Lineups: Spencer Knight Gets the Start vs. the Blue Jackets
Spencer Knight looks to bounce back after allowing four goals in his first start since 2022.
Photo via the Columbus Blue Jackets
Spencer Knight gets the start for the Florida Panthers as they finish off a four-game road trip in Columbus.
Knight is looking to bounce back from a rough Saturday night outing in his first game since Feb. 18, 2022, where he allowed four goals in 26 shots to the Buffalo Sabres.
Matthew Tkachuk remains out with an illness and is not expected to return until Oct. 22.
Aleksander Barkov remains out with a lower body injury that will keep him out for the next 2-3 weeks.
The Panthers will roll with the same 11 forwards and seven defensemen they have been using for the past two games, with Uvis Balinskis jumping up from the blue line to take some shifts as a forward.
The Blue Jackets will be honoring the late Johnny Gaudreau for his legacy on hockey and the Columbus community pre-game.
THE NEWS
Today’s game will air at 7 p.m. EST on Scripps Sports and Panthers Plus. It will also air on NHL Network for those outside of the Panthers’ broadcast territory.
For more information on how to catch this afternoon’s game, visit nhl.com/panthers/info/how-to-watch.
PANTHERS PROJECTED LINEUP
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
A.J. Greer — Jesper Boqvist — Mackie Samoskevich
Jonah Gadjovich — Patrick Giles
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Adam Boqvist/Nate Schmidt
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Matthew Tkachuk (illness)
Injured: Tomas Nosek (LTIR), Justin Sourdif (SOIR), Aleksander Barkov
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 Merzlinkins
Danil Tarasov
Injured: Justin Danforth, Dmitry Voronkov, Boone Jenner, Gavin Brindley
(Blue Jackets lines via Jeff Svoboda)