NFL Round Table Show
Two teams, both playing the second outing of their separate back-to-back sets, will face off against each other in Ohio, where the local Columbus Blue Jackets (8th in Metropolitan Division) will play host to the Florida Panthers (5th in Atlantic).
The current back-to-back stretch of the Florida Panthers (9-7-2) began with a setback, as the team was beaten for the second straight time (0-1-1) and for the third in the past four contests (1-2-1) following a 5-4 shootout defeat to the Calgary Flames at FLA Live Arena last night. The Cats recovered from 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3 deficits throughout regulation, but scored just once during the skills competition, which the visitors won in five rounds with two snipes to one. Matthew Tkachuk (7 goals, 24 points this year), who spent six seasons with Calgary, notched a strike and an assist for Florida, which rounded off its five-game homestand with a 2-2-1 total.
Goalie Spencer Knight (5-3-1 on the season with a 2.43 GAA and a .918 save percentage), turned aside 31 shots yesterday, but will vacate the crease for Sergei Bobrovsky ahead of tonig ht’s trip to Ohio. Bobrovsky is 4-4-1 for the ongoing campaign with a 3.46 GAA and a .895 save percentage, and has posted an 8-1-1 career tally against the Columbus Blue Jackets with a 2.48 GAA and a .928 save percentage. The Panthers, meanwhile, are 11th in most goals buried per game in 2022-23 (3.33), 16th in most goals allowed on average (3.22), 25th in power play (18.8%; 13-for-69) and 17th in penalty kill (77.9%; 53-for-68).