Lines, Defensive Pairings, & Scratches For Tonight's Game vs. New Jersey
The Jackets come into this game having won a wild 6-5 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. The Jackets had the game well in hand at 5-0, and blew the lead, giving up 5 third period goals to tie it. The Jackets would end it in OT with a Kent Johnson goal.
Projected Lineup - Based on practice lines from Friday
Gaudreau-Fantilli-Danforth
Marchenko-Voronkov-Chinakhov
Bemstrom-Sillinger-Johnson
Texier-Kuraly-Olivier
Werenski-Blankenburg
Provorov-Peeke
Jiricek-Gudbranson
Tarasov
Scratches: Bean, Merzlikins
Game Notes
- CBJ rookies have 38 points in 31 games, which leads the league.
- The Jackets are the only team to have two rookies with 15 or more points, Adam Fantilli and Dmitri Voronkov.
- Columbus defensemen have 36 points over the last 15 games. The blueline sits 5th in the NHL in points with 73 in 31 games.
- The Blue Jackets lead the NHL in blocked shots with 596 and set a team record with 38 against the Maple Leafs on Thursday night. They average 19.02 blocked shots per 60 minutes.
- The Jackets are 4th in the NHL with 67 5v5 goals.
- The CBJ are 4th in the NHL on the PP since December 1st at 35.7%
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on Bally Sports Ohio. As always, the legendary Jeff Rimer will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan with Dylan Tyrer behind the mic doing the play-by-play. Bob McElligott is out ill tonight.
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