NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 12/16/2024

NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 12/16/2024

Florida Panthers (18-11-2, 38 pts) at Edmonton Oilers (18-10-2, 38 pts)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Monday, December 16
Time: 8:30 pm ET
TV: NHL Network
Radio: 
Florida Panthers – AM 560 Sports WQAM / 1230 WBZT / WCTH-FM 100.3
Edmonton Oilers – Oilers Radio 880 CHED

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Florida Panthers +1.5 ML +114
Edmonton Oilers -1.5 ML -135
O/U 5.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes: 

The Panthers will look to snap their two game losing streak as they travel to Edmonton to meet the Oilers. Florida hasn’t scored since the second period of last Tuesday’s game.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers are riding a five game winning streak and are 8-2 in their last ten. During their five game winning streak they have outscored their opponents 25-10

Florida Panthers Projected Lines: 

Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk
Rodrigues-Boqvist-Samoskevich
Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Kulikov
Balinskis-Schmidt

Bobrovsky
Knight

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:

Nugent-Hopkins-McDavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Kapanen
Janmark-Henrique-Skinner
Perry-Ryan-Brown
Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Stetcher
Kulak-Emberson

Pickard
Skinner

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Carter Verhaeghe this season has 23 points on eight goals and 15 assists. Last season in two regular season games against Edmonton he had five points on three goals and two assists. In the Stanley Cup matchup in seven games, he had four points on two goals and two assists. He is fifth on the team in goals, fourth in assists, and fifth in points.

Edmonton Oilers

Connor McDavid has ten points in his last five games. This season he has 41 points on 14 goals and 27 assists. Last regular season in two games against the Panthers he had three points on two goals and an assist. In the Stanley Cup finals against Florida, he had 11 points on three goals and eight assists. McDavid is second on the Oilers in goals, first in assists, and second in points.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

F Aleksander Barkov – DTD

Edmonton Oilers

F Evander Kane – Out
F Viktor Arvidsson – IR

Next game:

Florida Panthers – December 18 at Minnesota Wild
Edmonton Oilers– December 19 vs. Boston Bruins

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