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Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights · Matchup Preview Based on 26-27 form — rosters current
Florida Panthers
Away · Panthers
1–0–1
3 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
DAYS
3442H
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42M
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12S
The read
Carter Hart has not had an answer for Sam Reinhart: 8 goals on 29 shots. But the Panthers can't afford penalties against a power play that ranks 7th, not with a kill that sits 31st.
T-Mobile Arena
Vegas Golden Knights
Home · Golden Knights
1–1–0
2 PTS
Panthers
GOALIES
Golden Knights
Jacob Markstrom
Likely · 594-jacob-markstrom
.1000 SV% · — GAA · 1W
.899 SV% L5 · Cooling
VS
Carter Hart
Likely · 3874-carter-hart
.870 SV% · 3.06 GAA · 1W
.911 SV% L5 · Steady
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 · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
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 · Oct 3 · 4:26 PM CT
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.
Live
Matchup Intel
Carter Hart has not had an answer for Sam Reinhart: 8 goals on 29 shots. But the Panthers can't afford penalties against a power play that ranks 7th, not with a kill that sits 31st.
A milestone is in reach for Dmitry Kulikov: 3 more goals for 100 career goals.
The numbers behind it
Matchup
Sam Reinhart has 8 goals on Carter Hart (29 shots).
(Florida)
8
goals on Carter Hart
Matchup
Mark Stone has 7 goals on Jacob Markstrom (31 shots).
(Vegas)
7
goals on Jacob Markstrom
Special Teams
Vegas' power play ranks 7th while Florida's penalty kill ranks 31st.
7th / 31st
PP vs PK
Milestone
Dmitry Kulikov is 3 goals shy of 100 career goals.
97
career goals