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

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
- When: Saturday, 10 p.m.
- Where: SAP Center; San Jose, Calif.
- 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 (-325); Puck line (-1.5, -130); Over/Under 6 (-110/-110)
- Last Season: Florida won 2-0
- This Season (Panthers Lead 1-0) — At Florida: Panthers 3, Sharks 1 (Dec. 7). At San Jose: Saturday.
- All-time Regular Season Series: Florida leads 24-13-1, 7 ties
- Up Next for the Panthers: Sunday at Vegas Golden Knights, 8 p.m.
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)
