Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction, Picks & Odds | 13 Oct 2026

By Kevin Thompson, NHL Analyst | Published: 57 minutes ago | 6 min read

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Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets Predictions

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Panthers Moneyline @ +102

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We Can’t Resist Backing Panthers to Win

The prediction is to back the Panthers at odds of +102. We think that the Blue Jackets are massively opposable, so this is the best angle of attack with our bet.

We've identified our Best Bet for Panthers vs Blue Jackets, alongside our Same Game Parlay and Correct Score Prediction. Read on for a detailed breakdown of each pick.

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The Florida Panthers square off against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena, with face-off scheduled for 18:15 on Tuesday, October 13.

Florida Panthers have been defeated in back-to-back games. On the road, they recently suffered a 5-3 loss against Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center.

Columbus Blue Jackets were beaten last game and this was on the road at Enterprise Center. St Louis Blues claimed a 5-3 win. Kent Johnson, Valeri Nichushkin and Cole Sillinger scored one goal apiece.

H2H: 9 Panthers Victories in Previous 10 H2H Clashes

The Panthers triumphed 2-1 when they last played the Blue Jackets. This head-to-head was played at Amerant Bank Arena. The past 10 clashes between these teams have seen nine Panthers wins.

Starting Goalies

Akira Schmid (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
26/27	0-1-1	4.2	.868	0
25/26	16-10-6	2.6	.893	2

Jet Greaves (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
26/27	1-2-0	3.7	.867	0
25/26	26-19-9	2.6	.908	2

Florida Panthers – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 3 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.0 goals from 24.5 shots on goal, with a 9.8% powerplay efficiency. The Panthers have given up 2.7 goals from 24.1 shots, averaging 4.2 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 81.0%.

Eetu Luostarinen is the top points scorer with 7 points, 3 goals and 4 assists, with Matthew Tkachuk recording 6 points, 3 goals and 3 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Jacob Markstroem have a 1.70 goal against average with a .916 save percentage, including one shutout.

Columbus Blue Jackets – Last 10 Games

The Blue Jackets have 4 wins and 6 losses, averaging 2.4 goals from 29.6 shots on goal, with a 12.5% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.1 goals from 25.8 shots, averaging 2.9 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 79.3%.

The top points scorer is Zach Werenski with 7 points, 1 goal and 6 assists, while Adam Fantilli is next in line after having 6 points, 3 goals and 3 assists. Goalie Jet Greaves have a 3.02 GAA with a .885 SV%.

Best Bet

There are many reasons to support the pick that Panthers will win this NHL clash. Therefore, we’re heading to the Moneyline where you can get an attractive +102.

Key stats supporting our main match prediction:

Blue Jackets have lost 7 of their last 10 games at home.
Blue Jackets have lost 12 of their last 20 games.
Blue Jackets have lost 9 of their last 10 games against Panthers.

Recent form is always part of the equation and we combine it with team news as soon as it’s available. To deliver expert hockey picks, our handicappers also analyze the latest NHL stats to ensure we’re working with the best information possible.

Panthers Moneyline Probability

Based on the odds from the best betting apps, our pick has a 49.5% chance of winning. However, we have this number between 55-60% based on our in-depth research. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

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Same Game Parlay Pick

Moneyline Panthers

Totals Over 5.5

Highest Scoring Period Third Period

Our same game parlay pick is the Panthers on the moneyline, Over 5.5 goals and the third period to be highest scoring.

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Correct Score Prediction

Panthers

4 - 3 Blue Jackets logo

Blue Jackets

The Panthers are available at +1050 to win by a 4-3 scoreline. Correct score betting allows us to bet at bigger odds and it’s also a fun type of wager.

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Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Books Expecting Close Encounter

The betting odds about Columbus Blue Jackets winning is -122, with Florida Panthers priced up at +102 to achieve victory. From a percentage point-of-view, the leading sportsbooks give the visiting team a 50% chance of success.

The puck line is 1.5, with the total goals line at 5.5. Having a bet on Totals is one of the most popular hockey wagers. If you want to wager Over 5.5, there are odds of -141.

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Last 5 Games

Panthers

NHL: 12/10 Panthers3 Sabres 5
NHL: 11/10 Wild4 Panthers 1
NHL: 07/10 Panthers2 Kings 1
NHL: 05/10 Panthers2 Ducks 3
NHL: 02/10 Panthers3 Sharks 4

Blue Jackets

NHL: 11/10 Blue Jackets3 Blues 5
NHL: 10/10 Penguins2 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 04/10 Mammoth4 Blue Jackets 1
NHL: 02/10 Sabres3 Blue Jackets 6
NHL: 15/04 Capitals2 Blue Jackets 1

Head to Head

Florida vs Columbus

NHL: 13/03 2026 Blue Jackets 1 Panthers 2
NHL: 06/03 2026 Panthers 2 Blue Jackets 4
NHL: 06/12 2025 Blue Jackets 6 Panthers 7
NHL: 21/03 2025 Panthers 1 Blue Jackets 0
NHL: 07/03 2025 Blue Jackets 0 Panthers 3
NHL: 16/10 2024 Panthers 4 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 12/04 2024 Blue Jackets 0 Panthers 4
NHL: 10/12 2023 Panthers 5 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 07/11 2023 Blue Jackets 4 Panthers 5
NHL: 02/04 2023 Panthers 7 Blue Jackets 0

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Florida Panthers Stats

Columbus Blue Jackets Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.70 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.50 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 2.70 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.70 pts and allowed 3.80 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.70 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.60 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 24.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 10.9
Blocks: 14.9
Faceoff Wins : 24.5
Hits: 30.3
Giveaways: 14.1
Takeaways: 3.1

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 25.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 11.2
Blocks: 15.1
Faceoff Wins : 27.6
Hits: 30.8
Giveaways: 14.9
Takeaways: 3.3

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 29.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.4
Blocks: 14.9
Faceoff Wins : 30.6
Hits: 17.6
Giveaways: 16.7
Takeaways: 5.2

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 27
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 7.1
Blocks: 12.3
Faceoff Wins : 28.5
Hits: 18.4
Giveaways: 14.7
Takeaways: 5.2

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Florida Panthers Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
19	Matthew Tkachuk	5	21.04	3	2	4	1
9	Sam Bennett	5	20.42	0	3	3	1
20	Lars Eller	5	13.82	0	3	3	2

23	Carter Verhaeghe	5	18.66	1	1	2	5
27	Eetu Luostarinen	5	15.48	2	0	2	-1
15	Anton Lundell	5	19.06	1	1	1	-1
63	Brad Marchand	2	11.4	1	0	1	0
5	Aaron Ekblad	3	21.07	0	2	1	-2
42	Gustav Forsling	4	20.68	1	0	1	2
7	Dmitry Kulikov	5	15.96	0	1	1	2
3	Seth Jones	5	26.78	1	2	1	-2
6	Radko Gudas	5	13.26	0	0	0	2
16	Aleksander Barkov	2	14.9	0	0	0	0
26	Uvis Balinskis	3	13.93	0	0	0	2
95	Sandis Vilmanis	5	12.54	0	1	0	-1
8	Brady Tkachuk	5	17.4	0	1	0	-3
14	Bokondji Imama	5	6.58	0	0	0	0
13	Sam Reinhart	5	21.62	2	0	0	-2
21	Garnet Hathaway	5	8.58	0	0	0	1
77	Niko Mikkola	5	19.92	0	0	0	-1
18	Sam Lafferty	1	9.5	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
40	Akira Schmid	1	3.8	0.875
25	Jacob Markstroem	4	1.7	0.916

Columbus Blue Jackets Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
89	Matthew Knies	4	17.28	2	2	4	0
3	Charlie Coyle	4	18.65	0	4	4	0
8	Zach Werenski	4	29.58	0	4	4	3

4	Cole Sillinger	4	15.35	2	2	4	2
91	Kent Johnson	4	16.83	2	1	3	-1
78	Damon Severson	2	23.5	1	1	2	0
43	Valeri Nichushkin	4	16.25	1	1	2	-1
23	Sean Monahan	4	16.8	1	1	2	-1
19	Adam Fantilli	4	19.6	1	1	2	0
24	Mathieu Olivier	4	14.6	2	0	2	0
5	Denton Mateychuk	4	25.08	0	1	1	-2
36	Emil Andrae	3	12.33	0	1	1	2
44	Erik Gudbranson	4	17.7	0	1	1	-2
10	Dmitri Voronkov	4	12.23	0	1	1	0
7	Carson Soucy	4	16.45	0	1	1	-2
58	Danton Heinen	4	11.93	0	0	0	-2
94	Ryan Lomberg	4	9.35	0	0	0	0
2	Jake Christiansen	3	9.9	0	0	0	-1
83	Conor Garland	4	12.4	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
73	Jet Greaves	3	3.69	0.867
33	Cam Talbot	1	1.85	0.909

Injuries & Suspensions

Florida Panthers Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Brad Marchand

Injured

Aleksander Barkov

Injured

Jonah Gadjovich

Injured

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Dante Fabbro

Injured

Isac Lundestroem

Injured

Ivan Provorov

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Florida Panthers Lineups

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Panthers 3-5 Sabres

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	7	5	1	1	11	0.786	4	5	27	17	10	1-1-1	4-0-0	0-0	5-2	5W
2 NY Rangers	7	5	2	0	10	0.714	5	5	23	13	10	4-0-0	1-2-0	0-0	5-2	1W
3 Pittsburgh	6	3	2	1	7	0.583	1	2	22	17	5	2-1-0	1-1-1	1-1	3-3	1W
4 Washington	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	3	3	17	14	3	2-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-2	1L
5 Columbus	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	1	1	13	14	-1	2-1-0	0-1-0	1-0	2-2	1L
6 NY Islanders	5	2	3	0	4	0.4	2	2	16	13	3	2-1-0	0-2-0	0-0	2-3	1L
7 New Jersey	5	2	3	0	4	0.4	1	2	11	18	-7	2-2-0	0-1-0	0-0	2-3	1L
8 Philadelphia	7	0	5	2	2	0.143	0	0	8	28	-20	0-2-1	0-3-1	0-0	0-7	7L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Ottawa	6	5	1	0	10	0.833	4	4	19	12	7	2-0-0	3-1-0	1-0	5-1	3W
2 Tampa Bay	5	4	1	0	8	0.8	4	4	16	12	4	3-0-0	1-1-0	0-0	4-1	4W
3 Boston	6	4	2	0	8	0.667	3	4	20	13	7	3-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	4-2	2W
4 Toronto	6	3	2	1	7	0.583	2	3	20	18	2	2-2-0	1-0-1	0-1	3-3	1W
5 Buffalo	6	3	3	0	6	0.5	2	3	16	22	-6	3-2-0	0-1-0	0-0	3-3	1W
6 Florida	6	2	2	2	6	0.5	1	2	12	17	-5	0-1-0	2-1-2	0-0	2-4	2L
7 Montreal	5	2	2	1	5	0.5	1	1	15	19	-4	1-2-0	1-0-1	1-0	2-3	1W
8 Detroit	5	1	3	1	3	0.3	1	1	10	15	-5	1-3-0	0-0-1	0-1	1-4	2L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Minnesota	6	4	1	1	9	0.75	4	4	19	11	8	2-0-0	2-1-1	0-0	4-2	2W
2 Utah	6	4	2	0	8	0.667	4	4	22	15	7	1-0-0	3-2-0	0-0	4-2	1W
3 Winnipeg	5	3	1	1	7	0.7	3	3	13	15	-2	1-1-1	2-0-0	0-0	3-2	1L
4 Colorado	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	3	3	26	17	9	2-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-2	1L
5 Nashville	5	2	1	2	6	0.6	2	2	14	14	0	1-1-0	1-0-2	0-1	2-3	1L
6 Dallas	5	2	2	1	5	0.5	2	2	11	8	3	1-1-0	1-1-1	0-1	2-3	1L
7 St Louis	5	2	2	1	5	0.5	2	2	14	16	-2	1-0-1	1-2-0	0-0	2-3	1W
8 Chicago	6	1	5	0	2	0.167	1	1	12	26	-14	1-1-0	0-4-0	0-0	1-5	2L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	7	5	2	0	10	0.714	3	4	25	18	7	3-1-0	2-1-0	1-0	5-2	1L
2 Edmonton	5	4	0	1	9	0.9	4	4	25	17	8	1-0-1	3-0-0	0-0	4-1	4W
3 Anaheim	5	4	1	0	8	0.8	3	4	18	13	5	1-1-0	3-0-0	0-0	4-1	2W
4 Seattle	6	4	2	0	8	0.667	4	4	26	17	9	1-1-0	3-1-0	0-0	4-2	2W
5 San Jose	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	0	3	13	17	-4	2-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-2	1L
6 Vancouver	7	2	5	0	4	0.286	1	2	24	35	-11	1-2-0	1-3-0	0-0	2-5	4L
7 LA Kings	4	0	2	2	2	0.25	0	0	10	17	-7	0-1-0	0-1-2	0-0	0-4	4L
8 Calgary	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	27	-19	0-3-0	0-2-0	0-0	0-5	5L