The game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers will take place at Nationwide Arena on Saturday, April 1 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets will welcome the Florida Panthers to Nationwide Arena for an NHL game on Saturday. The Columbus Blue Jackets lost 2-1 in their last game over the Bruins. Jack Roslovic scored for Columbus and Michael Hutchinson stopped 29 shots. The Blue Jackets have lost six of eight. “Of course you’re proud,” Boston captain Patrice Bergeron said. “A lot of games and a lot of hard work. I’m proud of the way we’ve done it, sticking to our process and growing as a team.”
Boston tied it when Bertuzzi redirected Pavel Zacha’s pass between Hutchinson’s pads. Roslovic tipped Liam Foudy’s pass just past Ullmark’s outstretched left skate at 8:08 of the first. “That was a battle, obviously a tight game. A good team there and we battled right to the end,” Columbus center Boone Jenner said. “It’s too bad we we didn’t get rewarded with the other (point), but loved the compete and the fight in us tonight.”
The Florida Panthers on the other hand won 2-5 against the Canadiens in their last game. Matthew Tkachuk had his fifth career hat trick and one assist to lead the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. With his second goal, Tkachuk became the fourth player in NHL history to have 100 or more points in consecutive seasons after changing teams in the offseason. He joined Wayne Gretzky (1987-88, 1988-89), Jimmy Carson (1987-88, 1988-89) and Mike Rogers (1980-81, 1981-82) in achieving the feat.
“It’s pretty cool, but it’s probably the last time I’ll ever be in the same sentence as (Gretzky),” Tkachuk said. “Very, very cool.” For Florida coach Paul Maurice, Tkachuk is much more than a 100-point contributor. “There’s no cheat in his game,” Maurice said. “Really good players anticipate and then good players cheat. There’s never any of that.
“He’s not trying to do things with the puck that are all offense with no understanding of the cost of the defensive game. … If we could afford the minutes, we would have him kill penalties because he just gets it. He’s just such a bright man on the ice.” Anton Lundell added two goals and one assist and Alex Lyon made 18 saves while helping the Panthers to its second win in a row and a season series sweep of Montreal.
Liam Foudy – Jack Roslovic – Gavin Bayreuther
Emil Bemström – Tim Berni – Marcus Björk
Jake Christiansen – Trey Fix-Wolansky – Johnny Gaudreau
Michael Hutchinson – Boone Jenner
Kent Johnson – Sean Kuraly
Kirill Marchenko – Hunter McKown
Lane Pederson – Andrew Peeke
Eric Robinson
Billy Sweezey
Matthew Tkachuk – Anton Lundell – Sam Reinhart
Aleksander Barkov – Aaron Ekblad – Eetu Luostarinen
Brandon Montour – Nick Cousins – Anthony Duclair
Gustav Forsling – Radko Gudas
Ryan Lomberg – Alex Lyon
Josh Mahura – Givani Smith
Eric Staal – Marc Staal
Carter Verhaeghe
Colin White
Columbus Blue Jackets: Elvis Merzlikins, Adam Boqvist, Lane Pederson, Mathieu Olivier, Erik Gudbranson, Nick Blankenburg, Patrik Laine, Zach Werenski, Jake Bean, Justin Danforth
Florida Panthers: Sergei Bobrovsky, Sam Bennett, Spencer Knight, Patric Hornqvist
The game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers will take place at Nationwide Arena on Saturday, April 1 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers will be telecast live on Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Florida, Fox Sports Florida.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Florida, Fox Sports Florida. | April 1 (7:00 PM ET) |
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