NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 1/16/2025

NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 1/16/2025

Detroit Red Wings (20-19-4, 44 Points) at Florida Panthers (26-16-3, 55 pts)

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Thursday, January 16
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESP
Radio:
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM
Florida – AM 560 Sports WQAM / 1230 WBZT / WCTH-FM 100.3

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Detroit +1.5 ML +190
Florida -1.5 ML -230
O/U 5.5

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Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings saw their seven-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday as they dropped their game against the Sharks 6-3. They are now starting a crucial four-game road trip starting with tonight’s game against the defending Stanely Cup Champions, they will face three teams in a playoff spot over the next four games and in that other game, they are facing a team that is battling with them for a playoff spot. The Red Wings are four points back of the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers snapped their two-game skid on Tuesday night behind a 2-1 shootout win against the New Jersey Devils. Spencer Knight has now won back-to-back starts in net with both of those resulting in a shootout. Sergei Bobrovsky has struggled in net going 1-3-1 in his last five starts posting a 2.62 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage.

Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Kasper–Larkin–Raymond  
DeBrincat–Copp–Kane
Tarasenko-Compher-Berggren
Rasmussen–Veleno–Fischer

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Johansson
Gustafsson-Holl

Talbot
Husso

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

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

Forsling-Kulikov
Mikkola-Schmidt
Bjornfot-Balinskis

Bobrovsky
Knight

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Players To Watch:

Detroit Red Wings

Michael Rasmussen this season has 12 points on six goals and six assists. He’s faced the Panthers 18 times in his career recording three points on a goal and two assists; that goal and an assist came against the Panthers last season.

Florida Panthers

Aleksander Barkov this season has 38 points on 11 goals and 27 assists. He’s faced the Red Wings 41 times in his career recording 46 points on 17 goals and 29 assists; last season in three games against the Red Wings he had four points on three goals and an assist.

Injury Report:

Detroit Red Wings

D Jeff Petry – IR
G Alex Lyon – Out
F Tyler Motte – DTD

Florida Panthers

F Jonah Gadjovich – DTD
D Aaron Ekblad – DTD

Next Up

Florida: January 18 vs. Anaheim Ducks
Detroit: January 18 at Tampa Bay Lightning

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