Graphic design: Francisco Oporta & Todd Little
The Florida Panthers (12-11-1) will continue their six-game homestand when they play the first of four against the Toronto Maple Leafs (11-11-3) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in a clash between two struggling 25-point teams that currently reside at the bottom of the Atlantic Division.
Florida blew a two-goal lead for the second-straight game in Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames. Quick strikes from Evan Rodrigues and Sam Bennett had the Cats sitting pretty 2:58 into the game. The visiting Flames would reel off the next four goals before Brad Marchand pulled one back with 8:06 remaining in the third. That would be close as the Panthers would get before Joel Farabee’s empty-netter clinched it with 63 seconds left on the clock. Forward Jack Studnicka was recalled from Charlotte yesterday and could make his Cats debut.
Former Panther Oliver Ekman-Larsson extended his career-best point streak to nine games with a goal and two assists in Toronto’s 7-2 rout of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. Easton Cowan, Bobby McMann, Dakota Joshua, Nicolas Roy, Auston Matthews and Nick Robertson also scored for the Buds, who won for just the third time in ten games. After playing the Panthers, the Maple Leafs will conclude a six-game road trip against the Carolina Hurricanes.
- WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: ESPN+, Hulu
- ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #LeafsForever, #TORvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: PPP Leafs
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 1 of 4
- LAST MEETING: @FLA 3, TOR 1 (Recap) – 4/8/2025
- NEXT MEETING: January 6, 2026
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (10-7-0 .882 / 2.88 2SO) Toronto: Woll (2-3-1 .919 / 2.80 1SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Toronto
Tuesday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- OTTAWA (12-9-4 28P) at MONTREAL (13-8-3 29P) 7 p.m.
- BOSTON (15-12-0 30P) at DETROIT (13-11-2 28P) 7 p.m.
- TAMPA BAY (16-7-2 34P) at New York Islanders (13-10-3 29P) 7 p.m.
Idle: BUF (26P)
