The Ottawa Senators conclude their Southern start with a battle against the Florida Panthers without Matthew Tkachuk.
Brady’s team is looking for back to back wins in the Sunshine State after downing the Bolts in regulation.
Florida took care of the Blackhawks in their banner raising evening. The Panthers have a full season of Brad Marchand and Seth Jones but are without Tkachuk and Sasha Barkov.
Florida Panthers
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Brad Marchand
Mackie Samoskevich -- Evan Rodrigues -- Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer -- Luke Kunin -- Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones
Uvis Balinskis -- Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Danill Tarasov
Scratched: Cole Schwindt, Noah Gregor
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)
Ottawa Senators
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Michael Amadio
Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux
Nick Cousins -- Lars Eller -- Kurtis MacDermid
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Donovan Sebrango -- Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Jordan Spence, Olle Lycksell
Injured: Drake Batherson (undisclosed), Tyler Kleven (undisclosed)
Players to Watch
Florida — Sam Reinhart — the Selke dark horse.
Ottawa — Claude Giroux — the former Panthers’ veteran.
Predicting the Final Score
FLA — 3
OTT — 2