NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 1/11/2025

Matthew Tkachuk celebrating a goal for the Florida Panthers

Boston Bruins (20-19-5, 45 Pts) at Florida Panthers (25-15-2, 52 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Today – Saturday, January 11
Time: 1:00 pm EST

TV: ABC, ESPN+
Radio:
Boston – 98.5 The Sports Hub
Florida – 560 WQAM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Boston +1.5 ML +145
Florida -1.5 ML -175
O/U 5.5

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Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins have lost six games in a row, their longest streak in ten years, after a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Thursday night. Boston is 6-5-1 against the Atlantic Division and 8-12-2 on the road this season.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers defeated the Bruins twice in October. Florida has won seven of their last 11 games after a 4-1 win over Utah on Wednesday. The Panthers are 12-8-1 at home this season.

Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Marchand-E. Lindholm-Coyle
Wahlstrom-Frederic-Brazeau
Beecher-Koepke-McLaughlin

Zadorov-McAvoy
Wotherspoon-Carlo
Lohrei-Peeke

Swayman
Korpisalo

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart
Luostarinen-Bennett-Tkachuk
Verhaeghe-Lundell-J. Boqvist
Greer-Nosek-Samoskevich

Forsling-Ekblad
Balinskis-Kulikov
Schmidt-A. Boqvist

Bobrovsky
Knight

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Florida Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins

David Pastrnak has 17 goals and 25 assists for the Bruins. Justin Brazeau has scored four goals over the past ten games.

Florida Panthers

Aleksander Barkov has 11 goals and 25 assists for the Panthers. Eetu Luostarinen has four goals over the past ten games. Anton Lundell scored twice in the last Panthers’ win over Boston.

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins

D Hampus Lindholm – IR – Has resumed skating
C Mark Kastelic – Day to day

Florida Panthers

None

Next Game

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