NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 2/2/2025

Aleksander Barkov skating for the Florida Panthers
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New York Islanders at Florida Panthers
Venue: Amerant Bank Arena
Date: Today – Sunday, February 2
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+ / TVAS / MSGSN / SCRIPPS
Radio:
New York
Florida – 560 AM WQAM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
New York
+1.5 ML -122
Florida -1.5 ML +102
O/U 5.5

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New York Islanders News & Notes:

Don’t look now, the Islanders have won 6 games in a row and are charging back up the Metropolitian Division standings. They’re currently four points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for a Wild Card position as well.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

Florida has a one point lead on the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Atlantic Division, with the standings being a tight race, Florida needs to capitalize against teams they should defeat.

New York Islanders Projected Lines

Lee-Horvat-Barzal
Duclair-Nelson-Palmieri
Cizikis-Pageau-Holmstrom
Tsyplakov-MacLean-Gatcomb

Romanov-DeAngelo
Pelech-Perunovich
George-Mayfield

Sorokin
Skarek

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines

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

Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Kulikov
Balinskis-Schmidt

Bobrovsky
Knight

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Players To Watch:

New York Islanders

Brock Nelson has been in trade rumors this season, with the recent uptick in the Islanders standings; could he stay put? Nelson has 15 goals and 32 points this season for the Islanders.

Florida Panthers

Sam Reinhart leads the Panthers in goals(30) and points(57). A.J. Greer leads the team in PIMs this season with 78 and remains a physical presence on the ice.

Injury Report:

New York Islanders

Mike Reilly – IR
Semyon Varlamov – IR
Noah Dobson – IR
Ryan Pulock – IR
Marcus Hogberg – IR

Florida Panthers

LW Jonah Gadjovich – Day to day

Next Game

New York Islanders – February 4 at Vegas Golden Knights
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