Panthers visit the Blue Jackets after Reinhart’s 2-goal game

Florida Panthers (2-2-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (2-2, in the Metropolitan Division)

Columbus, Ohio; Tuesday, 6:15 p.m. EDT

LINE: Blue Jackets -125, Panthers +102; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers visit the Columbus Blue Jackets after Sam Reinhart scored two goals in the Panthers’ 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.

Columbus had a 40-30-12 record overall and a 20-13-8 record at home last season. The Blue Jackets averaged 2.4 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 19.0% (38 total power-play goals).

Florida has a 2-2-2 record overall and a 2-1-2 record on the road. The Panthers lead the league with 34 total penalties (averaging 5.7 per game).

The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Caleb MacDonald: out (lower-body), Dante Fabbro: out (upper-body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles), Ivan Provorov: out (lower-body).

Panthers: Jonah Gadjovich: out (upper-body), Brad Marchand: out (leg), Aleksander Barkov: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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