Graphix: Todd Little & Francisco Oporta
The Florida Panthers (14-12-2) will make its second-ever trip to the Beehive State to face the Utah Mammoth (14-14-3) at Delta Center tonight to open a four-game road trip that carries a high degree of difficulty.
Florida won in two different fashions over the weekend to finish off a rough six-game homestand (2-3-1) on a positive note. After beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-6 in overtime on Saturday, the Cats got back to basics to defeat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Sunday. Uvis Balinskis scored his first of the season and red-hot Carter Verhaeghe, Seth Jones and Sam Reinhart also lit the lamp for the Panthers. Daniil Tarasov made 20 saves to collect his third win in a Florida kit.
After snapping a four-game losing streak with impressive victories over Anaheim (7-0) and Vancouver (4-1), the Mammoth got blanked 2-0 in Calgary on Saturday and fell 4-2 to the Los Angeles to open a three-game homestand on Monday. Utah was without leading goal-scorer Logan Cooley in both losses after he crashed into the net in the win over the Canucks. Leading point-getter Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist and Dylan Guenther also lit the lamp in the loss to the Kings.
- WHEN: 9 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Delta Center – Salt Lake City, UT
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps, Utah16
- ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #TusksUp, #FLAvsUTA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: KSL Sports
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 2
- LAST MEETING: @FLA 2, UTA 1 (OT) – (Recap) 3/28/2025
- NEXT MEETING: January 27, 2026
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (11-8-1 .881 / 2.98 2SO) Utah: Vejmelka (12-8-2 .895 / 2.66 1SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Utah
Wednesday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- DETROIT (16-11-3 35P) at Calgary (12-15-4 28P) 8:30 p.m.
Idle: TBL (36P), BOS (36P), MON (33P), TOR (32P), OTT (30P), BUF (28P)
