Gameday 50: Florida Panthers at San Jose Sharks

The Florida Panthers (28-18-3) are in the Bay Area to pay their only visit this season to the slumping San Jose Sharks (14-31-6) at SAP Center.

Florida’s scoring woes resurfaced in Wednesday night’s frustrating 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings in game two of the four-game trek west. Evan Rodrigues put the Cats ahead with a power-play marker 7:27 into the second period, but that would be the only puck they’d get past Darcy Kuemper. Spencer Knight continued his recent run of good play, making 26 saves. Matthew Tkachuk has gone nine games without a goal. Aleksander Barkov has yet to score in 2025. PoMo, we have a problem, and keeping those two on the same line is unlikely to solve it.

The Sharks finished up a home-and-home against the Nashville Predators in San Jose on Thursday that ended in a 6-5 defeat. The loss extended the Sharks losing streak to five games. They have given up a whopping 27 goals during that span. Mikael Granlund leads the team in scoring with 43 points.

• WHEN: 10 p.m. ET
• WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
• ON THE TUBE: Scripps, NBCSCA
• ON THE DIAL: Radio Libre 790 (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
• SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #TheFutureIsTeal, #FLAvsSJS, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
• ENEMY INTEL: San Jose Hockey Now
• FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 2 (1-0)
• LAST MEETING: @FLA 3, SJS 1 (Recap) – 12/17/2024
• NEXT MEETING: 2025-26 regular season
• PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (19-11-2 .897 / 2.83 1SO) San Jose: Georgiev (10-16-0 .878 / 3.55 0SO)
• PLAYER STATS: Florida / San Jose

Saturday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)

• BOSTON 3, Colorado 1
• Edmonton 3, BUFFALO 2
• New Jersey (27-17-6 60P) at MONTREAL (24-20-4 52P) 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
• TORONTO (30-17-2 62P) at OTTAWA (24-20-4 52P) 7 p.m.
• TAMPA BAY (26-18-3 55P) at DETROIT (22-21-5 47P) 7 p.m.