Florida Panthers home for holiday break week, CBS Miami’s Steve Goldstein

Sunrise – After successful two of their a few West Coast video games, the Florida Panthers are household for Thanksgiving.

It is a busy plan with game titles every single other working day, including a huge matchup with Boston on Wednesday night time. The Panthers removed the Bruins in a historic upset in the 1st spherical of the playoffs past period. But they may possibly have to perform the week devoid of their very best participant, which will power some line juggling and a require for players to arrive up with huge performances.

Barkov Banged Up
The Panthers’ captain was obtaining just one of his most effective begins to a season in his profession. But a knee-on-knee strike from Anaheim defenseman Jackson Lacombe forced Aleksander Barkov out of the video game on Friday. The fantastic information is that it just isn’t an overly significant injuries and Barkov is day to working day. With no him, Anton Lundell, who had his ideal sport of the year in that same video game, will acquire the area as prime-line centre. With Barkov, the Panthers are sound up the middle with gamers slotting in superior positions. With out him, gamers like Lundell and Sam Bennett want to participate in their greatest hockey of the season.

Again On D
Ironically ample, on the same night that Barkov went out, the Panthers’ blue line was bolstered with the year debuts of Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour. Equally demanded intensive rehab following final season’s playoff run. Each fairly much picked up where they had remaining off participating in large minutes and wanting superior in their first video games of the season.

Stolarz Good
The Panthers have experienced a very good record above the previous handful of several years with backup goaltenders. From the flashes of potent perform from Spencer Knight to Chris Driedger and Alex Lyon, there have been many significant wins. Anthony Stolarz now groups with Sergei Bobrovsky, and he continued the craze. Stolarz earned both equally wins on the California road trip and was outstanding final video game from the Ducks, coming up with 34 saves in a 2-1 victory.

Retain The Wins Coming
Because dropping the to start with two online games of the year, the Panthers have ripped an 11-3-1 run for the past 15 video games.

Residence Cookin’
They have been wonderful at dwelling profitable six of their initially 7 online games. This week will be a check as Connor McDavid arrives to town with Edmonton, a fight with the generally-hard Bruins, and then the evening soon after Thanksgiving against the sound Jets which handed the Panthers one of their number of regulation losses back in recreation two of the time. And no, that just isn’t an error. The Panthers engage in the Winnipeg Jets on the similar day the Dolphins play the New York Jets.