The Florida Panthers are hitting the road for the first time in 2025. After a nice, long homestand, Florida is heading out west for a couple games, starting on Monday night against the Colorado Avalanche.

Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper.

This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

Colorado’s only goal in the loss came in the first period on the power play off the stick of Mikko Rantanen. Named the third star of the game in a losing effort, Mackenize Blackwood looked sturdy once again for the Avalanche, stopping 22 of 23 shots between the pipes.

Devon Toews scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 11:06 remaining, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Florida Panthers 3-1.

The Florida Panthers visit the Colorado Avalanche after the Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in a shootout

The Colorado Avalanche began the season with a dud against a recent Stanley Cup champion — the Vegas Golden Knights. But the Avs looked like a completely different club Monday night, completing the first half of the regular season with a statement effort against the defending champion Florida Panthers.

The Colorado Avalanche had their six-game winning streak snapped Saturday night, but they still managed to get a point out of the 2-1 shootout loss to Montreal.

The Panthers struggle on the road and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky is starting to show his age. Mikko Rantanen will make them pay tonight. The Colorado Avalanche host the Florida Panthers this evening at Ball Arena at 9:00 p.m. ET. NHL odds have Colorado as a -130 favorite, while the total sits at 6.5.

BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers visit the Colorado Avalanche ... Jonathan Drouin led the Avalanche with two goals. TOP PERFORMERS: Nathan MacKinnon has 14 goals and 51 assists for the Avalanche.

Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are 13 games on the schedule for Tuesday, including one televised nationally in the United States.

DeBoer registered the 640th regular-season victory of his career Tuesday, and has reflected on his ‘fantastic’ coaching career.