PANTHERS (2-2-0) at BLUE JACKETS (1-1-0)
7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSOH, NHLN, TVAS
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
A.J. Greer -- Jesper Boqvist -- Mackie Samoskevich
Jonah Gadjovich -- Patrick Giles
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis -- Nate Schmidt
Adam Boqvist
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: None
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Matthew Tkachuk (illness), Tomas Nosek (upper body)
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 Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: David Jiricek, Jack Johnson, Dylan Gambrell
Injured: Justin Danforth (wrist), Dmitri Voronkov (upper body), Boone Jenner (shoulder), Gavin Brindley (finger)
Status report
The Panthers did not hold a morning skate after a 4-3 win at the Boston Bruins on Monday. They may play 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Harris will make his Blue Jackets debut after being acquired in the trade that sent Patrik Laine to the Montreal Canadiens on Aug. 19. He will replace Johnson, a defenseman.
