How to Watch, Goalies, Lines, Betting Odds

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers play their second game in as many days Sunday, but in a twist, so do their opponent, the New York Islanders.

A few hours after the Panthers breezed past the Blackhawks 5-1 on Saturday, the Islanders put up a fight in Tampa — and pulled out a 3-2 overtime win despite Nikita Kucherov tying it with 47 seconds left in the third.

The Islanders flew south with momentum on their tail, New York pulling itself right back into playoff contention with seven straight wins.

Adam Boqvist, who was claimed off waivers by the Islanders on Friday, scored in the second to tie the score at 1.

Since they played on Saturday, neither team held a morning skate so we’ll have to wait and see what the complete lines will look like.

Paul Maurice said Saturday that he was leaning on giving Mackie Samoskevich a second game off after he fell ill and had to miss the Blackhawks game.

The Islanders have some bigger question marks; both defenseman Scott Mayfield and forward Mat Barzal left the Lightning game and did not come back.

Coach Patrick Roy did not have an update on either after the game.

So, we’ll see.

Update: Both players are out tonight.

NOTES: ISLANDERS @ PANTHERS

• The Panthers will honor Dmitry Kulikov with a special pregame celebration for his 1,000th game. All players wore No. 7 in warmup.
• How to Watch: Tonight’s game is back on local TV which means Goldie, Randy, Katie & Co. are back on your sets. The game can also be streamed on Panthers+ locally and ESPN+ nationally.
• Starting Goalies: The Panthers go back with Spencer Knight; Roy said the Islanders would start  he Blackhawks will start Jakub Skarek will make his NHL debut.
• NHL Betting Odds: The Panthers are heavy favorites on the money line (-260) at the local book. To win with the Panthers, a $260 bet pays $100.

ON DECK: GAME No. 54

NEW YORK ISLANDERS at FLORIDA PANTHERS

PROJECTED FLORIDA PANTHERS (31-19-3) LINES

23 Carter Verhaeghe // 16 Sasha Barkov // 13 Sam Reinhart

70 Jesper Boqvist // 9 Sam Bennett // 19 Matthew Tkachuk

27 Eetu Luostarinen // 15 Anton Lundell // 17 Evan Rodrigues

10 A.J. Greer // 94 Tomas Nosek // 12 Jonah Gadjovich

42 Gus Forsling // 5 Aaron Ekblad

77 Niko Mikkola // 7 Dmitry Kulikov

26 Uvis Balinskis // 88 Nate Schmidt

30 Spencer Knight

72 Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: None

Waived/Claimed by NYI: Adam Boqvist

Injured: Mackie Samoskevich (illness)

PROJECTED NEW YORK ISLANDERS (24-20-7) LINES

27 Anders Lee // 14 Bo Horvat // 11 Anthony Duclair

7 Maxim Tsyplakov // 29 Brock Nelson // 21 Kyle Palmieri

53 Casey Cizikas // 44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau // 10 Simon Holmstrom

18 Pierre Engvall // 32 Kyle MacLean // 16 Marc Gatcomb

3 Adam Pelech // 26 Scott Perunovich

28 Alexander Romanov // 4 Tony DeAngelo

34 Adam Boqvist // 25 Dennis Cholowski

35 Jakub Skarek

30 Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Matt Martin

Injured: Scott Mayfield (lower body), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Noah Dobson (lower body), Ryan Pulock (upper body), Marcus Hogberg (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery), Hudson Fasching (upper body)

Islanders Lines Courtesy NHL.com