Florida Panthers (9-6-1, fifth in the Atlantic Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (5-9-1, eighth in the Metropolitan Division)
Columbus, Ohio; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Panthers -212, Blue Jackets +176; over/beneath is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Florida Panthers hit the ice in Eastern Conference action.
Columbus is 5-6-0 at dwelling and 5-9-1 general. The Blue Jackets have given up 65 objectives whereas scoring 43 for a -22 scoring differential.
Florida has a 4-5-0 document in street video games and a 9-6-1 document general. The Panthers have gone 9-4-1 when scoring a minimum of three objectives.
The groups sq. off Sunday for the sixth time this season. The Blue Jackets received 6-3 in the earlier matchup.
TOP PERFORMERS: Johnny Gaudreau has scored six objectives with 9 assists for the Blue Jackets. Boone Jenner has six objectives and three assists during the last 10 video games.
Matthew Tkachuk has scored seven objectives with 17 assists for the Panthers. Brandon Montour has two objectives and 11 assists during the last 10 video games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jackets: 3-6-1, averaging 2.8 objectives, 4.7 assists, 3.5 penalties and 8.1 penalty minutes whereas giving up 4.6 objectives per recreation.
Panthers: 5-4-1, averaging 3.6 objectives, 6.4 assists, 4.9 penalties and 11.2 penalty minutes whereas giving up three objectives per recreation.
INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Jack Roslovic: each day (illlness), Jakub Voracek: out (higher physique), Zach Werenski: out (shoulder/labrum), Elvis Merzlikins: out (lower-body), Jake Bean: out (shoulder), Nick Blankenburg: out (ankle), Justin Danforth: out (shoulder), Patrik Laine: out (ankle), Adam Boqvist: out (foot).
Panthers: Anthony Duclair: out (achilles), Aleksander Barkov: each day (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story utilizing know-how supplied by Data Skrive and information from Sportradar.