NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 11/21/2024

Aleksander Barkov skating for the Florida Panthers
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Florida Panthers (12-6-1, 25 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (6-12-1, 13 pts)

Venue: United Center

Date: Thursday, November 21

Time: 8:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm CT 

TV: ESPN+ / Hulu

Radio: 

Florida Panthers – AM 560 Sports WQAM / 1230 WBZT / WCTH-FM 100.3

Chicago Blackhawks – WGN Radio 720 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Florida Panthers -1.5 ML -250

Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 ML +210

O/U 5.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes: 

The Panthers have lost three of their last four games, and in a weird scheduling quirk, they played two in a row against New Jersey and then two straight against the Winnipeg Jets. Florida is 6-3-0 on the road this season as they face off against the Blackhawks tonight in Chicago. Florida is in second place in the Atlantic Division only one point behind first place Toronto but the Panthers have a game in hand.

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes: 

The Blackhawks have lost three straight games and were outscored 10-4 during that stretch. Chicago is 2-5-0 at the United Center this season and is in last place in the Central Division. The Blackhawks are last in the NHL in goal scoring with 45 goals in 19 games.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart

Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk

Luostarinen-Lundell-J. Boqvist

Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich

Forsling-Ekblad

Mikkola-Kulikov

Schmidt-Balinskis

Knight

Bobrovsky

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Anderson-Dickinson-Bedard

Bertuzzi-Foligno-Kurashev

Hall-Donato-Teravainen

Bertuzzi-Reichel-Smith

Vlasic-Murphy

Allan-Martinez

Kaiser-Brodie

Soderblom

Commesso

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Sam Reinhart has an 11-game point streak for the Panthers with nine goals and seven assists over that span. The 29-year-old Vancouver, BC native leads the Panthers in scoring with 29 points (14g, 15a) which is also the 4th-best mark in the NHL.

Chicago Blackhawks 

Connor Bedard snapped his streak of three consecutive games without a point with a pair of assists in the Blackhawks’ last game against the Anaheim Ducks. Bedard will be looking for his first goal in eleven games tonight against the Panthers.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

None

Chicago Blackhawks 

D Seth Jones – IR

G Petr Mrazek – Day To Day

C Andreas Athanasiou – OUT

D Artyom Levshunov – IR (Non-Roster) 

G Laurent Brossoit – IR (Non-Roster)

Next game

Florida Panthers – November 23 vs. Colorado Avalanche

Chicago Blackhawks – November 23 at Philadelphia Flyers

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