NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 1/26/2025

Florida Panthers (29-18-3, 61 Pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (30-15-4, 64 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Sunday, January 26
Time: 8:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/SCRIPPS/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Florida– 560 AM WQAM
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

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

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers are coming off a 7-2 win over the San Jose Sharks last night. They have now won three of their last four and are now 6-5-1 in January and trail the Toronto Maple Leafs by one point for first place in the Atlantic Division. Florida is averaging 2.92 goals per game while allowing 2.42 goals per game in January.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights dropped their last game 4-3 to the Dallas Stars on Friday night. They’ve also slid to second place in the Pacific Division trailing Edmonton by one point. Vegas is 5-6-1 this month while scoring an average of three goals a game while also allowing an average of three goals per game.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines

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

Forsling-E
Mikkola-Kulikov
Schmidt-Balinskis

Knight
Bobrovsky

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Olofsson-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Brisson-Roy-Kolesar
Pearson-Howden-Laczynski

Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hague-Whitecloud

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Sam Reinhart this season has 53 points on 29 goals and 24 assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights 13 times in his career recording 13 points on seven goals and six assists; in the previous matchup this season he had three points on a goal and two assists.

Vegas Golden Knights

Tanner Pearson this season has 18 points on eight goals and ten assists. He’s faced the Panthers 17 times in his career recording 12 points on four goals and eight assists; in the matchup earlier this season he had two points on a goal and an assist.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

F Jonah Gadjovich – DTD

Vegas Golden Knights

F William Karlsson – Out
F Cole Schwindt – Out

Next Game:

Florida – January 29 vs Los Angeles Kings
Vegas – January 24 at Dallas Stars

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