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The Florida Panthers face the Columbus Blue Jackets with both teams heading in opposite directions this season. The Panthers have a 16-8-2 record and with two wins in a row, they have the second-best record in the Atlantic Division. The Blue Jackets have a 9-15-5 record and have the worst record in the Metropolitan Division. Both teams look to improve in the Eastern Conference and the upcoming game should be a good one.
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The Panthers are having a great season with their offense stepping up and scoring 3.08 goals per game. Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov, and Carter Verhaeghe have scored 38 goals and 42 assists to lead the top two lines but the rest of the offense has been great as well. Evan Rodrigues, Matthew Tkachuk, and Kevin Stenlund have combined for 16 goals and 32 assists while defensemen Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Niko Mikkola have added 10 goals and 14 assists from the point to open up the offense.
The offense has been great but the defense has been incredible, allowing only 2.54 goals per game with only five goals in the last two games. Gustav Forsling and Niko Mikkola have combined for 4.2 defensive point shares and 88 blocked shots while Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Dmitry Kulikov have combined for 2.5 defensive point shares to add depth to the unit. In addition, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has been great with a .913 save percentage and a 2.42 goals-against average on 550 shots with 5.1 goals saved above average.