Columbus Blue Jackets (31 pts) vs. Florida Panthers (26 pts) Game Preview

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers play today at Amerant Bank Arena. 

Blue Jackets Stats

• Power Play – 18.8% – 16th in the NHL

• Penalty Kill – 71.8% – 30th in the NHL

• Goals For – 80 – 20th in the NHL

• Goals Against – 89 – 20th in the NHL

Panthers Stats

• Power Play – 17.9% – 20th in the NHL

• Penalty Kill – 80.5% – 19th in the NHL

• Goals For – 76 – 25th in the NHL

• Goals Against – 82 – 17th in the NHL

Series History vs. The Panthers

• Columbus is 26-21-0-6 all-time, and 10-14-0-2 on the road vs. Florida.

• The CBJ are 2-8-2 in the last 12 against Florida.

• The Jackets went 0-2-1 last season against the Cats.

Who To Watch For The Panthers

• Brad Marchand leads the Panthers with 15 goals and 27 points.

• Anton Lundell leads Florida with 14 points.

• Sergei Bobrovsky is 10-8-1 with a SV% of .886. His last start was on December 4th.

• Daniil Tarasov is 2-4-1 with a SV% of .907. His last start was on November 28th.

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CBJ Player Notes vs. Panthers

• Zach Werenski has 15 points in 25 career games against Florida. He also has a hat trick against Bobrovsky

• Charlie Coyle has 15 points in 30 games.

• Sean Monahan has 14 points in 19 games vs. the Panthers.

Injuries

• Erik Gudbranson – Upper Body – Missed 19 Games – IR – No timeline for a return

• Boone Jenner – Upper Body – Missed 11 Games – IR – Could return this week

• Mathieu Olivier – Upper Body – Missed 4 Games – IR- No timeline for a return

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 50

How to Watch & Listen: Tonight’s game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.

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