Injuries:
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.