Jesse Puljujarvi

The Florida Panthers (41-22-3) will try to avoid a season-series sweep they visit the Montreal Canadiens (31-27-7) at Bell Centre to finish off a home-and-home between the two Atlantic Division rivals.

Sya hello to third place.

The Florida Panthers (44-25-3) will be looking to regain first place when they host the Montreal Canadiens (33-30-9) this afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena in the first segment of a home-and-home between the two Atlantic Division rivals.

Sam Bennett lit the lamp with 42 seconds left in overtime to give the Florida Panthers a mammoth 2-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club at Amerant Bank Arena.

The rested Florida Panthers (43-25-3) will host the desperate Utah Hockey Club (32-29-11) for the first time at at Amerant Bank Arena tonight in front of a national TV audience on NHL Network.

The Charlotte Checkers clinched a playoff spot last night by thumping the Providence Bruins by a 5-2 count at Bojangles Arena, sweeping the back-to-back against Boston’s AHL’s affiliate.

The scoreboard was unkind to the Florida Panthers last night as both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning won in very convincing fashion.

Michael Benning scored with 1:01 left in overtime to lift the Charlotte Checkers to a 3-2 victory over the Utica Comets in the finale of a six-game road trip for Florida’s AHL affiliate.