The Columbus Blue Jackets will take on the Colorado Avalanche at 9 PM in Denver.
The Jackets are in Colorado to take on the Avalanche in a game of winless teams.
Sean Monahan and Adam Fantilli share a birthday today, and will hopefully be celebrating with a win tonight against the high-powered Avalanche. Columbus comes into Denver having been beaten by the Minnesota Wild 3-2. Kent Johnson and Zach Werenski provided the offense for the CBJ.
The Avalanche lost their season opener by a score of 8-4 to Vegas. Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick against the Vegas Golden Knights, while Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon, and Sam Girard all had two points.
Colorado goalie Alexandar Georgiev got touched up for five goals.
Series History vs. The Avalanche
- Columbus is 11-21-2 all-time in Colorado, and 23-38-6 in all meetings.
- The Jackets are 14-9-2 in the last 25 games against the Avalanche.
- The Blue Jackets are 8-5-1 in the last 14.
Who To Watch For The Avalanche
- Nathan MacKinnon had 140 points last season.
- Cale Makar finished with 90 points last season.
- Mikko Rantanen had 104 points last season and started this season with a hat trick.
CBJ Player Notes vs. The Avalanche
- Sean Monahan has 24 points in 25 career games vs, the Avalanche.
- James van Riemsdyk has 15 points in 20 games.
- Cole Sillinger had 5 points in 5 games against Colorado.
Injuries
- Justin Danforth (wrist) is on the Injured/Non-Roster List.
- Jordan Dumais (lower body) is on the Injured/Non-Roster List.
- Max McCue (lower body) is on the Injured/Non-Roster List.
- Boone Jenner (upper body) is on Injured Reserve.
- Dmitri Voronkov (upper body) is on Injured Reserve.
- Gavin Brindley (broken finger) is on Injured Reserve.
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 4
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Bally Sports Ohio. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 93.3 The Bus with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.
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