Florida Panthers (4-3-1, sixth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Detroit Red Wings (6-3-1, second in the Atlantic Division)
Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers visit the Detroit Red Wings after the Red Wings knocked off the New York Islanders 4-3 in overtime.
Detroit went 35-37-10 overall and 9-14-3 in division games a season ago. The Red Wings scored 237 goals while allowing 275 last season for a -38 goal differential.
Florida had a 42-32-8 record overall and went 25-10-3 in Atlantic Division play last season. The Panthers scored 3.5 goals per game last season while allowing 3.3 per game.
INJURIES: Red Wings: Robby Fabbri: out (lower body), Matt Luff: out (upper body).
Panthers: Sam Bennett: day to day (lower body), Aaron Ekblad: out (shoulder), Brandon Montour: out (shoulder).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
