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

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Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad returns to the lineup tonight in San Jose. // Photo courtesy @FlaPanthers

Aaron Ekblad is back with the Florida Panthers when they play the San Jose Sharks tonight at 10.



Ekblad got hurt Jan. 3 against the Penguins but played much of that game; after missing a game in Colorado, he returned against Utah but then did not play for the following seven games.

He was suspected to have a hand or wrist injury.

“Aaron’s in tonight, thankfully. We’ve missed him,” Paul Maurice said after Saturday’s morning skate at the SAP Center.

“He’s a big part of all pieces of our game, our penalty kill maybe more than anything. He also plays against the other team’s best, but it also structures the rest of our back end out.”

With Ekblad back in with Gus Forsling on the top defensive pairing, Dmitry Kulikov goes back with Niko Mikkola.

Toby Bjornfot will be scratched tonight.

NOTES: PANTHERS @ SHARKS

  • The Panthers have won 11 straight against San Jose and have not lost to the Sharks since December 1, 2017.
  • How to Watch: The Panthers are back on local TV tonight which means the game can be screened locally on Panthers+ and nationally on ESPN+.
  • Starting Goalies: The Panthers will turn to Sergei Bobrovsky tonight with Spencer Knight going tomorrow in Vegas. The Sharks will start Alexandar Georgiev.
  • NHL Betting Odds: The Panthers are heavy (-325) favorites on the money line at the local book. To win with the Panthers, a $325 bet pays $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 50
FLORIDA PANTHERS @ SAN JOSE SHARKS

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (28-18-3) LINES

19 Matthew Tkachuk // 16 Sasha Barkov // 13 Sam Reinhart

27 Eetu Luostarinen // 9 Sam Bennett // 25 Mackie Samoskevich

23 Carter Verhaeghe // 15 Anton Lundell // 70 Jesper Boqvist

17 Evan Rodrigues // 94 Tomas Nosek // 10 A.J. Greer

42 Gus Forsling // 5 Aaron Ekblad

7 Dmitry Kulikov // 77 Niko Mikkola

88 Nate Schmidt // 26 Uvis Balinskis

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

30 Spencer Knight

Scratched: Adam Boqvist, Toby Bjornfot

Injured: Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)

PROJECTED SAN JOSE SHARKS (14-31-6) LINES

20 Fabian Zetterlund // 64 Mikael Granlund // 2 Will Smith

72 William Eklund // 71 Macklin Celebrini // 73 Tyler Toffoli

15 Nikolai Kovalenko // 21 Alexander Wennberg // 11 Luke Kunin

49 Scott Sabourin // 23 Barclay Goodrow // 55 Walker Duehr

96 Jake Walman // 4 Cody Ceci

37 Timothy Liljegren // 38 Mario Ferraro

44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic // 3 Henry Thrun

40 Alexandar Georgiev

30 Yaroslav Askarov

Scratched: Carl Grundstrom, Colin White

Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Vitek Vanecek (upper body), Nico Sturm (lower body), Klim Kostin (lower body), Ty Dellandrea (upper body), Jan Rutta (lower body)

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