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

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers kick off 2025 against an old rival with the Carolina Hurricanes in town.

The Panthers snapped a two-game scoreless streak with a 5-3 win over the Rangers on Monday night.

Carolina is coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to the Blue Jackets on New Year’s Eve and have lost four of six.

Florida has won both games against Carolina this season, winning a back-to-back set after Thanksgiving by a 12-3 combined score.

The Panthers are expected to run their same lineup that beat the Rangers.

Mackie Samoskevich is back on the top power-play unit for the first time since he had to go down to AHL Charlotte for cap reasons last month.

NOTES: PANTHERS V. HURRICANES

• Tyson Jost, who centers Carolina’s fourth line, was knocked out of Tuesday’s game in Columbus with an apparent knee injury, The Hurricanes called up 26-year-old Juha Jääskä from the Chicago Wolves, and he will make his NHL debut tonight.
• Niko Mikkola will miss his third straight game with an upper-body injury. Paul Maurice said he could be back soon.
• The Hurricanes sent former Florida defenseman Riley Stillman back to AHL Chicago.
• Starting Goalies: Florida will go with Sergei Bobrovsky tonight. The Hurricanes will start Pyotr Kochetkov.
• How to Watch: Today’s game is on local television and will be streamed on Panthers+ as well as ESPN+ outside of the Florida viewing territory. In the Carolinas, the game is on FanDuel.
• NHL Betting Odds: The Panthers are slight favorites at the local book. Florida is -125 on the money line against the Hurricanes. So, to cash on the Panthers to win, a $125 bet pays $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 39

CAROLINA HURRICANES 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 (Naples/FTM)
• Streaming: Panthers+, 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 (-125); Puck line (-1.5, +180); Over/Under 5.5 (-115/-105)
• Last Season: Carolina Won 2-1
• This Season (Panthers Lead 2-0) — At Florida: Panthers 6, Hurricanes 0 (Nov.30); Thursday. At Carolina: Panthers 6, Hurricanes 3 (Nov. 29).
• All-Time Regular Season Series: Carolina/Hartford leads 73-49-10, 11 ties
• Postseason History: Florida 1-0 (2023 ECF)
• Up Next for the Panthers: Friday vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 7 p.m.

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (23-13-2) 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 // 5 Aaron Ekblad

7 Dmitry Kulikov // 34 Adam Boqvist

88 Nate Schmidt // 26 Uvis Balinskis

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

30 Spencer Knight

Scratched: None

Injured: Niko Mikkola (upper body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)

PROJECTED CAROLINA HURRICANES (22-13-2) LINES

24 Seth Jarvis // 20 Sebastian Aho // 96 Jack Roslovic

37 Andrei Svechnikov // 82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi // 88 Martin Necas

48 Jordan Martinook // 11 Jordan Staal // 28 William Carrier

50 Eric Robinson // 54 Juha Jääskä // 53 Jackson Blake

74 Jaccob Slavin // 8 Brent Burns

7 Dmitry Orlov // 5 Jalen Chatfield

42 Ty Smith // 26 Sean Walker

52 Pyotr Kochetkov

34 Dustin Tokarski

Scratched: None.

Injured: Tyson Jost (lower body), Frederik Andersen (knee), Jack Drury (hand), Shayne Gostisbehere (upper body)