Panthers at Blue Jackets

PANTHERS (3-0-0) at BLUE JACKETS (2-2-3)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Noel Acciari -- Brett Connolly
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Anton Stralman
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Markus Nutivaara
Chris Driedger
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Ryan Lomberg, Noah Juulsen, Juho Lammikko
Injured:None
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Nick Foligno -- Alexandre Texier -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner -- Jack Roslovic -- Cam Atkinson
Mikhail Grigorenko -- Max Domi -- Liam Foudy
Eric Robinson -- Mikko Koivu -- Riley Nash
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov -- David Savard
Michael Del Zotto -- Dean Kukan
Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Gabriel Carlsson, Scott Harrington, Kevin Stenlund
Injured: Patrik Laine (upper body)
Status report
The Panthers likely will use seven defensemen, coach Joel Quenneville said. That will allow Nutivaara, who was added to the roster Thursday, to make his Panthers debut. Nutivaara played 244 games for Columbus from 2016-20 before being traded to the Panthers on Oct. 8 for forward
Cliff Pu
. … Panthers forward Owen Tippett was assigned to the taxi squad. ... Roslovic, who was born in Columbus, will make his Blue Jackets debut after he and Laine, a forward, were acquired in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets for forward
Pierre-Luc Dubois
on Saturday. Roslovic replaces Stenlund, a forward.