Inside the Rink Game Day Preview
Vegas Golden Knights (3-2-0, 6 Pts) at Florida Panthers (3-2-1, 7 Pts)
Date: Saturday, October 19
Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
Time: 6:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+
Radio: Fox Sports 98.9FM, 560 Sports WQAM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Vegas Golden Knights: +1.5 ML -112
Florida Panthers: -1.5 ML -108
O/U 6
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Vegas Golden Knights Notes:
Vegas started the season 3-0-0 with wins over the Avalanche, Blues, and Ducks. Since then, they have lost on the road twice. The Golden Knights were defeated by the Capitals 4-2 and by the Lightning 4-3.
Florida Panthers Notes:
Florida opened the year with a win over the Bruins, before losing two on the road. The Panthers would rebound, beating the Bruins again and then Columbus. Last time out, Florida fell in overtime to the Canucks.
Vegas Golden Knights Lineup:
Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Pearson-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Brisson-Schwindt-Holtz
Howden-Roy-Kolesar
Theodore-Pietrangelo
Hanifin-Hague
McNabb-Whitecloud
Samsonov
Hill
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Florida Panthers Lineup:
Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Rodrigues
Greer-J. Boqvist-Samoskevich
Vacant-Giles-Balinskis
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Kulikov
A. Boqvist-Schmidt
Bobrovsky
Knight
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Players To Watch:
Vegas Golden Knights:
Jack Eichel is joined by Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone to once again lead the top line for the Golden Knights. Eichel was second on the team in points last year, registering 31 goals and 37 assists.
Florida Panthers:
Sam Reinhart comes back to lead the first line. Last year he led the team with 57 goals while adding 37 assists, good for 94 total points. Reinhart has been off to a fast start this year, with four goals and five assists on the season. Reinhart has a goal on the power play and two shorthanded.
Injury Report:
Vegas Golden Knights: William Karlsson (Undisclosed – IR), Victor Olofsson (Lower Body)
Florida Panthers: Tomas Nosek (Undisclosed), Matthew Tkachuk (Illness), Aleksander Barkov (Lower Body), Jonah Gadjovich (Undisclosed)
Next Game:
Vegas Golden Knights: October 22 vs Los Angeles at 8 pm EST.
Florida Panthers: October 22 vs Minnesota at 6:30 pm EST.
