Overview
- Puck drop is 3:30 p.m. ET at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise with television coverage on Scripps and FDSNOH and local radio on 104.3 WQAM, 106.3 ESPN and Thunder 100.3.
- Florida has lost four straight overall and five in a row at home after Thursday’s 2-1 overtime defeat to Nashville, when Carter Verhaeghe scored and Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves.
- Columbus comes in 13-9-5 with consecutive victories, including a 6-5 shootout win over Detroit in which Adam Fantilli scored twice and Kirill Marchenko netted a power-play goal and the shootout clincher.
- This is the first of three meetings this season, with published projections listing Tarasov and Jet Greaves as the starting goaltenders.
- Yahoo Sports posted Florida’s expected lines and pairings for the game, as the Panthers try to make up ground after falling five points back of third in the Atlantic and seven off the second Wild Card.