GameDay No. 18: Lines, Betting Odds for Flames at Panthers
The Calgary Flames visit Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon. Florida and Calgary were involved in one of the biggest offseason trades in NHL history. Matthew Tkachuk, Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar will play for the teams that drafted and developed them. Both teams are struggling to find their way in the early goings. Neither team holds a playoff spot. Sasha Barkov is out injured. Florida is on a five-game homestand. They play against Columbus tonight. The Panthers lost to Dallas Stars on Thursday.
Spencer Knight replaced Sergei Bobrovsky for the second period of Thursday’s game after Dallas walked through Florida's defense and took a 4-0 lead. Knight is expected to start today with Bobrvskiy going Sunday in Columbus. Bobrovsky is 7-1-2 against the Blue Jackets in the past two seasons.
CALGARY FLAMES and Florida Panthers split 1-1 last season. Calgary Flames play at Florida Live Arena on Saturday at 4 p.m. Florida is favored.
The Florida Panthers are expected to start with 23 Carter Verhaeghe, 16 Sasha Barkov, 19 Matthew Tkachuk, 27 Eetu Luostarinen, 15 Anton Lundell, 13 Sam Reinhart, 94 Ryan Lomberg, 9 Sam Bennett, 6 Colin White, 21 Nick Cousins, 12 Eric Staal, 70 Patric Hornqvist, 42 Gus Forsling, 5 Aaron Ekblad, 18 Marc Staals, 28 Josh Mahura, 7 Radko Gudas, 30 Spencer Knight, 72 Sergei Bobrovsky.
Calgary Flames are going to start with 63 Adam Ruzicka, 28 Elias Lindholm, 73 Tyler Toffoli, 29 Dillon Dube, 91 Nazem Kadri, 88 Andrew Mangiapane, 10 Jonathan huberdeau, 11 Mikael Backlund, 20 Blake Coleman, 17 Milan Lucic, 22 Trevor Lewis, 24 Brett Ritchie, 4 Rasmus Andersson, 52 MacKenzie Weegar, 48 Dennis Gilbert, 8 Chris Tanev.
