NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 4/6/2025

Florida Panthers (44-28-4, 92 Pts) at Detroit Red Wings (35-33-7, 77 Points)

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Sunday, April 5
Time: 5:30 pm EST
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX
Radio:
Florida – 560 AM WQAM
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Florida: -1.5 ML -125
Detroit: +1.5 ML +105
O/U 5.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers suffered their fourth straight loss on Saturday in a 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators. The Panthers are 3-6-1 in their last ten games, averaging 1.9 goals per game while allowing three goals per game. They are four points ahead of Ottawa for third place in the Atlantic Division following Saturday’s loss.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings picked up a surprising 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. They are still in the Eastern Conference wild-card race. Tonight will be another tough game for Detroit. The Red Wings are 4-5-1 in their last ten games, averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing three goals per game. This is a game where they need their captain, Dylan Larkin, to step up, who, prior to Friday, had been held pointless in five straight games. He recorded two points on assists in Friday’s win.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

J. Boqvist-Bennett-Reinhart
Luostarinen-Lundell-Marchand
Verhaeghe-Rodrigues-Samoskevich
Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich

Forsling-Schmidt
Mikkola-Jones
Megna-Balinskis

Vanecek
Bobrovsky

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

DeBrincat–Larkin–Kane
Soderblom–Kasper-Raymond  
Berggren-Compher-Tarasenko
Rasmussen -Motte-Smith

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Petry
Holl-Johansson

Talbot
Lyon

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Brad Marchand this season has 48 points on 21 goals and 27 assists. In five games with Florida, he has an assist. He’s faced the Red Wings 43 times in his career, recording 43 points on 18 goals and 25 assists. He has a goal and an assist against them this season.

Detroit Red Wings

Dylan Larkin this season has 64 points on 28 goals and 36 assists. He’s faced the Panthers 37 times in his career, recording 29 points on 14 goals and 15 assists; he scored two goals and added an assist in their first meeting this season.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

RW Matthew Tkachuk – IR
D Aaron Ekblad – Out (Suspension)
D Dmitry Kulikov – Out
C Nico Sturm – DTD
C Aleksander Barkov – Out

Detroit Red Wings

LW Carter Mazur – IR  
C Andrew Copp – IR
D Erik Gustafsson – Out
G Petr Mrazek – DTD

Next Up

Florida – April 8 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit: April 8 at Montreal Canadiens

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