NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Vancouver Canucks with Line Combinations 12/12/2024

Jake DeBrusk #74 skating for the Vancouver Canucks
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Florida Panthers (18-9-2, 38 pts) at Vancouver Canucks (14-8-5, 33 pts)

Venue: Rogers Arena

Date: Thursday, December 12

Time: 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN + / SCRI / Sportsnet

Radio: 

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

Vancouver Canucks – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Florida Panthers -1.5 ML -150

Vancouver Canucks +1.5 ML +130

O/U 5.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes: 

The Panthers have won three straight as they travel to Vancouver to meet the Canucks. Florida is 9-4-1 on the road this season and is third in the league in goals with 108. The Panthers are 4-0-1 in their last five games and are 6-3-1 in their last ten. 

Vancouver Canucks News & Notes: 

The Canucks are coming off a tough overtime loss to St. Louis in Thatcher Demko’s return to the goal. Demko was rusty in his return, with 21 saves on 25 shots for an .840 SV%. Vancouver has lost two in a row and three of their last four games. The Canucks will try to get back on track against a Florida team they beat 3-2 in OT in their previous meeting. 

Florida Panthers Projected Lines: 

Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart

J. Boqvist-Bennett-Tkachuk

Luostarinen-Lundell-Rodrigues

Greer-Nosek-Samoskevich

Forsling-Ekblad

Mikkola-Kulikov

Balinskis-Schmidt

Bobrovsky

Knight

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Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-Pettersson-Boeser

Joshua-Suter-Garland

Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood

Hoglander-Sasson-Raty

Hughes-Myers

Soucy-Juulsen

Forbort-Friedman

Demko

Lankinen

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Aleksander Barkov has goals in three straight games and points in seven straight games to pace the Florida attack. The 29-year-old pivot had the tying goal and then scored in the shootout to help lead the Panthers to a victory over the Kraken in Seattle on Tuesday night. Barkov is third on the Panthers in scoring with 29 points (9g, 20a) in 21 games, behind Sam Reinhart (39 points), and Matthew Tkachuk (30 points). 

Vancouver Canucks 

Jake DeBrusk has goals in seven of his last nine games. Over that span, DeBrusk has ten goals and two helpers to lead the Vancouver attack along with Quinn Hughes. Hughes should be the front-runner for the Norris Trophy with 32 points in 27 games. He is the engine that makes the Canucks go. 

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

LW Jonah Gadjovich – OUT

Vancouver Canucks

D Filip Hronek – IR

C J.T. Miller – Indefinite Leave of Absence

D Derek Forbort – Game Time Decision

Next game:

Florida Panthers – December 14 at Edmonton Oilers

Vancouver Canucks – December 14 vs. St. Louis Blues

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