Predicted Panthers lineup tonight: Florida's projected lineup for NHL game against Senators | Oct. 10, 2024

Following their 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, the Florida Panthers will look to pick up their second win of the season tonight when they face the Ottawa Senators. Fresh off their historic Stanley Cup win last season, the Panthers are eager to keep the momentum rolling as they look to win back-to-back cups.

On Thursday night, they will collide with the Senators, who are looking to pick up their first win of the season after coming short of making the Stanley Cup Playoffs last year.

Ahead of puck-drop, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, let's take a look at the Florida Panthers' projected lines:

Forwards

L1: Carter Verhaeghe | Aleksander Barkov | Sam Reinhart

L2: Evan Rodrigues | Sam Bennett | Matthew Tkachuk

L3: Eetu Luostarinen | Anton Lundell | Mackie Samoskevich

L4: Jonah Gadjovich | Jesper Boqvist | AJ Greer

Defense

L1: Gustav Forsling | Aaron Ekblad

L2: Niko Mikkola | Dmitry Kulikov

L3: Uvis Balinskis | Adam Boqvist

Goalies

Sergei Bobrovsky

Spencer Knight

1st Powerplay Unit

Sam Reinhart | Aleksander Barkov | Carter Verhaeghe

Adam Boqvist | Matthew Tkachuk

2nd Powerplay Unit

Sam Bennett | Anton Lundell | Evan Rodrigues

Aaron Ekblad | Uvis Balinskis

1st Penalty Kill Unit

Aleksander Barkov | Sam Reinhart

Gustav Forsling | Aaron Ekblad

2nd Penalty Kill Unit

Anton Lundell | Eetu Luostarinen

Niko Mikkola | Dmitry Kulikov

Looking at the Florida Panthers' recent win over the Boston Bruins and their chances of going back-to-back as Stanley Cup champions

After winning their first championship in franchise history, the Florida Panthers underwent a roster overhaul this summer. Most notably, the team lost Brandon Montour, who signed a seven-year deal with the Seattle Kraken, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who signed a four-year deal with Toronto.

In addition, they also notably lost top-six forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who signed a two-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings. In addition, the team also lost Anthony Stolarz, Nick Cousins, Kevin Stenlund, Ryan Lomberg, Josh Mahura, Steven Lorentz and Kyle Okposo.

While they made notable acquisitions in the form of Adam Boqvist, AJ Greer and Jesper Boqvist, along with recently reassigned netminder Chris Driedger, the Panthers may be facing an uphill battle this season as they work to fill the gaps left by the departures of key contributors to last year's championship team.

The team is sitting in second place on FanDuel's championship betting odds behind the Edmonton Oilers, who were initially in second place after last season.

Despite that, the team started off their 2024-25 season on a strong note, picking up a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins with two goals from Sam Bennett and a goal each from Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues, Jonah Gadjovich and Eetu Luostarinen.