Charlie Coyle is playing in his 1,000th career NHL game.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are back home for the second game of a five-game home stand to take on the Dallas Stars at 7 PM.
Dallas Stars - 28-13-9 - 65 Points - 3-5-2 in the last 10 - Won 1 - 2nd in the Central
Columbus Blue Jackets - 22-20-7 - 51 Points - 5-4-1 in the last 10 - Lost 1 - 7th in the Metro
Team Notes Per CBJ PR
- Columbus had its overall four-game win streak and four-game home points streak (3-0-1) snapped with a 4-1 loss to Ottawa on Tuesday.
- The club continues a season-long five-game homestand on Thursday and is in a stretch of seven-of-eight games played at Nationwide Arena from Jan. 13-28 (2-1-0).
- The Jackets have scored the first goal in 13 of the last 18 contests and 16 of the past 23. The team ranks sixth-T in the NHL in games scoring first in 2025-26 (28).
- Columbus leads the NHL in goals by defensemen and ranks fourth in points with 37-86-123 in 49 contests.
- CBJ are 5-of-14 on the power play in the last 5 games and rank third-T in the NHL in PP pct. since Jan. 11 (35.7 pct.).
- The Blue Jackets rank 10th in the NHL in team save percentage since Dec. 22 (.906 in 14 GP).
Player Notes Per CBJ PR
- Charlie Coyle is slated to become the sixth player from the 2010 NHL Draft to reach the 1,000-game milestone on Thursday vs. Dallas (199-316-515, 999 GP). He will also become the fifth player to play in his 1,000th game while in a Blue Jackets uniform (Sergei Fedorov, Vinny Prospal, Scott Hartnell, Jakub Voracek).
- Jet Greaves ranks second in the NHL in saves and ninth-T in SV% since Dec. 22 (min. 6 GP) with a 6-3-1 record, 2.54 GAA, .915 SV% and 292 saves in 11 games.
- Boone Jenner has collected assists in three of the last four games (1-3-4) and has notched 5-10-15 in 19 games since Dec. 11. He sits three assists from tying David Vyborny (204) for third on the club's all-time list in assists.
- Kirill Marchenko has notched points in 11 of the last 14 contests dating back to Dec. 22 (8-7-15).
- Mathieu Olivier combined for 21 hits in the last four contests and ranks second in the NHL with 62 hits since re-turning from injury on Dec. 28.
- Zach Werenski, who leads NHL blueliners in goals (18, tied) and multi-point efforts (17), has registered points in 24 of his past 29 contests overall to lead NHL blueliners in goals (tied), points and points-per-game since Nov. 13 (14-27-41, 1.41).
Blue Jackets Stats
- Power Play - 19.5% - 20th in the NHL
- Penalty Kill - 75.4% - 28th in the NHL
- Goals For - 144 - 21st in the NHL
- Goals Against - 163 - 26th in the NHL
Stars Stats
- Power Play - 29.2% - 2nd in the NHL
- Penalty Kill - 79.6% - 15st in the NHL
- Goals For - 166 - 6th in the NHL
- Goals Against - 138 - 6th in the NHL
Series History vs. The Stars
- Columbus is 34-36-0-7 all-time, and 18-16-0-5 at home vs. Stars.
- The Blue Jackets are 11-4-2 in the last 17 at home against Dallas.
- The CBJ beat the Stars 5-1 back on October 21st.
Who To Watch For The Stars
- Jason Robertson leads the Stars with 29 goals.
- Mikko Rantanen leads Dallas with 44 assists and 63 points. He has 15 points in 14 games against the Blue Jackets.
- Jake Oettinger is 18-10-4 with a SV% of .902.
- Casey DeSmith is 10-3-5 with an .911 SV%. He hasn't played since January 13th.
CBJ Player Notes vs. Stars
- Zach Werenski has 8 points in 12 games vs. the Stars
- Charlie Coyle has 19 points in 39 games.
- Sean Monahan has 18 points in 28 career games against the Stars.
Injuries
- Brendan Smith - Lower Body - Missed 11 Games IR - Out for the rest of the regular season.
- Miles Wood - Lower Body - Missed 10 Games - Week to week.
- Denton Mateychuk - Lower Body - Missed 4 Games - Day to day.
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 137
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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