Florida Panthers
Panthers at Utah: Lines, Betting Odds, How to Watch
The Florida Panthers are in Salt Lake City for the first time, taking on the Utah Hockey Club — formerly your Arizona Coyotes — at 10 p.m. ET in a game nationally televised on TNT and truTV.
“It’s pretty nice,’’ said Scottsdale native Matthew Tkachuk. “I do miss Arizona a little bit though. They have done a nice job. It’s cool.’’
Florida (24-15-2) could have some key players back in the lineup tonight.
Coach Paul Maurice said after the morning skate that both Aaron Ekblad and Niko Mikkola would take part in warmups and a decision would be made on whether one or both comes back in.
Both Ekblad and Mikkola missed Monday’s 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.
Mikkola has missed five games; Ekblad the one.
Utah, which is being referred to locally as ‘The Club,’ has lost six of its past seven.
The team should have a formal nickname in time for next season.
NOTES: PANTHERS @ UTAH
- The Panthers gave Kevin Stenlund his Stanley Cup championship ring at dinner on Tuesday night — the final player to receive his ring. “Stenny’s the best,’’ Tkachuk said. “Miss him a ton. He was a crucial part of our team.’’
- Starting Goalies: Florida will go with Sergei Bobrovsky tonight for his third start in four games. The Club will start Karel Vejmelka.
- How to Watch: Today’s game is being broadcast nationally on TNT and truTV. That means no local broadcast nor stream on Panthers+. The game is also not on ESPN+ but can be streamed on MAX. There is no blackout anywhere.
- NHL Betting Odds: The Panthers are favorites (-135) on the money line at the local book. To win with the Panthers, a $135 bet pays $100.
ON DECK: GAME No. 42
FLORIDA PANTHERS at UTAH HOCKEY CLUB
- When: Wednesday, 10 p.m.
- Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City
- National TV: TNT, TruTV
- Streaming: Max
- 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 (-135); Puck line (-1.5, +170); Over/Under 6 (-105/-115)
- Season Series — At Utah: Wednesday. At Florida: March 28.
- Last Season vs. Arizona Coyotes: Florida Won 2-0
- All-time Regular Season Series vs. Coyotes: Florida leads 21-20-0, 3 ties
- Up Next for the Panthers: Saturday vs. Boston Bruins, 1 p.m. (ABC)
PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (24-15-2) 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 // 77 Niko Mikkola
88 Nate Schmidt // 26 Uvis Balinskis
72 Sergei Bobrovsky
30 Spencer Knight
Scratched: Jonah Gadjovich, Adam Boqvist, Toby Bjornfor
Injured: None.
PROJECTED UTAH HOCKEY CLUB (17-15-7) LINES
9 Clayton Keller // 27 Barrett Hayton // 8 Nick Schmaltz
22 Jack McBain // 92 Logan Cooley // 11 Dylan Guenther
38 Liam O’Brien // 17 Nick Bjugstad // 67 Lawson Crouse
53 Michael Carcone // 82 Kevin Stenlund // 15 Alex Kerfoot
98 Mikhail Sergachev // 2 Olli Maatta
28 Ian Cole // 7 Michael Kesselring
4 Juuso Valimaki // 41 Robert Bortuzzo
70 Karel Vejmelka
33 Jaxson Stauber
Scratched: Vladislav Kolyachonok, Matias Maccelli
Injured: Maveric Lamoureux (upper body), John Marino (upper body)
