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Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Wednesday, February 24, 2027 · T-Mobile Arena

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TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Game preview

The Florida Panthers visit the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday, February 24, 2027, with puck drop at 9:30 PM ET. The game is on TNT, truTV and HBO MAX.

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

Rest and travel

Panthers

First game of a road trip.

  1. 142027-02-14: no game
  2. 152027-02-15: no game
  3. 162027-02-16: at TBL
  4. 172027-02-17: no game
  5. 182027-02-18: vs NJD
  6. 192027-02-19: no game
  7. 202027-02-20: vs ANA
  8. 212027-02-21: vs SJS, second of a back-to-backB2B
  9. 222027-02-22: no game
  10. 232027-02-23: no game
  11. 242027-02-24: at VGK
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~2,159 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,159 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−3 h
body clock vs home

Golden Knights

First home game after a 2-game road trip (Dallas and Colorado).

  1. 142027-02-14: no game
  2. 152027-02-15: vs DET
  3. 162027-02-16: no game
  4. 172027-02-17: no game
  5. 182027-02-18: vs CBJ
  6. 192027-02-19: no game
  7. 202027-02-20: at DAL
  8. 212027-02-21: no game
  9. 222027-02-22: at COL
  10. 232027-02-23: no game
  11. 242027-02-24: vs FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~608 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,341 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

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
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

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

FLAVGK

Settled lines

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

FLA 72% (7th most settled)VGK 77% (2nd 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

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

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

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

Caught on long shifts

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

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

Season series