Projected Lineups for the Panthers vs Blue Jackets – 10/15/24

The Florida Panthers take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

PANTHERS (2-2-0) at BLUE JACKETS (1-1-0)

7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSOH, NHLN, TVAS

Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
A.J. Greer — Jesper Boqvist — Mackie Samoskevich
Jonah Gadjovich — Patrick Giles

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Nate Schmidt
Adam Boqvist

Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight

Scratched: None

Injured: Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Matthew Tkachuk (illness), Tomas Nosek (upper body)

Status report

• The Panthers did not hold a morning skate after a 4-3 win at the Boston Bruins on Monday. They may play 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

Latest for THW:

• NHL Rumors: Panthers, Maple Leafs, Oilers
• Projected Lineups for the Panthers vs Bruins – 10/14/24
• Projected Lineups for the Panthers vs Sabres – 10/12/24

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Yegor Chinakhov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk — Adam Fantilli — Kevin Labanc
Mikael Pyyhtia — Cole Sillinger — Kent Johnson
Zach Aston-Reese — Sean Kuraly — Mathieu Olivier

Zach Werenski — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson
Jordan Harris — Erik Gudbranson

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: David Jiricek, Jack Johnson, Dylan Gambrell

Injured: Justin Danforth (wrist), Dmitri Voronkov (upper body), Boone Jenner (shoulder), Gavin Brindley (finger)

Status report:

• Harris will make his Blue Jackets debut after being acquired in the trade that sent Patrik Laine to the Montreal Canadiens on Aug. 19. He will replace Johnson, a defenseman.

Latest for THW:

• Blue Jackets’ First Road Trip Gives Glimpse of Brighter Future
• Projected Lineups for the Blue Jackets vs Avalanche – 10/12/24
• Cleveland Monsters Season-Opening Q&A With Head Coach Trent Vogelhuber