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New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, February 18, 2027 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Game preview

The New Jersey Devils visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday, February 18, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on MSGSN and SCRIPPS.

This is the first of 3 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Devils

Game 7 of a road trip: Edmonton, Calgary, Seattle, Vancouver, Philadelphia and Nashville, now Florida.

  1. 82027-02-08: no game
  2. 92027-02-09: no game
  3. 102027-02-10: no game
  4. 112027-02-11: no game
  5. 122027-02-12: no game
  6. 132027-02-13: at PHI
  7. 142027-02-14: no game
  8. 152027-02-15: no game
  9. 162027-02-16: at NSH
  10. 172027-02-17: no game
  11. 182027-02-18: at FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~789 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~6,626 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Panthers

Back home after a game in Tampa Bay.

  1. 82027-02-08: no game
  2. 92027-02-09: no game
  3. 102027-02-10: no game
  4. 112027-02-11: no game
  5. 122027-02-12: vs COL
  6. 132027-02-13: vs DAL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 142027-02-14: no game
  8. 152027-02-15: no game
  9. 162027-02-16: at TBL
  10. 172027-02-17: no game
  11. 182027-02-18: vs NJD
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~179 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~359 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.

Lines from last game

New Jersey DevilsDevilsTue, Oct 13 at DET
  1. L1NewBratt#63Hughes#86Gritsyuk#81
    16:14 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewHischier#13Mercer#91Meier#28
    11:57 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewRodrigues#17Noesen#11Mantha#39
    9:16 together at 5v5
  4. L4Glass#12Boqvist#70Lombardi#93
    7:45 together at 5v5
  1. D1Pesce#22Hughes#43
    21:22 together at 5v5
  2. D2Hamilton#7Siegenthaler#71
    16:46 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKovacevic#8Chisholm#47
    14:32 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Bratt LRodrigues CHischier CHughes CHughes D0:46

Penalty kill

  1. 1Rodrigues CHischier CHamilton DSiegenthaler D1:13
  2. 2Glass CMercer CPesce DHughes D0:33
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.

NJDFLA

Settled lines

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

NJD 72% (8th 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

NJD 2:05 left (4th earliest · 14 pulls)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

NJD 49.6s (8th longest)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

NJD 35% (5th most often)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series