Florida Panthers (7-3-1, 15 pts) at Dallas Stars (7-2-0, 14 pts)
Venue: Nokia Arena Tampere, Finland
Date: Friday, November 1
Time: 2:00 pm ET / 1:00 pm CT
TV: NHL Network / SCRI / Vict
Radio:
Florida – AM 560 Sports WQAM / 1230 WBZT / WCTH-FM 100.3
Dallas – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Florida +1.5 ML -105
Dallas -1.5 ML -115
O/U 5.5
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Florida Panthers News & Notes:
The Florida Panthers have won 3 in a row and were victorious in their last game, 5-2 over the Buffalo Sabres, as they head into today’s NHL Global Series showdown with Dallas. Aleksander Barkov returned from injury with a goal and an assist. Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, and Carter Verhaeghe all had multi-point games (1g, 1a) in the win.
Dallas Stars News & Notes:
Dallas has won 2 straight games and outscored opponents 9-4 during those games. Dallas has the best defense in the NHL allowing a miniscule 1.9 goals per game. Dallas is 2nd in the Central Division four points behind the white-hot Winnipeg Jets, who have the best record in the NHL at 9-1-0.
Florida Panthers Projected Lines:
Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-J. Boqvist
Greer-Nosek-Samoskevich
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Kulikov
Schmidt-Balinskis
Bobrovsky
Knight
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Dallas Stars Projected Lines:
Robertson-Hintz-Stankoven
Marchment-Duchene-Seguin
Benn-Johnston-Dadonov
Back-Steel-Blackwell
Heiskanen-Dumba
Harley-Lyubushkin
Lindell-Lundkvist
Oettinger
DeSmith
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Players To Watch:
Florida Panthers
Sam Reinhart is picking up where he left off last season with points in 8 of his last 9 games and 16 points (7g, 9a) on the season. Reinhart had career highs in goals (57) and points (94) in the Panthers’ Stanley Cup winning season a year ago.
Dallas Stars
Matt Duchene scored two 3rd period goals to lift the Stars to a victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in their last game before leaving for Finland. Duchene leads Dallas in goals (6) and points (11) this season.
Injury Report:
Florida Panthers
Tomas Nosek – LTIR
LW Jonah Gadjovich – Day To Day
Dallas Stars
None
Next game:
Florida Panthers – November 2 vs. Dallas Stars – NHL Global Series in Tampere, Finland
Dallas Stars – November 2 at Florida Panthers – NHL Global Series in Tampere, Finland
