Graphic design: Francisco Oporta & Todd Little
The Florida Panthers (31-29-3) will finish off a home and home againts the third-place Detroit Red Wings (36-21-7) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise.
Matthew Tkachuk scored all the goals in Florida’s 3-1 win over Detroit in Motown on Friday to help his club halt a four-game losing streak. It was the sixth hat trick of Tkachuk’s career and his fourth since joining the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots and Carter Verhaeghe, Brad Marchard and Sam Reinhart contributed assists.
The Red Wings shrugged off the loss to the Panthers by opening a four-game road trip with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. Moritz Seider scored a goal and had two assists and James van Riemsdyk and Dominik Shine also lit the lamp. It was the first NHL goal of Shine’s career. John Gibson and Cam Talbot combined on the 31-save shutout.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps, FDSNDET
- ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 West Palm (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #LGRW, #DETvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Winging It In Motown
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 3 of 4 (1-1)
- LAST MEETING: FLA 3, @DET 1 (Recap) – 3/6/2026
- NEXT MEETING: April 15, 2026
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Tarasov (8-10-2 .902 / 2.81 0SO) Detroit: Gibson (24-13-2 .906 / 2.57 4SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Detroit
Tuesday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- Los Angeles (26-23-14 66P) at BOSTON (35-22-6 76P) 7 p.m.
- San Jose (30-25-6 66P) at BUFFALO (39-19-6 84P) 7 p.m.
- TORONTO (27-26-11 65P) at MONTREAL (34-18-10 78P) 7 p.m.
- Columbus (32-21-10 74P) at TAMPA BAY (39-19-4 82P) 7 p.m.
Idle: OTT (73P)
