GameDay No. 36: Lines, Betting Odds for Canadiens at Panthers
Sasha Barkov, Aaron Ekblad and Radko Gudas are all back from injury and will play for the Florida Panthers against Montreal Canadiens. Anton Levtchi will also make his NHL debut. The Panthers were missing 10 players during the holiday break. They went 6-10-3 without captain Anton Lundell. Sam Bennett has been playing heavy minutes without him. He has just two assists in his last 10 games. He is currently on an 11-game goal drought. It is not about easing the pressure on him, it's about returning to his normal lineup. His first line partners are Matthew Tkachuk and Eetu Luostarinen.
Montreal Canadiens play Florida Panthers on Thursday at 7 p.m. at FFA Live Arena, Sunrise. The game is broadcast on Bally Sports Florida, ESPN+ and SiriusXM 932. Florida is favored by moneyline (-350), Puck line (-1.5, -135) and over/under 6.
FLORIDA PANTHERS are going to start Carter Verhaeghe, Sasha Barkov, Colin White, Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Bennett, Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Levtchi, Ryan Lomberg, Eric Staal, Nick Cousins, Gus Forsling, Aaron Ekblad, Marc Staals, Brandon Montour, Josh Mahura, Radko Gudas, Spencer Knight, Sergei Bobrovsky and Chris Tierney are injured.
Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia, Mike Hoffman, Kirby Dach, Jonathan Drouin, Juraj Slafkovsky, Christian Dvorak, Josh Anderson, Michael Pezzetta, Jake Evans, Kaiden Guhle, Arber Xhekaj, Jonathan Kovacevic, Jordan Harris, and Justin Barron are the probable Montreal Canadiens lineups for the game against the Panthers.
