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Vegas Golden Knights vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, January 16, 2027 · Amerant Bank Arena

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SCRIPPS

Game preview

The Vegas Golden Knights visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday, January 16, 2027, with puck drop at 6:00 PM ET. The game is on SCRIPPS.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Golden Knights

Game 3 of a road trip: Washington and Tampa Bay, now Florida.

  1. 62027-01-06: no game
  2. 72027-01-07: vs MIN
  3. 82027-01-08: no game
  4. 92027-01-09: vs SEA
  5. 102027-01-10: no game
  6. 112027-01-11: no game
  7. 122027-01-12: at WSH
  8. 132027-01-13: no game
  9. 142027-01-14: at TBL
  10. 152027-01-15: no game
  11. 162027-01-16: at FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~179 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,084 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+3 h
body clock vs home

Panthers

First home game after a 5-game road trip (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Seattle and Minnesota).

  1. 62027-01-06: no game
  2. 72027-01-07: at EDM
  3. 82027-01-08: no game
  4. 92027-01-09: at VAN
  5. 102027-01-10: no game
  6. 112027-01-11: no game
  7. 122027-01-12: at SEA
  8. 132027-01-13: no game
  9. 142027-01-14: at MIN
  10. 152027-01-15: no game
  11. 162027-01-16: vs VGK
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~1,479 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~6,147 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Does a long trip matter? Not much. Teams home for the first time after five or more road games have won 53% since 2016–17 (244-175-43), about the same as any home team (54%).

Lines from last game

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden KnightsTue, Oct 13 at NSH
  1. L1Barbashev#49Eichel#9Stone#61
    12:11 together at 5v5
  2. L2Connelly#24Hertl#48Lavoie#36
    10:54 together at 5v5
  3. L3Karlsson#71Howden#21Marner#93
    9:41 together at 5v5
  4. L4Dowd#26Gatcomb#17Bowman#42
    9:00 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewAndersson#4Lauzon#5
    15:51 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewHanifin#15Coghlan#52
    15:11 together at 5v5
  3. D3McNabb#3Theodore#27
    14:43 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Connelly LHertl CEichel CStone RMarner R1:49
  2. 2Barbashev LKarlsson CBowman RTheodore DAndersson D1:49

Penalty kill

  1. 1Dowd CKarlsson CMcNabb DTheodore D1:39
  2. 2Eichel CStone RHanifin DLauzon D1:25
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

VGKFLA

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

VGK 77% (2nd most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

VGK 1:30 left (5th latest · 17 pulls)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

VGK 47.9s (12th shortest)FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

VGK 26% (5th least often)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series