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Florida Panthers vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Thursday, March 18, 2027 · Canadian Tire Centre

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Ottawa SenatorsOttawaSenatorsHome

TSN5 · RDS2 · SCRIPPS

Game preview

The Florida Panthers visit the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday, March 18, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on TSN5, RDS2 and SCRIPPS.

This is the fourth of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Panthers

Game 3 of a road trip: Toronto and Montréal, now Ottawa.

  1. 82027-03-08: no game
  2. 92027-03-09: vs NJD
  3. 102027-03-10: no game
  4. 112027-03-11: no game
  5. 122027-03-12: vs NYI
  6. 132027-03-13: no game
  7. 142027-03-14: no game
  8. 152027-03-15: at TOR
  9. 162027-03-16: at MTL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  10. 172027-03-17: no game
  11. 182027-03-18: at OTT
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~115 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,638 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Senators

Back home after a game in NY Rangers.

  1. 82027-03-08: no game
  2. 92027-03-09: at PIT
  3. 102027-03-10: no game
  4. 112027-03-11: vs MIN
  5. 122027-03-12: no game
  6. 132027-03-13: vs MTL
  7. 142027-03-14: vs VAN, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 152027-03-15: no game
  9. 162027-03-16: at NYR
  10. 172027-03-17: no game
  11. 182027-03-18: vs FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~329 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~659 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
Ottawa SenatorsSenatorsTue, Oct 13 vs STL
  1. L1Pinto#12Giroux#28Amadio#22
    8:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2Burakovsky#95Cozens#24Greig#71
    6:26 together at 5v5
  3. L3Foegele#37Stützle#18Batherson#19
    6:17 together at 5v5
  4. L4Zetterlund#20Cousins#21Halliday#34
    2:25 together at 5v5
  1. D1Kleven#43Yakemchuk#26
    8:56 together at 5v5
  2. D2Chabot#72Spence#10
    8:53 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewDonovan#56Stanley#73
    4:34 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Cozens CStützle CHalliday CBatherson RYakemchuk D3:53
  2. 2Burakovsky LZetterlund LPinto CGiroux RChabot D0:54

Penalty kill

  1. 1Pinto CGreig CChabot DKleven D0:48
  2. 2Foegele LPinto CSpence DKleven D0:31

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

FLAOTT

Settled lines

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

FLA 72% (7th most settled)OTT 50% (3rd most shuffled)
← 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)OTT 1:42 left (14th latest · 14 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)OTT 43.2s (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)OTT 29% (16th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series