Panthers Face Blue Jackets With Injured Stars Returning Soon

The Florida Panthers (9-7-2) host the Columbus Blue Jackets (7-8-0) at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday evening. The game features projected lineups with key players like Brady and Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, Lars Eller, Jack Devine, Carter Verhaeghe, Garnet Hathaway, Gustav Forsling, Aaron Ekblad, Seth Jones, Niko Mikkola, Radko Gudas, Jacob Markstrom, Akira Schmid for Florida. The Blue Jackets project starters Matthew Knies, Sean Monahan, Kent Johnson, Valeri Nichushkin, Adam Fantilli, Dmitri Voronkov, Cole Sillinger, Charlie Coyle, Mathieu Olivier, Zach Werenski, Damon Severson, Ivan Provorov, Denton Mateychuk, Dante Fabbro, Erik Gudbranson, Cam Talbot, and Jet Greaves. Injured players include Sandis Vilmanis (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Brad Marchand (knee) for Florida; Isac Lundestrom (lower body), Conor Garland (upper body) for Columbus. Devine makes his season debut after recall from the AHL, while Reinhardt is expected to play. Barkov and Marchand participated in morning skates but are still recovering.