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" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Stars come into the game winners of their last four games, including a pair of wins over Vegas, and wins against St. Louis, and Vancouver. They've gone 6-4 in their last 10 and are 19-7-1 at home. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Dallas seems to be loading up for a deep playoff run. On Saturday, they traded for Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks, " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Blue Jackets are hot themselves though, having gone 7-2-1 in the last 10, and have won three straight games, all in overtime. But if they want to win this game against Dallas, they absolutely cannot spot the Stars two goals and make a late third-period comeback. The Stars are way too good for that, and both of their goalies are really good. So if the Blue Jackets want to win this game, they need to play a full 60 minutes. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Stars don't score as many goals as the Jackets do, but they also don't give many up, as they're currently 3rd in the league in goals surrendered. They also have an elite PK that is running at 84.1%, which is 2nd in the NHL. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "This should be a good game and another measuring stick for the young CBJ. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": " Series History vs. The Stars" } }, { "type": "list", "data": { "style": "unordered", "items": [ "Columbus is 15-19-2 on the road and 32-35-7 in 74 all-time games against Dallas.", "The Jackets are 2-6-1 in the last 9 games vs. the Stars. ", "The Blue Jackets have killed off 15 straight Stars power plays in the series." ] } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": " Who To Watch For The Stars" } }, { "type": "list", "data": { "style": "unordered", "items": [ " Roope Hintz leads the team with 22 goals. ", "Jason Robertson leads the Stars with 30 assists and 49 points. he also has 10 points in 12 games against Columbus. ", "Jake Oettinger is 26-11 with a .912 SV%. He's started the last two games for Dallas. ", "Casey DeSmith is 7-6 with a .913 SV%. " ] } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "CBJ Player Notes vs. The Stars" } }, { "type": "list", "data": { "style": "unordered", "items": [ "Zach Werenski has 12 points in 17 games vs. the Stars.", "James van Riemsdyk has 16 points in 23 games. " ] } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injuries" } }, { "type": "list", "data": { "style": "unordered", "items": [ "Boone Jenner (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 7; (52 Games)", "Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16; (49 Games)", "Yegor Chinakhov (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (31 Games)", "Sean Monahan (upper body); is on Injured Reserve retroactive to Jan. 7 (11 Games)" ] } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 218" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "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." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "What do you think? 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Columbus Blue Jackets (59 pts) vs. Dallas Stars (67 pts) Game Preview