{"id":545315,"date":"2026-04-07T10:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545315\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:37:23","slug":"nhl-game-preview-florida-panthers-at-montreal-canadiens-with-line-combinations-04-07-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545315\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/07\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/07\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775558237_83_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 04\/07\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-1-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers (37-37-3, 77 pts) at Montreal Canadiens (45-22-10, 100 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Bell Centre<br \/>Date: Tuesday, April 7<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+\/SCRIPPS\/TSN2\/RDS<br \/>Radio: 560AM WQAM\/TSN 690<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers dropped back-to-back games to the Penguins on Saturday and Sunday. They have officially been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They\u2019ve dropped five of their last seven games, averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 4.1 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens had their eight-game winning streak snapped with a 3-0 shutout loss to the Devils. They\u2019re 2-1-0 to start April, averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Verhaeghe-Bennett-Tkachuk<br \/>Samoskevich-Luostarinen-Greer<br \/>Gregor-Nosek-Boqvist<br \/>Foote-C.Reinhardt-Hinostroza <\/p>\n<p>Forsling-Ekblad<br \/>Bjornfot-Jones <br \/>Sebrango-Benning<\/p>\n<p>Bobrovsky<br \/>Tarasov<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Florida&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Florida Hockey Merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky<br \/>Newhook-Kapanen-Demidov<br \/>Bolduc-Evans-Anderson<br \/>Veleno-Danault-Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Matheson-Dobson<br \/>Struble-Hutson<br \/>Guhle-Xhekaj<\/p>\n<p>Dobes<br \/>Fowler<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Montreal&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Montreal Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p>Sam Bennett has a point in each game against Montreal, with two goals in one game and an assist in the other.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>Nick Suzuki has a point in each game against Florida this season, with an assist in one game and two goals in another.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-ottawa-senators-filip-hallander-ir-c-evgeni-malkin-ir\">F Jonah Gadjovich \u2013 IR<br \/>F Aleksander Barkov \u2013 IR<br \/>F Brad Marchand \u2013 IR<br \/>F Anton Lundell \u2013 Out<br \/>F Sam Reinhardt \u2013 Out<br \/>D Aaron Ekblad \u2013 Out<br \/>F Even Rodrigues \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>F Patrik Laine \u2013 IR<br \/>D David Reinbacher \u2013 Out<br \/>F Kirby Dach \u2013 Out<br \/>D Alexandre Carrier \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775558240_10_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-calgary-flames-at-dallas-stars-with-line-combinations-04-07-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-1-4-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-calgary-flames-at-dallas-stars-with-line-combinations-04-07-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Dallas Stars with Line Combinations 04\/07\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames (32-36-8, 72 pts) at Dallas Stars (45-20-12, 102 pts)Venue: American Airlines CenterDate: Tuesday, March 24Time: 8:00 pm ESTHow To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/SNW\/Victory+Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan\/96.7 FM The TicketPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster Calgary Flames News &amp; Notes: The Flames snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Ducks. 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