The sickness has arrived in Columbus.
The Blue Jackets were starting to hum along and currently sit first in the Metropolitan Division with a 10-6-2 record (22 points). They've got points in five straight games (3-0-2) largely due to the resurgent play of Sergei Bobrovsky, who's been dynamite over his last handful of starts.
Artemi Panarin hasn't had a great stretch of late, but he's still finding a way to produce points. Both players will miss tonight's game against the Florida Panthers at Nationwide Arena due to illness, as announced by the team this afternoon.
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Gabriel Carlsson was recalled last night, as well, with Ryan Murray's status in question. Murray missed practice with what was termed a "maintenance day" but wasn't part of the illness report released by the club.
Zac Dalpe and J-F Berube are joining the Blue Jackets for tonight's game, and there's a chance Dalpe could be in the lineup. He's had a tremendous start to his season with the Cleveland Monsters (AHL).
