NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 12/11/2025

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 Florida Panthers (15-12-2, 32 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (21-2-7, 49 pts) 

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Thursday, December 11
Time: 9:30 pm EST
TV: ESPN/SNE/TVAS
Radio: 560AM WQAM/Altitude Sports Radio 950 AM

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers picked up their third straight win last night with a 4-3 victory over the Mammoth. They’re on a four game point streak, averaging four goals per game while allowing three goals per game.

Colorado Avalanche News and Notes:

The Avalanche suffered a 4-3 shootout loss to the Predators on Tuesday. They’ve recorded points in three straight games, averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

Luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart
Verhaeghe-Bennett-Marchand
Samoskevich-Rodrigues-Greer
Boqvist-Studnicka-Gregor

Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Jones
Petry-Balinskis

Tarasov
Bobrovsky

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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Landeskog-Nelson-Colton
Nichushkin-Drury-Olofsson
Kelly-Bardakov-Kiviranta

Toews-Makar
Manson-Burns
Girard-Malinski

Blackwood
Wedgewood

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Players to Watch:

Florida Panthers

Carter Verhaeghe had a goal in each game against the Avalanche last season.

Colorado Avalanche

Devon Toews had a point in each game against the Panthers last season. In the first game, he had an assist; in the second game, he contributed on every goal, scoring two and adding an assist.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

LW Matthew Tkachuk – IR
C Aleksander Barkov – IR
C Tomas Nosek – OUT
D Dmitry Kulikov – IR
LW Jonah Gadjovich – IR
C Cole Schwindt – OUT

Colorado Avalanche

RW Gavin Brindley – DTD
RW Logan O’Connor – IR

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