NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 1/25/2025

Florida Panthers (28-18-3, 55 Pts) at San Jose Sharks (14-31-6, 34 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Saturday, January 25
Time: 10:00 ET
TV: ESPN+/SCRIPPS/ NBCSCA
Radio:
Florida– 560 AM WQAM
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Florida -1.5 ML -258
San Jose: +1.5 ML +210
O/U 6.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers had their two-game win streak snapped on Wednesday in a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. The Panthers are now 5-5-1 in January, they are averaging 2.54 goals per game while allowing 2.45 goals per game. They are still holding the second spot in the Atlantic Division and trail the Toronto Maple Leafs by three points.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks suffered their fifth straight loss and their 16th in their last 19 games in a 6-5 loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday. The goaltending has been a problem for the Sharks as they’ve allowed 3.89 goals per game in their last 19 games. The offense has been there as they’ve averaged 2.32 goals per game. Out of the last 19 games, ten of them have been one-goal games either in favor or against the Sharks.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines

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

Forsling-Kulikov
Mikkola-Schmidt
Bjornfot-Balinskis

Bobrovsky
Knight

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Zetterlund-Granlund-Smith
Eklund-Celebrini-Toffoli
Kovalenko-Wennberg-Duehr
Goodrow-Kunin-Dellandrea

Walman-Ceci
Liljegren-Ferraro
Thrun-Rutta

Askarov
Georgiev

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Matthew Tkachuk this season has 41 points on 14 goals and 27 assists. He’s faced the Sharks 23 times in his career recording 29 points on nine goals and 20 assists; in the previous matchup this season he scored two goals.

San Jose Sharks

Jake Walman this season has 27 points on six goals and 21 assists. He’s faced the Panthers nine times in his career recording three points on a goal and two assists; in the previous meeting, he had an assist.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

D Aaron Ekblad – DTD
LW Jonah Gadjovich – DTD

San Jose Sharks

C Logan Couture – LTIR
G Vitek Vanecek – IR
F Klim Kostin – IR
F Nico Sturm – IR

Next Game:

Florida – January 26 at Vegas Golden Knights
San Jose – January 27 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

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