Blue Jackets Host Panthers on Three-Game Home Winning Streak

The Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the Florida Panthers to Columbus, Ohio, on November 10, with a three-game home winning streak on the line. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EST.

Columbus is 7-8 overall and 6-3 at home. Florida enters at 9-7-2, including a 5-4-2 record on the road. The teams are meeting for the second time this season; Florida took the first game 7-3, with Brady Tkachuk scoring three goals.

The Panthers lead the NHL with 105 penalties, an average of 5.8 per game. Over their past 10 games, Florida and Columbus have each gone 5-5-0. The Panthers have averaged 3.4 goals per game in that stretch, while the Blue Jackets have averaged 2.3.

Kent Johnson has recorded five goals and seven assists over Columbus’ past 10 games. For Florida, Matthew Tkachuk recorded one goal plus 14 assists during that stretch. Denton Mateychuk leads the listed Blue Jackets performers with four goals and three assists; Seth Jones contributed three goals and 17 assists to Florida.

Columbus’ Isac Lundestrom is out with an Achilles injury. Florida lists Jonah Gadjovich, Brad Marchand and Aleksander Barkov as out, and Sandis Vilmanis as day to day. The Blue Jackets will try to keep their home run going against a Panthers team that has won its previous meeting with them this season.