Jackets had left.

The Red Wings are kind of in the same neighborhood as the Jackets — and we’re not talking geographically, either.

Detroit was rooting for Philadelphia to beat Montreal on Saturday to at least keep things interesting.

The Red Wings come into today six points back of the Canadiens with seven games left — and a game in Montreal on Tuesday.

So, the Wings do have a little motivation today.

The Panthers do as well.

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Florida isn’t happy coming to Michigan on a four-game losing streak and would like to get things back on track sooner rather than later.

Are the Panthers shorthanded?

Yeah.

But they are also a proud team that wouldn’t mind enjoying themselves a little bit on that flight south.

The Panthers will have some additional players with them.

On Sunday, the team made three roster moves — bringing in Jesse Puljujarvi, Rasmus Asplund, and Matt Kiersted up from Charlotte.

Before the game, Paul Maurice said all three will get into the lineup.

Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart will not play against the Wings with Maurice saying they both need to get healthy for the playoffs.

Gus Forsling is also out.

He added that this may not be a one-night off kind of thing.

NOTES: PANTHERS @ RED WINGS

• Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Florida is 13-2-0 against the Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena.
• Florida’s 84.4 penalty kill percentage on the road ranks tied for first in the NHL.
• How to Watch: Today’s game is broadcast nationally on TNT and truTV and thereby not being carried on the local Scripps channels. That also means it will not be streamed on Panthers+, instead on MAX.
• Starting Goalies: The Panthers will go with Vitek Vanecek; Detroit will start Cam Talbot over former Panthers goalie Alex Lyon.
• NHL Betting Odds: The local book once again has Florida as a very slight favorite (-125) on the money line. To win with the Panthers, a $125 bet pays $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 77

FLORIDA PANTHERS at DETROIT RED WINGS

• When: Sunday, 5:30 p.m.
• Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
• National TV: TNT/truTV
• National Streaming: MAX
• 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 (-125); Puck line (-1.5, +180); Over/Under 5.5 (-130/+105)
• Last Season: Florida won 3-1
• This Season — At Detroit: Sunday. At Florida: Red Wings 5, Panthers 2 (Jan. 16); Thursday.
• All-time Regular Season Series: Florida leads 39-20-7, 5 ties
• Up Next for the Panthers: Tuesday vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (44-27-4; 92 points) LINES

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

23 Carter Verhaeghe // 17 Evan Rodrigues // 25 Mackie Samoskevich

70 Jesper Boqvist // 74 Rasmus Asplund // 20 Jesse Puljujarvi

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

77 Niko Mikkola // 3 Seth Jones

6 Jaycob Megna // 26 Uvis Balinskis

4 Matt Kiersted // 88 Nate Schmidt

41 Vitek Vanecek

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, Gus Forsling

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body/LTIR), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Sasha Barkov (upper body)

PROJECTED DETROIT RED WINGS (35-33-7; 77 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

34 Alex Lyon

Scratched: William Lagesson

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