Tuesday: Pittsburgh Penguins, 7:00 p.m.
The Panthers will make a one-game pit stop in Sunrise to host the Penguins (6-3-0) at BB&T Center on Tuesday. Pittsburgh currently sits in second place in the Metropolitan Division, but saw its five-game winning streak snapped in a 3-0 loss to Vegas on Saturday. Armed with a dangerous offense, the Penguins have scored seven goals in three of nine contests so far this season and currently boast the league's seventh-ranked offense (3.56 goals per game). Missing both Evgeni Malkin and Nick Bjugstad due to long-term injuries, Sidney Crosby leads the team in assists (8) and points (12), while Jake Guentzel paces the club in goals (5). For the Panthers, look for Brett Connolly to potentially light the lamp in this one. The 27-year-old winger has been on fire as of late, scoring four goals over his last three games. Thanks in large part to that recent surge, he currently ranks tied for second on the team in goals (4) and tied for third in points (7).
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Radio:560 WQAM (Dade/Broward); 640 WMEN (Palm Beach); 100.3 WCTH (Florida Keys); 1370 WAXE (Treasure Coast)
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Thursday: at Calgary Flames, 9:00 p.m.
The first of three straight games they'll play north of the border, the Panthers will kick off a four-game road trip when they visit the Flames (5-4-1) at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday. Calgary has won three of its last four games and enters the week on the heels of a 2-1 win in Anaheim on Sunday. Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk are currently tied for the team-lead in scoring with eight points apiece, while Elias Lindholm has found the back of the net a team-best five times, including three goals in his last five games. Although the Flames own the fifth-best penalty kill in the league at the moment with an 87.5 percent success rate, there's a good chance Mike Hoffman does some damage on the power play for the Panthers in this matchup. The 29-year-old winger leads the team with five goals - including two on the power play - and is tied for the most points with eight. In 2018-19, he scored a career-high 17 goals with the man advantage, which was tied for fourth-most in the league. In his career against Calgary, Hoffman has registered nine points (four goals, five assists) in 11 games.
TV: FSF
Radio: 560 WQAM (Dade/Broward); 640 WMEN (Palm Beach); 100.3 WCTH (Florida Keys); 1370 WAXE (Treasure Coast)
Sunday: at Edmonton Oilers, 4:00 p.m.
The Panthers will close out the week with a tough matchup against the red-hot Oilers (7-1-1) at Rogers Place on Sunday. Edmonton enters the week sitting atop the Pacific Division, suffering only their second defeat of the season in a 1-0 shootout loss in Winnipeg on Sunday. The said, they still own a perfect 4-0-0 record on home ice thus far. Connor McDavid is currently tied for second in the league in scoring with a team-leading 17 points, while Leon Draisaitl ranks just behind him in third place with 16 points. James Neal is tied for the most goals in the league with nine, including a four-goal performance on Long Island on Oct. 8. Led by those three players, the Oilers boast the top power-play in the league with a 38.5 percent success rate. In what is shaping up to be a good special teams battle, Florida will attempt to stifle that strong man advantage with their seventh-ranked penalty kill (86.4 percent). Noel Acciari has been one of the team's premier penalty killers this season, blocking five shots over a team-high 21:32 of ice time while shorthanded.
TV: FSF
Radio: 560 WQAM (Dade/Broward); 640 WMEN (Palm Beach); 100.3 WCTH (Florida Keys); 1370 WAXE (Treasure Coast)
