Injuries:

Panthers:

Ed Jovanovski had surgery on his hand as is not expected back before the middle of March.

Scottie Upshall had surgery for a sports hernia yesterday and is expected back near the end of March.

Jacob Markstrom had a knee surgery and is not expected to play again until sometime next month.

Dmitry Kulikov is out until next month, recuperating a knee surgery.

Jack Skille is resting his shoulder and may play tomorrow against the Lightning.

Kris Versteeg is day-to-day with the Flu.

Jets:

Evander Kane sustained a concussion on January 20th and is not expected back soon.

Tim Stapleton is out with a lower body injury.

Starting Lineups:

Panthers:

Forwards:

Fleischmann - Weiss - Versteeg

Bergenheim - Goc - Samuelsson

Santorelli - Matthias - Kopecky

Bradley - Madden - Barch

Defensemen:

Campbell - Gudbranson

Weaver - Garrison

Ellerby - Strachan

Goalie:

Scott Clemmensen (7-2-5) will probably get the start tonight with Brian Foster maybe getting tomorrow's start in Tampa Bay.

Jets:

Forwards:

Ladd - Little - Wheeler

Fehr - Antropov - Wellwood

Glass - Slater - Thorburn

Burmistrov - Gagnon - Miettinen

Defensemen:

Enstrom - Byfuglien

Hainsey - Bogosian

Stuart - Oduya

Goalie:

Ondrej Pavelec started last night, so it's likely the Panthers face backup Chris Mason tonight.