SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers will try to turn turkey into two points when they host the Calgary Flames in a post-Thanksgiving battle at Amerant Bank Arena on Friday at 4 p.m. ET.

The Panthers sit at 12-10-1, while the Flames are last in the Pacific Division at 8-14-3.

Although the Panthers aren’t currently in a playoff spot, they sit just two points out of one.

“November, December, the desperation just starts to come into the games,” head coach Paul Maurice said of the importance of early-season points following Thursday’s practice. “Every game starts to get really big for teams like us who are on the outside looking in.”

Winners in six of their last 10 games, the Panthers enter today’s game looking to rebound from a 4-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday that truly

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