NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 12/3/2024

Evgeni Malkin #71 and Sidney Crosby #87 skating for the Pittsburgh Penguins
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Florida Panthers (15-9-1, 31 Pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (10-12-4, 24 Pts)
Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, December 3
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, ESPN+, SCRIPPS
Radio:
Florida – 560 Sports WQAM
Pittsburgh – 105.9 FM The X

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Florida -1.5 ML -180
Pittsburgh +1.5 ML +150
O/U 6.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers have won three in a row and are 7-4-0 on the road. Florida is ninth in the NHL in power play efficiency and 11th in penalty killing.

Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins beat the Calgary Flames 6-2 on Saturday, scoring three power play goals in the process. Pittsburgh has won three straight games. The Pens have the 12th-ranked power play in the league.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart

Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk

Luostarinen-Lundell-J. Boqvist

Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich

Forsling-Ekblad

Mikkola-Schmidt

Kulikov-A. Boqvist

Knight

Driedger

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Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines

Rakell-Crosby-Rust

O’Connor-Malkin-Tomasino

Bunting-Lizotte-Beauvillier

Nieto-Acciari-Hayes

Pettersson-Karlsson

Grzelcyk-Letang

Pickering-Shea

Jarry

Nedeljkovic

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Aleksander Barkov has six goals and 18 assists for the Panthers. Matthew Tkachuk has one goal and eight assists over the past ten games.

Pittsburgh Penguins

 Evgeni Malkin has five goals and 17 assists for the Penguins. Bryan Rust has four goals and three assists over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

G Sergei Bobrovsky – Day to day

Pittsburgh Penguins

C Cody Glass – IR – Out indefinitely

Next Game

Florida Panthers – December 5 at Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Penguins – December 6 at New York Rangers

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