The Florida Panthers (27-13-4) host the Minnesota Wild (18-21-5) at Amerant Bank Arena on Friday, January 19 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+, BSFL, BSN, and BSWI. The Panthers have lost three straight games.
Panthers vs. Wild Game Info
- Game Day: Friday, January 19, 2024
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV: Bally Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Panthers and Wild Stats, Key Players, and Injuries
Panthers Insights
- The Panthers rank 16th in the NHL with 138 goals scored (3.1 per game).
- Defensively, the Panthers have been one of the stingiest squads in NHL action, giving up 113 total goals (2.6 per game) to rank fourth.
- Their goal differential (+25) makes them fifth-best in the league.
- The 33 power-play goals the Panthers have scored this season (on 145 power-play chances) are the 10th-most in the NHL.
- The Panthers have the league’s 13th-ranked power-play conversion rate (22.76%).
- The four shorthanded goals the Panthers have scored this season rank 13th among NHL teams.
- The Panthers kill 84.4% of opponent power plays, the fifth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.
- The Panthers have the eighth-best faceoff win percentage in the NHL, at 51.5%.
- The Panthers shoot 9.2% as a team (26th in the league).
- The Panthers have earned two shutouts this season. Their skaters average 18.8 hits and 12.7 blocked shots per game.
Panthers Key Players
- With 33 goals and 23 assists this season, Sam Reinhart is one of Florida’s leading contributors (56 points).
- Having scored 11 goals and adding 35 assists, Aleksander Barkov Jr. is excelling for Florida through 40 games.
- Through 44 games, Carter Verhaeghe has proven himself as another option for Florida. He has 43 points (23 goals and 20 assists).
- As Florida’s top goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky has recorded 21 wins and 10 losses this season while allowing 80 goals with 814 saves.
Panthers Injuries
Aleksander Barkov Jr.: Lower Body (Questionable),
Nick Cousins: Concussion Protocol (Out)
Wild Insights
- With 126 goals (2.9 per game), the Wild have the NHL’s 25th-ranked offense.
- The Wild have given up 149 total goals this season (3.4 per game), 25th in the league.
- Their -23 goal differential is 27th in the league.
- With 27 power-play goals (on 146 chances), the Wild are 18th in the NHL.
- The Wild have the NHL’s 20th-ranked power-play percentage (18.49).
- The Wild have three shorthanded goals (18th in NHL).
- The Wild’s have the 32nd-ranked penalty kill percentage (71.33%).
- The Wild win 46.2% of faceoffs, 30th-ranked in the NHL.
- The Wild’s 9.4% shooting percentage is 24th in the league.
- This season, the Wild have shut out their opponents three times.
Wild Key Players
- Kirill Kaprizov’s 13 goals and 23 assists in 37 games for Minnesota add up to 36 total points on the season.
- Mats Zuccarello has amassed 33 points this season, with seven goals and 26 assists.
- Joel Eriksson Ek has 31 points so far, including 18 goals and 13 assists.
- Filip Gustavsson has an .893 save percentage (55th in the league), with 618 total saves, giving up 74 goals (3.3 goals against average). He has put together a 10-11-2 record this season.
Wild Injuries
Sam Hentges: Undisclosed (Out),
Vinni Lettieri: Lower Body (Out),
Jared Spurgeon: Undisclosed (Out)
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