The Columbus Blue Jackets and Utah Hockey Club play for the last time this season tonight at Nationwide Arena
The first-ever game at Nationwide Arena (kind of) between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Utah Hockey Club (hopefully soon-to-be Outlaws) will happen tonight.
The Jackets beat The Hockey Club in overtime last Friday night in spectacular fashion. Zach Werenski and Cole Sillinger played hot potato after a Werenski steal that would lead to the game-winner.
But that feels like an eternity ago. Since then, the Jackets have lost Werenski, Marchenko, and Fabbro to injury. Zach might be back against Utah though. The Jackets sent Dylan Gambrell back to Cleveland after he was sent up on emergency recall. The speculation is that someone, preferably Werenski could be back tonight. Columbus can ill afford to miss him in any more games if they want to continue the pace in the Eastern Conference Wild Card race because it's tight.
Columbus has played just one game at home since January 17th, so the Blue Jackets will look to get home in front of their amazing fans. The Jackets are tied for second for most home goals with 101 and are scoring 4.04 goals per game inside NWA. The 4.04 goals they're scoring per game is #1 in the NHL.
The Jackets will be looking to score a bunch of goals on Utah and send them packing back to Salt Lake City.
Series History vs. The UHC
- The Jackets are 1-0 vs. The Hockey Club.
Who To Watch For The UHC
- Clayton Keller leads the team with 18 goals and 57 points.
- Nick Schmaltz has 30 assists on the season.
- Goalie Karel Vejmelka is 12-14-4 with a .910 SV%.
- Connor Ingram 8-7-4 with a .844 SV%.
CBJ Player Notes
- Kent Johnson scored his 15th goal of the season against Utah.
- Zach Werenski got his 40th assist and scored his 17th goal, which was the game-winner in OT.
- Adam Fantilli recorded his 15th assist.
Injuries
- Boone Jenner (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 7; (54 Games)
- Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16; (51 Games)
- Yegor Chinakhov (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (33 Games)
- Sean Monahan (upper body); is on Injured Reserve retroactive to Jan. 7 (13 Games)
- Kirill Marchenko (jaw); is on Injured Reserve on Feb. 3 (1 Game)
- Dante Fabbro (upper body) unknown return date (1 Game)
- Zach Werenski (upper body) Day to day (1 Game)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 222
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. 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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