Gameday 20: Florida Panthers vs Detroit Red Wings -

Image: Todd Little

The Florida Panthers (10-7-2 22P) are back in Sunrise for a home one-off against the Detroit Red Wings (7-9-3 15P) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena before they hit the road yet again for a weekend back-to-back in St. Louis and Dallas.

A brace from Sam Bennett and a standout 37-save performance from Jacob Markström helped Florida dispatch the Columbus Blue Jackets by a 4-1 count at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. Lars Eller also solved Cam Talbot and Sam Reinhart scored into an empty net to take sole possession of second place in franchise history with his 199th goal as a member of the Panthers. Anton Lundell and Aaron Ekblad each had two assists and leading scorer Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe Eetu Luostarinen and Seth Jones had one.

The Red Wings have dropped four-straight since beating the Cats on November 2. Detroit’s latest lost occurred on Tuesday when they were nipped 3-2 by the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center. Andrew Copp opened the scoring and Moritz Seider notched his first of the season. Veteran John Gibson got the start and stopped 30 of 33 shots faced.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ET
WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
ON THE TUBE: ESPN+, Hulu, Disney+
ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
SOCIALS: #FlaPanthers, #LGRW, #DETvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
ENEMY INTEL: Winging It In Motown
FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 4 (0-1)
LAST MEETING: DET 5, @FLA 3 (Recap) – 11/2/26
NEXT MEETING: December 12, 2026
PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Schmid (5-3-1 .886 / 3.00 0SO) Detroit: Gibson (4-6-1 .866 / 3.43 0SO)
PLAYER STATS: Florida / Detroit