GameDay No. 23: Lines, Betting Odds for Panthers at Flames
Matthew Tkachuk visited his old team Calgary. He was traded to the Panthers. Calgary has lost four of their last six games. Florida has been struggling recently and has won just once in last eight games, losing six of eight. Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start in goal for the first time since the loss in Columbus. Ryan Lomberg will play on the fourth line. The team is missing captain Sasha Barkov. It is also relying on three veteran players to play each and every night.
The Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames are playing each other on Tuesday at 9 p.m. at the Saddledome. Calgary is favored. The last season's season series was split 1-1.
The Florida Panthers are expected to start 21 Nick Cousins, 9 Sam Bennett, 13 Matthew Tkachuk, 23 Carter Verhaeghe, 15 Anton Lundell, 12 Eric Staal, 70 Patric Hornqvist, 42 Gus Forsling, 5 Aaron Ekblad, 18 Marc Staals, 28 Josh Mahura, 7 Radko Gudas, 72 Sergei Bobrovsky and 30 Spencer Knight.
Calgary Flames are going to start with 10 Jonathan Huberdeau, 28 Elias Lindholm, 73 Tyler Toffoli, 29 Dillon Dube, 91 Nazem Kadri, 88 Andrew Mangiapane, 11 Mikael Backlund, 20 Blake Coleman, 17 Milan Lucic, 22 Trevor Lewis, 24 Brett Ritchie, 4 Rasmus Andersson, 52 MacKenzie Weegar, 8 Chris Tanev, 16 Nikita Zadorov, 26 Michael Stone.
