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Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights · Matchup Preview Based on 26-27 form — rosters current

Season 26-27
Matchup Preview vs Golden Knights · SAT · JAN 16 · 5:00 PM CT ← Back to schedule
Upcoming
SAT · JAN 16 · 5:00 PM CT
Amerant Bank Arena
SCRIPPS · SCRIPPS
Florida Panthers
Panthers
1–0–1
VS
Vegas Golden Knights
Golden Knights
1–1–0
Upcoming
SAT · JAN 16 · 5:00 PM CT
SCRIPPS · SCRIPPS
Florida Panthers
Home · Panthers
1–0–1
3 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
The read
Mark Stone has solved Jacob Markstrom before, 7 goals on 31 shots. But Sam Reinhart has quietly owned this matchup, 5 points in the last 4 meetings.
Amerant Bank Arena
Vegas Golden Knights
Away · Golden Knights
1–1–0
2 PTS
Panthers
GOALIES
Golden Knights
Jacob Markstrom
Jacob Markstrom
Likely · 594-jacob-markstrom
.1000 SV% · — GAA · 1W
.899 SV% L5 · Cooling
VS
Adin Hill
Adin Hill
Likely · 2906-adin-hill
.871 SV% · 3.04 GAA · 10W
.871 SV% L5 · Cooling
Panthers
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Golden Knights
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart
L1
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Mark Stone
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L2
Brett Howden · William Karlsson · Mitch Marner
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L3
Trevor Connelly · Tomas Hertl · Victor Olofsson
L4
Bokondji Imama · Sam Lafferty · Garnet Hathaway
L4
Marc Gatcomb · Nic Dowd · Braeden Bowman
D1
Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
D1
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D2
Parker Wotherspoon · Rasmus Andersson
D3
Dmitry Kulikov · Radko Gudas
D3
Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP1
Mark Stone · Tomas Hertl · Mitch Marner · Jack Eichel · Shea Theodore
PP2
Lars Eller · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling
PP2
Braeden Bowman · William Karlsson · Trevor Connelly · Rasmus Andersson · Victor Olofsson
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
PK1
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
PK2
Anton Lundell · Eetu Luostarinen · Niko Mikkola · Radko Gudas
PK2
Jack Eichel · Mark Stone · Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
PanthersProjected lines
L1
Brady Tkachuk · Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart
L2
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk
L3
Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell · Sandis Vilmanis
L4
Bokondji Imama · Sam Lafferty · Garnet Hathaway
D1
Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
D2
Niko Mikkola · Seth Jones
D3
Dmitry Kulikov · Radko Gudas
PP1
Brady Tkachuk · Sam Bennett · Sam Reinhart · Seth Jones · Matthew Tkachuk
PP2
Lars Eller · Anton Lundell · Carter Verhaeghe · Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling
PK1
Lars Eller · Sam Reinhart · Gustav Forsling · Aaron Ekblad
PK2
Anton Lundell · Eetu Luostarinen · Niko Mikkola · Radko Gudas
Golden KnightsProjected lines
L1
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Mark Stone
L2
Brett Howden · William Karlsson · Mitch Marner
L3
Trevor Connelly · Tomas Hertl · Victor Olofsson
L4
Marc Gatcomb · Nic Dowd · Braeden Bowman
D1
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
D2
Parker Wotherspoon · Rasmus Andersson
D3
Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
PP1
Mark Stone · Tomas Hertl · Mitch Marner · Jack Eichel · Shea Theodore
PP2
Braeden Bowman · William Karlsson · Trevor Connelly · Rasmus Andersson · Victor Olofsson
PK1
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
PK2
Jack Eichel · Mark Stone · Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
Jameson Olive · as of Oct 3 Hannah Kirkell · as of Oct 2
Panthers
INJURY REPORT
Golden Knights
Gustav Forsling
DAY-TO-DAY · Upper body
Raphael Lavoie
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Lukas Cormier
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Brad Marchand
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 25
MacKenzie Entwistle
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Jonah Gadjovich
IR · Upper body (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
PanthersInjury report
Gustav Forsling
DAY-TO-DAY · Upper body
Aleksander Barkov
IR · Left knee · Expected back Oct 27
Brad Marchand
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 25
MacKenzie Entwistle
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 10
Jonah Gadjovich
IR · Upper body (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
Golden KnightsInjury report
Raphael Lavoie
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Lukas Cormier
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Jameson Olive · as of Oct 3 Hannah Kirkell · as of Oct 2
STORYLINE
The Panthers lost their last game in overtime and are 1-0-1 in their first 2 games. The Golden Knights lost their last game and are 1-1-0 in their first 2 games.

Matchup Intel

Mark Stone has solved Jacob Markstrom before, 7 goals on 31 shots. But Sam Reinhart has quietly owned this matchup, 5 points in the last 4 meetings.

Discipline matters tonight: the Panthers' penalty kill ranks 31st and Vegas' power play is 7th in the league. The Panthers have struggled to beat Adin Hill: .940 on 301 shots.

The numbers behind it
Matchup
Mark Stone has 7 goals on Jacob Markstrom (31 shots).
(Vegas)
7 goals on Jacob Markstrom
Matchup
Tomas Hertl has 6 goals on Jacob Markstrom (37 shots).
(Vegas)
6 goals on Jacob Markstrom
Goaltending
Adin Hill has a .940 save % against Florida (301 shots).
.940 SV% vs FLA
Special Teams
Vegas' power play ranks 7th while Florida's penalty kill ranks 31st.
7th / 31st PP vs PK
Player
Sam Reinhart has 5 points in his last 4 games against Vegas. See the games →
(Florida)
5 pts, last 4 vs VGK
Milestone
Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.
97 career goals