Fresh off an extremely successful road trip, the Florida Panthers are set to play their second one-game homestand in as many weeks. Florida picked up wins in each of the three games they played away from South Florida and after making up some valuable ground in the playoff race, they’re now back home to face the Utah Mammoth. Entering play Tuesday, the Panthers sit four points back of Montreal and Boston, who hold the two Wild Card spots in the Eastern Conference, and four points behind Buffalo for third place in the Atlantic Division. Florida has two games in hand on Boston and one on Montreal. After dropping four of five games when the calendar flipped to 2026, the Panthers seemed to have righted the ship. Florida is 6-2-0 since the rough stretch, and interestingly enough, all six of those wins have come on the road as all but one of those eight matchups were on home ice. Thanks to the Cats' road-heavy schedule this month, it's actually been over three weeks since their last win on home ice, a 2-1 triumph over Colorado back on Jan. 4. Tuesday's game against Utah will only be Florida's second game at Amerant Bank Arena since then. As for the Mammoth, they arrive in South Florida having played some of their best hockey of the season recently. Utah had won five straight and eight of nine before stumbling on Monday night in Tampa Bay, losing 2-0 to the Lightning. Now the Mammoth will try to rebound on the second night of a back-to-back, facing a Panthers squad fresh off playing three road games in four nights. While Florida is only playing the one game at home before heading back on the road, this time it’s just a one-stop trip, a quick visit to Matthew Tkachuk’s hometown of St. Louis on Thursday. Overall, Tuesday against the Mammoth will be the first of four home games over the next eight days for Florida, the last two of which will come against teams they are chasing in the playoff race: Buffalo and Boston. Here are the Panthers projected lines and pairings for Tuesday’s matchup with the Mammoth: Carter Verhaeghe – Evan Rodrigues – Sam Reinhart Sandis Vilmanis – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Brad Marchand A.J. Greer – Cole Schwindt – Mackie Samoskevich Gus Forsling – Aaron Ekblad Niko Mikkola – Uvis Balinskis Tobias Bjornfot – Jeff Petry LATEST STORIES FROM THE HOCKEY NEWS - FLORIDA Daniil Tarasov providing Panthers excellent goaltending as team continues getting healthier [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/latest-news/daniil-tarasov-providing-panthers-excellent-goaltending-as-team-continues-getting-healthier] Report: Rangers' Artemi Panarin Would Love To Play With Panthers; Deal Would Be Difficult To Make [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/latest-news/report-artemi-panarin-would-love-to-play-with-panthers-deal-would-be-difficult-to-make] Panthers complete flawless road trip with 5-1 win in Chicago [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/game-day/panthers-complete-flawless-road-trip-with-5-1-win-in-chicago] Panthers aim for perfect road trip, wrap up back-to-back set with matchup in Chicago [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/game-day/panthers-aim-for-perfect-road-trip-wrap-up-back-to-back-set-with-matchup-in-chicago] Marchand scores twice in return from injury, including OT winner as Panthers take down Minnesota [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/game-day/marchand-scores-twice-in-return-from-injury-including-ot-winner-as-panthers-take-down-minnesota] Photo caption: Dec 10, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Florida Panthers left wing A.J. Greer (10) and Utah Mammoth defenseman Nate Schmidt (88) plays for the puck during the first period at Delta Center. (Rob Gray-Imagn Images)
