Florida Panthers: Lines, Updates, Preview for Dec. 20 Game vs. St. Louis Blues
THE NEWS
Sam Bennett is a game-time decision with an illness. He was held out of the team’s optional morning skate this morning but is trending in the right direction, per coach Paul Maurice.
Jesper Boqvist is day-to-day with an injury sustained in the third period of Wednesday night’s game in Minnesota.
Sergei Bobrovsky will start in goal for the Panthers against the Blues tonight.
Today’s game will air at 7:00 p.m. EST and will be broadcasted on Scripps Sports. It is available for streaming on Panthers+ for those in Florida’s broadcast territory.
For more information on how to catch Panthers games this season, visit nhl.com/panthers/info/how-to-watch.
PANTHERS PROJECTED LINEUP
Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues — Sam Bennett (GTD)— Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Nate Schmidt — Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Adam Boqvist
Injured: Jesper Boqvist (GTD)
ST. LOUIS BLUES PROJECTED LINEUP
Jake Neighbours —Robert Thomas — Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad — Nathan Walker — Alexey Toropchenko
Alexandre Texier — Mathieu Joseph — Zack Bolduc
Cam Fowler — Colton Parayko
Ryan Suter — Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker — Scott Perunovich
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
(Lines via DailyFaceoff.com)
*Opposing team lines subject to change.