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Detroit Red Wings (30-37-10, fifth in the Atlantic) vs. Florida Panthers (55-15-6, first in the Atlantic)
Sunrise, Florida; today (Thursday), 6 p.m.
BOTTOM LINE: Florida heads into a matchup against Detroit as winners of 11 straight games.
The Panthers are 16-2-2 against Atlantic opponents. Florida averages 9.5 penalty minutes per game, the fifth-most in the Eastern Conference. Radko Gudas leads the team serving 99 total minutes.
The Red Wings are 8-13-3 against Atlantic teams. Detroit averages 9.1 penalty minutes per game, the eighth-most in the Eastern Conference. Givani Smith leads the team serving 108 total minutes.
In their last meeting on April 17, Florida won 6-1. Anton Lundell scored two goals for the Panthers.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Huberdeau leads the Panthers with 111 points, scoring 30 goals and adding 81 assists. Aleksander Barkov has 19 points over the last 10 games for Florida.
Moritz Seider leads the Red Wings with 42 total assists and has 48 points. Jakub Vrana has five goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Detroit.
LAST 10 GAMES: The Panthers are a perfect 10-0-0, averaging 4.9 goals, 8.2 assists, 3.7 penalties and 8.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.5 goals per game with a .915 save percentage.
Red Wings are 4-5-1, averaging 2.5 goals, 3.8 assists, 3.9 penalties and 8.6 penalty minutes while allowing 3.1 goals per game with a .917 save percentage.
INJURIES: Panthers Jonas Johansson (Covid-19) and Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed) have both been ruled out.
For the Red Wings, Oskar Sundqvist is day to day (illness), while team captain Dylan Larkin is out for season (core). Alex Nedeljkovic (illness) and Givani Smith (undisclosed) will also miss tonight's game.