{"id":537483,"date":"2026-04-02T23:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/537483\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:40:16","slug":"how-to-watch-stream-lines-goalies-odds-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/537483\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch, Stream; Lines, Goalies, Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 The Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins may not have a long history against one another, but it certainly is storied. <\/p>\n<p>And heated.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, the two rivals meet again although the stakes are decidedly different. <\/p>\n<p>The Panthers will be without 11 regulars and are a loss away from being officially eliminated from playoff contention after winning the past two Stanley Cup championships.<\/p>\n<p>Boston, which had its season end to the Panthers in 2023 and 2024, holds the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference and is still in the running to get one of the top three spots in the Atlantic Division. <\/p>\n<p>Toby Bjornfot and Mikulas Hovorka are the latest new additions to the team with Florida icing a squad with seven players who have played in the AHL this season. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to look a little different, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it gets overly physical tonight, I think it\u2019ll be on,\u2019\u2019 Paul Maurice said. \u201cJust because we have played so many fantastic games with each other. So hard, so fast. The Game 7s, all of the emotion that comes into it. This is an important game for them for where they are in the standings. We will come into this game, I believe and hope, in the same manner we came out for the Ottawa Senators. There\u2019s a complete respect for how hard they\u2019re going to play against us tonight.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>NOTES: BRUINS at PANTHERS<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Ekblad\u00a0tied\u00a0Sasha Barkov\u00a0as the franchise\u2019s all-time leader in games played Tuesday against the Senators. It is a record <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/aaron-ekblad-ties-big-florida-panthers-record-tonight-he-does-not-want-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he did not really want<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Ekblad is <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-injuries-continue-to-rack-up-two-more-d-men-out\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-injuries-continue-to-rack-up-two-more-d-men-out\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">probably out for the season<\/a> with a broken finger after blocking a shot with his right hand late Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Marchand won\u2019t face his old Bruins buddies tonight \u2014 but he doesn\u2019t need surgery, either. Neither does Sam Reinhart. <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/no-surgery-for-marchand-reinhart-florida-panthers-season-is-over-for-them\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/no-surgery-for-marchand-reinhart-florida-panthers-season-is-over-for-them\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Their seasons are still over, however<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have Comcast Xfinity cable, you probably will not have access to tonight\u2019s game. On Tuesday, the media giant knocked off all Scripps-owned stations nationwide \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/comcast-xfinity-pulls-plug-on-florida-panthers-in-the-middle-of-a-game\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/comcast-xfinity-pulls-plug-on-florida-panthers-in-the-middle-of-a-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including in the middle of Florida\u2019s 6-3 win against the Senators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Goalies:\u00a0The Panthers will have\u00a0Sergei Bobrovsky\u00a0back in net tonight;\u00a0Jeremy Swayman\u00a0goes for the Bruins.<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch\/Stream:\u00a0The Panthers are back on local TV tonight. It can be streamed locally on Panthers+ and nationally on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>NHL Betting Odds:\u00a0The Bruins are healthy favorites tonight at -160 on the money line. If you think the Panthers will win for the second straight night, a $100 bet pays $135 for the Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK: GAME No. 75<\/p>\n<p>BOSTON BRUINS at FLORIDA PANTHERS<\/p>\n<p>PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (35-35-3) LINES<\/p>\n<p>23 Carter Verhaeghe \/\/ 9 Sam Bennett \/\/ 19 Matthew Tkachuk<\/p>\n<p>11 Mackie Samoskevich \/\/ 27 Eetu Luostarinen \/\/ 10 A.J. Greer<\/p>\n<p>18 Noah Gregor \/\/ 92 Tomas Nosek \/\/ 70 Jesper Boqvist<\/p>\n<p>25 Nolan Foote \/\/ 71 Luke Kunin \/\/ 24 Vinnie Hinstroza<\/p>\n<p>42 Gus Forsling \/\/ 3 Seth Jones<\/p>\n<p>6 Donovan Sebrango \/\/ 20 Mike Benning<\/p>\n<p>22 Toby Bjornfot \/\/ 96 Mikulas Hovorka<\/p>\n<p>72 Sergei Bobrovsky<\/p>\n<p>40 Daniil Tarasov<\/p>\n<p>Scratched:\u00a0Cole Reinhardt<\/p>\n<p>Injured:\u00a0Aaron Ekblad (broken finger), Dmitry Kulikov (broken nose), Evan Rodrigues (broken finger), Sam Reinhart (foot), Niko Mikkola (knee), Anton Lundell (upper body), Cole Schwindt (lower body), Uvis Balinskis (fractured foot), Brad Marchand (lower body), Sasha Barkov (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)<\/p>\n<p>PROJECTED BOSTON BRUINS (43-24-8) LINES<\/p>\n<p>92 Marat\u00a0Khusnutdinov \/\/ 93 Fraser Minten \/\/ 88 David Pastrnak<\/p>\n<p>11 Casey\u00a0Mittelstadt \/\/ 18 Pavel Zacha \/\/ 71 Viktor Arvidsson<\/p>\n<p>75 Lukas\u00a0Reichel \/\/ 28 Elias Lindholm \/\/ 39 Morgan Geekie<\/p>\n<p>84 Tanner\u00a0Jeannot \/\/ 52 Sean Kuraly \/\/ 47 Mark Kastelic<\/p>\n<p>45 Jonathan\u00a0Aspirot \/\/ 73 Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n<p>91 Nikita\u00a0Zadorov \/\/ 26 Andrew Peeke<\/p>\n<p>27 Hampus\u00a0Lindholm \/\/ 20 Henri Jokiharju<\/p>\n<p>1 Jeremy Swayman<\/p>\n<p>70 Joonas\u00a0Korpisalo<\/p>\n<p>Scratched:\u00a0Alex Steeves, Jordan Harris, Michael Eyssimont<\/p>\n<p>Injured:\u00a0Mason\u00a0Lohrei (upper body)\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 The Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins may not have a long history against one another,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5099],"tags":[803,3748,154,95,5132,530,257,57,5,61685,2603,4,19906,1835],"class_list":{"0":"post-537483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-bruins","8":"tag-aaron-ekblad","9":"tag-betting-odds","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-bruins","12":"tag-bostonbruins","13":"tag-bruins","14":"tag-dmitry-kulikov","15":"tag-florida-panthers","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-how-to-stream","18":"tag-how-to-watch","19":"tag-nhl","20":"tag-projected-lines","21":"tag-starting-goalies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116337758997133854","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}