The Columbus Blue Jackets and Edmonton Oilers will face each other for the final time this season tonight at Rogers Place.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are in Edmonton tonight to play the Oilers for the second and final time this season. The CBJ blew the Oilers out 6-1 back on October 28th in their first meeting.
The Oilers have won 3 of 4, and have gone 6-3-1 in their last 10, but got shutout in their last game against Vegas.
Slowing Edmonton down is the only way to beat them. Somehow their power play is only running at 17.7 PP%, but with the Jackets' penalty kill being so abysmal lately, so give the advantage to Edmonton there.
Columbus is 9th in the league in scoring, while the Oilers give up the 12th fewest goals in the league. They also have taken the 5th fewest amount of PIMs.
The Jackets are 1-1 on the current five-game road trip.
Series History vs. The Oilers
- Columbus is 9-22-2 on the road and 27-35-6 in 68 games vs. Edmonton.
- The Jackets have won 5 of the last 6 games.
- The home team is 7-0-1 in the last 8 games of the series.
Who To Watch For The Oilers
- Leon Draisaitl leads the Oilers with 17 goals and 32 points.
- Connor McDavid leads Edmonton with 19 assists and has 31 points.
- Stuart Skinner is 8-7 with a .889 SP.
- Calvin Pickard is 5-3 with a .895 SP.
CBJ Player Notes vs. The Oilers
- Sean Monahan has 27 points in 44 games against Edmonton.
- Cole Sillinger has 7 points in 7 games vs. the Oilers.
- Zach Werenski has registered 7 points in 11 games.
Injuries
- Boone Jenner (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 7; (24 Games)
- Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16; (21 Games)
- Yegor Chinakhov (upper body); (3 Games)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 93
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 97.1 The Fan with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.
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