Panthers at Blues: How to Watch, Lines, Betting Odds, Goalies

The Florida Panthers play the St. Louis Blues tonight, and the countdown to the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off break is officially on.

Well, as Matthew Tkachuk noted, it’s a break for some of them.

The Panthers have eight players participating in the tournament which runs from Feb. 12-20, most of any team in the league.

After losing to the Capitals on Tuesday night, the Panthers would like to end on a high note.

Following tonight’s game against the Blues, the Panthers come home to play the Senators on Saturday night.

Their next game is not until Feb. 22.

“I want to push really hard for these last two because we get a break and everyone knows it,” coach Paul Maurice said. “I don’t want to slide into the break. Our record doesn’t show it, but from the month of January to now, I believe we’re closing in on the game we’re really good at and will need to play in the playoffs. I want that continuation.”

NOTES: PANTHERS @ BLUES

• The Panthers will have Mackie Samoskevich back after he missed three games with an illness. Samoskevich skated Tuesday but was kept out of the lineup for precautionary measures. Jonah Gadjovich will be scratched.
• How to Watch: Tonight’s game is back on local TV. The game can also be streamed on Panthers+ locally and ESPN+ nationally.
• Starting Goalies: The Panthers will have Spencer Knight back in net; Joel Hofer starts for the Blues.
• NHL Betting Odds: The Panthers are favorites on the money line (-170) at the local book. To win with the Panthers, a $170 bet pays $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 56

FLORIDA PANTHERS at ST. LOUIS BLUES 

• When: Thursday, 8 p.m.
• Where: Enterprise Center, St. Louis
• Local TV: Scripps Sports — WSFL 39 (Miami/FtL); WHDT 9 (WPB); LAFF 36.3 (SWFla)
• 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 (-170); Puck line (-1.5, +145); Over/Under 5.5 (-120/+100)
• This Season (Panthers Lead 1-0) — At Florida: Panthers 2, Blues 1 (Dec. 20). At St. Louis: Thursday.
• Last Season: Even 1-1
• All-time Regular Season Series: St. Louis leads 27-14-1, 3 ties
• Up Next for the Panthers: Saturday vs. Ottawa Senators, 7 p.m.

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (32-20-3) LINES

23 Carter Verhaeghe // 16 Sasha Barkov // 13 Sam Reinhart

25 Mackie Samoskevich // 9 Sam Bennett // 19 Matthew Tkachuk

27 Eetu Luostarinen // 15 Anton Lundell // 17 Evan Rodrigues

10 A.J. Greer // 94 Tomas Nosek // 70 Jesper Boqvist

42 Gus Forsling // 5 Aaron Ekblad

77 Niko Mikkola // 7 Dmitry Kulikov

88 Nate Schmidt // 26 Uvis Balinskis

30 Spencer Knight

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Jonah Gadjovich

Injured: None

PROJECTED ST. LOUIS BLUES (24-25-5) LINES

81 Dylan Holloway // 18 Robert Thomas // 89 Pavel Buchnevich

63 Jake Neighbours // 10 Brayden Schenn // 25 Jordan Kyrou

71 Mathieu Joseph // 70 Oskar Sundqvist // 76 Zack Bolduc

13 Alexey Toropchenko // 12 Radek Faksa // 26 Nathan Walker

17 Cam Fowler // 55 Colton Parayko

22 Ryan Suter // 6 Philip Broberg

4 Nick Leddy // 72 Justin Faulk

30 Joel Hofer

50 Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Mackenzie MacEachern

Injured: Alexandre Texier (illness), Tyler Tucker (upper body)

St. Louis Blues Lines Courtesy NHL.com