Graphix: Todd Little & Francisco Oporta
The Florida Panthers (28=20-3) will go for the season-series sweep and look to extend its winning streak to four when they host the Utah Mammoth (27-21-4) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena.
Florida is back in Broward after beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game road trip with a perfect record. Tobias Björnfot produced the first multi-goal game of his career, Mackie Samoskevich ended a long scoring drought, Carter Verhaeghe notched a beauty and Sam Reinhart found the empty net for the Cats, who are currently four points bout of a playoff spot. Daniil Tarasov stopped 19 of 20 shots to post his fourth win in a row.
The Mammoth, who will conclude a three-game road trip, were shut out 2-0 by Tampa Bay Lightning last night at Benchmark International Arena. Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 shots, but Utah’s offense couldn’t solve Andrei Vasilevskiy, bringing their five-game winning streak to an unceremonious end. Captain Clayton Keller leads the Mammoth in assists (34) and in scoring with 50 points. Utah currently holds the first wild card in the Western Conference.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps, Utah16
- ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #TusksUp, #UTAvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: KSL Sports
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 2 (1-0)
- LAST MEETING: FLA 4, @UTA 3 – (Recap) 12/10/2025
- NEXT MEETING: Stanley Cup Final or 2026-27 regula season
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (20-14-1 .875 / 3.08 3SO) Utah: Vanecek (2-9-2 .883 / 2.92 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Utah
Wednesday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- Nashville (24-23-4 52P) at BOSTON (30-23-3 63P) 7 p.m.
- BUFFALO (29-17-5 63P) at TORONTO (24-19-9 57P) 7 p.m.
- Vegas (25-4-12 62P) at MONTREAL (28-17-7 P) 7 p.m.
- Los Angeles (21-16-13 55P) at DETROIT (32-16-5 69P) 7 p.m.
Idle: TBL (70P), OTT (55P)
