Hoffman can also set a Panthers record with points in 14 straight games, surpassing the 13 set by Pavel Bure from March 10-April 5, 2000. He has 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) during the streak. His last game without a point was against the Blue Jackets in the second game of the season Oct. 11.
The Panthers will try to win their sixth straight game, which would be their longest run since winning six in a row from Feb. 22 to March 4.
Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky likely will not play because of an illness. Columbus is 3-0-2 in a five-game point streak.
Players to watch
Panthers forward Evgenii Dadonov has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in a 12-game point streak. He and Hoffman are the first teammates to have simultaneous point streaks of at least 12 games since Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had points in 13 straight for the Pittsburgh Penguins from Oct. 23 to Nov. 17, 2007,
Forward Pierre-Luc Dubois has nine points (six goals, three assists) in his past nine games. His 61 points (28 goals, 33 assists) in his first 100 NHL games are the most in Blue Jackets history.
They said it
"The puck follows those guys. They put themselves in the right position. It's probably due to hockey sense and knowing where to be at certain times." -- Panthers coach Bob Boughner on Evgenii Dadonov and Mike Hoffman
"Depth scoring is how you win consistently." -- Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno on having six players with at least five goals
Panthers projected lineup
Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Frank Vatrano
Denis Malgin -- Jared McCann -- Nick Bjugstad
Colton Sceviour -- Juho Lammikko -- Troy Brouwer
Mike Matheson -- Aaron Ekblad
Keith Yandle -- Alexander Petrovic
Bogdan Kiselevich -- MacKenzie Weegar
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched:Maxim Mamin, Mark Pysyk
Injured:Derek MacKenzie (shoulder), Jamie McGinn (back)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Brandon Dubinsky -- Alex Wennberg --
Zac Dalpe
Markus Hannikainen -- Riley Nash -- Anthony Duclair
Ryan Murray -- Seth Jones
Zach Werenski -- Scott Harrington
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Joonas Korpisalo
Jean-Francois Berube
Scratched:Dean Kukan, Lukas Sedlak
Injured: Artemi Panarin (illness), Sergei Bobrovsky (illness)
Status report
The Blue Jackets added Dalpe and Berube on emergency recall from Cleveland of the American Hockey League to replace Panarin and Bobrovsky
Stat pack
Luongo can become the third goalie in NHL history at age 39 or older to start a season 5-0-0. The others are George Hainsworth of the Toronto Maple Leafs (8-0-0, 1934-35) and Dominik Hasek with the Ottawa Senators (5-0-0, 2005-06). … Huberdeau needs one goal for 100 in the NHL. … Jones has four assists in his past two games. … Duclair has 99 NHL points.
