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Florida opens this regular-season matchup at home as the Florida Panthers host the Columbus Blue Jackets. Florida’s most reliable headliner in the available roster data is Carter Verhaeghe, and his presence lands at the center of this Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets prediction. Florida’s forward group is shaped by injuries listed as out for Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (groin), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Cole Schwindt (shoulder), Tomas Nosek (knee), and Eetu Luostarinen (lower body). Florida’s defensive picture also includes Dmitry Kulikov listed as out with an upper-body injury following surgery. Florida still has key available names across the lineup with Sergei Bobrovsky in goal and skaters like Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Anton Lundell, Evan Rodrigues, Brad Marchand, Aaron Ekblad, Seth Jones, and Gustav Forsling all listed without injuries.