Florida Panthers at Columbus Blue Jackets
Thursday, January 28, 2020 – 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
TV: Fox Sports Ohio – Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Litter Box Cats
Florida Panthers (3-0-0, 6 points, 5th Central)
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Columbus Blue Jackets (2-2-3, 7 points, 2nd Central)
I don’t even want to talk about the other night – if you missed it or are lucky enough to live under a rock where Blue Jackets news doesn’t penetrate, here’s my recap. If I had to sum it up in one sentence, the Blue Jackets blew what could have been a handy win, due in large part to their inability to make use of six (six!!!) power plays.
Today is a new day! It’s not worth dwelling on Tuesday, especially when an exciting thing is happening tonight – Jack Roslovic is making his CBJ debut!
That being said…
Player to Watch
Jack Roslovic
Roslovic, alongside Boone Jenner and Cam Atkinson, will be perfectly primed for a good game – Jenner has five points in seven games, and Cam is fresh off his first goal of the season against Sergei Bobrovsky on Tuesday.
This is an exciting homecoming for Roslovic, who has played all 180 of his career NHL games with the Winnipeg Jets – but he is a product of Columbus, Ohio! How fun. Also, fun fact, his birthday is tomorrow!
Anyways, I’m excited to see if his presence injects a change of pace in the Jackets – fingers crossed for yes, and hopefully Patrik Laine’s appearance in the next games will only help that. I mean, the power play can’t get worse, can it? (That was not a challenge).
Jackets Notes
Nothing new to report since last game – John Tortorella admitted the team had a bad practice prior to Tuesday’s game, which isn’t an encouraging admission.
The Other Bench
Patric Hornqvist was the thorn in the Jackets’ side the other night; hammering the final nail in the coffin with his shootout goal after scoring the regulation goal with 2.5 second remaining to send them into OT. The Jackets need to control him, as well as Anthony Duclair, who had two assists on Tuesday.
Season Series
01/26/2021 FLA @ CBJ
01/28/2021 FLA @ CBJ
03/09/2021 FLA @ CBJ
03/11/2021 FLA @ CBJ
04/03/2021 CBJ @ FLA
04/04/2021 CBJ @ FLA
04/19/2021 CBJ @ FLA
04/20/2021 CBJ @ FLA
Stats
| Florida | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 5.00 (2) | GPG | 3.00 (19) |
| 3.00 (12) | GAPG | 3.00 (13) |
| 27.3% (11) | PP% | 5.3% (30) |
| 72.7% (25) | PK% | 87.5% (7) |
| 54.2% (6) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 46.3% (27) |
| 55.4% (4) | 5v5 Unblocked shot attempt % | 45.7% (29) |
| 10.7 (6) | 5v5 Shot % | 9.2 (10) |
| .925 (11) | 5v5 Save % | .925 (10) |
| Patric Hornqvist, 4 | G Leader | Alexandre Texier, 4 |
| Anthony Duclair, 4 | A Leader | Michael Del Zotto, Oliver Bjorkstrand, 4 |
| Patric Hornqvist, Carter Verhaeghe, 5 | P Leader | Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alexandre Texier, 6 |
| Owen Tippett, 4 | PIM Leader | Oliver Bjorkstrand, 19 |
| 1-0-0 | Home / Road | 1-0-2 |
| 3-0-0 | Last 10 | 2-2-3 |
Projected Lineups
| Nick Foligno | Alexandre Texier | Oliver Bjorkstrand |
| Mikhail Grigorenko | Max Domi | Liam Foudy |
| Boone Jenner | Jack Roslovic | Cam Atkinson |
| Eric Robinson | Mikko Koivu | Riley Nash |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | Seth Jones |
| Zach Werenski | David Savard |
| Michael Del Zotto | Dean Kukan |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Carter Verhaghe | Aleksander Barkov | Anthony Duclair |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | Alexander Wennberg | Patric Hornqvist |
| Frank Vatrano | Eeto Luostarinen | Owen Tippett |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | Noel Acciari | Brett Connolly |
| MacKenzie Weegar | Aaron Ekblad |
| Radko Gudas | Anton Stralman |
| Keith Yandle | Noah Juulsen |
| Chris Driedger |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |