The Florida Panthers (22-20-5) will face a stern test this evening when they host the Minnesota Wild (25-15-4) at FLA Live Arena. While the Panthers have upped their level of play recently by going 6-2-1 over their last nine games, those wins haven’t exactly come against the league’s best. They’ll face a quality opponent tonight in the Wild, who saw a three-game winning streak come to end when they lost 5-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh on Thursday.
All of the sudden the Panthers have a new battery in goal. Sergei Bobrovsky got injured early on in Montreal and Spencer Knight has been loaned to the Charlotte Checkers on a conditioning stint.