NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at New York Islanders with Line Combinations 03/28/2026

(Photo by: Stefan Jeremiah-AP)

Florida Panthers (35-33-3, 73 pts) at New York Islanders (41-27-5, 87 pts)

Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 1:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+, Scripps Sports, MSGSN
Radio: 560 AM WQAM/ WRHU 88.7 FM, 103.9 FM LI New Radio

Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster

Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers lost 3-2 to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday in their last game. In their previous five games, Florida has a 2-3-0 record, scoring 2.8 goals per game while allowing 3.2.

New York Islanders News & Notes:

The Islanders beat the Stars on Thursday, 2-1. In their last five games, New York has a 2-3-0 record, scoring 2.2 goals per game while conceding three.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Rodrigues-Boqvist
C.Reinhardt-Nosek-Hinostroza
Foote-Kunin-Gregor

Forsling-Ekblad
Kulikov-Jones
Sebrango-Benning

Bobrovsky
Tarasov

Get your Florida Hockey Merchandise here

New York Islanders Projected Lines:

Lee-Horvat-Heineman
Ritchie-Schenn-Barzal
Palat-Pageu-Holmstrom
Maclean-Cizikas-Gatcomb

Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-Soucy
Boqvist-Mayfield

Sorokin
Rittich

Get your New York Hockey Merchandise here

Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Carter Verhaeghe had a goal in the Panthers’ 4-1 win over the Islanders back on December 7th.

New York Islanders

Matthew Schaefer had two goals and an assist in the Islanders’ 5-4 win over the Panthers back on March 1st.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

F Jonah Gadjovich – IR
F Aleksander Barkov – IR
F Cole Schwindt – IR
F Brad Marchand – IR
F Anton Lundell – DTD
F Sam Reinhart – DTD
F Mackie Samoskevich – DTD
F Evan Rodriguez – DTD

New York Islanders

C Kyle Palmieri – IR
G Semyon Varlamov – IR
F Pierre Engvall – IR
D Alexander Romanov – IR
F Anthony Duclair -DTD
D Tony DeAngelo – DTD

Next Game

Discover more from Inside The Rink

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

JC Giff

Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. Love Fantasy Football, Baseball and Hockey. If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.