Florida Panthers: Lines, Updates, Preview for Eastern Conference Final, Game 4 vs. Carolina Hurricanes
The Panthers will attempt to sweep the Hurricanes with two more lineup changes as Niko Mikkola and A.J Greer will miss Game 4 due to injury
As the Panthers look to sweep the Hurricanes and make a third straight Stanley Cup Final, they’ll have to do it with two more regulars out of the lineup.
While Sam Reinhart misses his second straight game with his lower body injury and remains day-to-day, A.J Greer and Niko Mikkola will also check out of the lineup after they both left the third period of Game 3.
"The determination is, the three guys that I'm playing – obviously Boqvist is already in – but those guys would perform better than those three men would tonight," Maurice said.
Balinskis hasn’t played since Game 1 against Toronto, when he scored in the third period of that game. Nico Sturm hasn’t played since Game 2 against the Leafs.
Though the Panthers are up 3-0 and in a commanding position, their experience tells them that nothing is finished until that fourth win is on the board.
"We need one more," Matthew Tkachuk said, "and it’s the hardest one to win.”
THE NEWS
Sergei Bobrovsky will start in net for the Panthers tonight.
Tonight’s game will start at 8:00 p.m. EST and will be broadcasted nationally on TNT and TruTV and can be streamed on Max.
Catch the Florida Panthers pre-game show on Scripps Sports with Jessica Blaylock, Ed Jovanovski, Randy Moller and Katie Engleson 30 minutes before puck drop.
For more information on how to find Scripps Sports, visit nhl.com/panthers/info/how-to-watch.
FLORIDA PANTHERS PROJECTED LINEUP
Evan Rodrigues — Aleksander Barkov — Jesper Boqvist
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Nico Sturm — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Dimitry Kulikov — Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt — Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Jaycob Megna, Mackie Samoskevich, A.J Greer, Niko Mikkola
Injured: Sam Reinhart (day-to-day, lower-body), A.J Greer (day-to-day, unknown), Niko Mikkola (day-to-day, unknown)
CAROLINA HURRICANES PROJECTED LINEUP
Taylor Hall — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Jackson Blake
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Logan Stankoven
Eric Robinson — Mark Jankowksi — William Carrier
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Alexander Nikishin
Shayne Gostisbehere — Scott Morrow
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injured: Jesper Fast (IR), Sean Walker (DTD), Jalen Chatfield (DTD)
Hurricanes Lines Courtesy of DailyFaceOff.com
*Opposing team lines subject to change.