NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations 3/28/2025

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Utah Hockey Club (32-29-11, 75 Pts) at Florida Panthers (43-25-3, 89 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Tonight – Friday, March 28
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: SCRIPPS, ESPN+, Utah16
Radio:
Utah – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Florida – 560 AM WQAM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Utah
+1.5 ML +195
Florida -1.5 ML -238
O/U 5.5

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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:

The Hockey Club has lost their last two games by a combined score of 13-1. Utah is 17-15-4 on the road this season. The Hockey Club has the 14th-ranked power play in the NHL.

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers have won two of their last three games after a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in a shootout on Sunday. Florida is 22-10-2 at home this season. The Panthers defeated the Utah Hockey Club 4-1 in their previous matchup.

Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines

Keller-Cooley-Schmaltz
Kerfoot-Hayton-Guenther
Crouse-McBain-Doan
Carcone-Stenlund-Bjugstad

Sergachev-Marino
Cole-Durzi
Maatta-Kesselring

Vejmelka
Stauber

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Florida Panthers Projected Lines

Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart
Samoskevich-Bennett-Marchand
Luostarinen-Lundell-J. Boqvist
Rodrigues-Sturm-Greer

Forsling-Jones
Mikkola-Balinskis
Schmidt-Bjornfot

Bobrovsky
Knight

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Players To Watch:

Utah Hockey Club

Clayton Keller has registered 24 goals and 54 assists for Utah. Dylan Guenther has chipped in with 26 goals, 12 on the power play.

Florida Panthers

Former Boston Bruins Captain Brad Marchand makes his debut with the Panthers tonight. Sam Reinhart has 35 goals and 40 assists for the Panthers. Aleksander Barkov leads the team with 44 assists.

Injury Report:

Utah Hockey Club

Robert Bortuzzo – IR   
Connor Ingram – Out Indefinitely (NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program)
Liam O’Brien – Out

Florida Panthers

RW Matthew Tkachuk – Week to week
D Aaron Ekblad – Suspension
D Dmitry Kulikov – Week to week

Next Game

Utah Hockey Club – March 30 at Chicago Blackhawks
Florida Panthers – March 30 vs Montreal Canadiens

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