The Florida Panthers'and New York Islanders open their regular seasons Thursday at UBS Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Panthers vs. Islanders odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
The Panthers had a major personnel shakeup this past offseason, dealing LW Jonathan Huberdeau and D MacKenzie Weegar to the Calgary Flames for LW Matthew Tkachuk.
The Islanders will be fighting to stay out of the basement in the Metropolitan Division in Lane Lambert’s first season as bench boss. Lambert knows the organization, spending 11 seasons as the assistant to former coach Barry Trotz, so the transition should be rather seamless.
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