Panthers lineup tonight: Florida's projected lineup for NHL game against Blue Jackets | Oct 15, 2024

On Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Panthers will continue their road stretch with a highly-anticipated game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. After starting their season at home with a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins last week, the defending Stanley Cup champions hit the road for a four-game stretch.

Following Monday's win over Boston, the team will play in the second leg of a back-to-back against a Blue Jackets team that's gone 1-1 to start the season.

Ahead of the game, Florida has several players on the injury report, with captain Aleksander Barkov set to miss 2-3 weeks, Tomas Nosek on LTIR (long-term injured reserve), and Matthew Tkachuk expected to miss a week with an illness.

With that in mind, the team's line-up for tonight is expected to be as follows:

Forwards:

1. LW Carter Verhaeghe - C Sam Bennett - RW Evan Rodrigues
2. LW Eetu Luostarinen - C Anton Lundell - RW Sam Reinhart
3. LW A.J. Greer - C Jesper Boqvist - RW Mackie Samoskevich
4. LW Jonah Gadjovich - C Patrick Giles - RW Uvis Balinskis

Defensive Pairings:

1. Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
2. Niko Mikkola - Dmitry Kulikov
3. Nate Schmidt - Adam Boqvist

Goalies

• Spencer Knight
• Sergei Bobrovsky

Power Play Units:

1. Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues, Adam Boqvist, Carter Verhaeghe
2. Eetu Luostarinen Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich, Aaron Ekblad, Uvis Balinskis

Penalty Kill Units:

1. Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart, Gustav Forsling, Aaron Ekblad
2. Eetu Luostarinen, AJ Greer, Niko Mikkola, Dmitry Kulikov

Looking at Florida Panthers' season recap and schedule for the remainder of the week

After winning their maiden Stanley Cup championship last season, the Florida Panthers instantly became the favorites to win it again this year.

Despite that, the team wound up undergoing a roster overhaul, with key contributors to last year's championship team departing in free agency. This led to the Edmonton Oilers, who have started the season winless, jumping into the top spot for this year's Stanley Cup betting odds.

Since the start of the season, the Florida Panthers have split wins and losses throughout their four games.

The team began the season with a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins last week before dropping back-to-back losses on the road. First, they fell 1-3 to the Ottawa Senators before losing 2-5 to the Buffalo Sabres.

On Monday, the team snapped its two-fight skid, defeating the Boston Bruins once again to pick up its second win of the season.

Following Tuesday's game against Columbus, the team will be back in action on Thursday when they host the Vancouver Canucks in the first of three home games. The Panthers will close the week with a showdown against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, before getting two days off to recover.