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Florida Panthers: Tough road ahead against the West

By Luke Kendall

COLUMBUS, OH - JANUARY 07: Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in a game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Florida Panthers on January 07, 2018 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. Blue Jackets defeated the Panthers 3-2 in a shootout. (Photo by Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - JANUARY 07: Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in a game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Florida Panthers on January 07, 2018 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. Blue Jackets defeated the Panthers 3-2 in a shootout. (Photo by Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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January 12th, Calgary Flames @ Florida Panthers, 7:30 PM

SUNRISE, FL – FEBRUARY 24: Goaltender Chad Johnson
SUNRISE, FL – FEBRUARY 24: Goaltender Chad Johnson /

The Panthers will return to Sunrise to host the Calgary Flames on Friday, January 12th. This presents perhaps the most winnable of the five games for Florida, as the Flames currently sit 5th out of the 8 teams in the Pacific division.

Right now, Calgary is on a three-game win streak, but they might be cooled off by road games against the Wild or Lightning before they face off against the Panthers. The Cats will need to do a good job defensively against the Flames’ top line.

Top line specialist (Johnny Gaudreau) leads the team with 46 points. Many of those have been assisted by his partner in crime (Sean Monahan), who leads Calgary with 19 goals and 7 game-winners.

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