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Columbus Blue Jackets (38 pts) vs. St Louis Blues (42 pts) Game Preview

jason newland
·2 min read

The Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the St. Louis Blues into Nationwide Arena tonight. This is the first of two games between the teams in the next eight days.

The first thing that sticks out with the Blues is that they are a very good road team. So, a very good road team against a very good home team should make for an exciting game tonight.

The Blues come into this game winners of five of the last 10 games, and two straight. They also shut out the Ottawa Senators last night on home ice.

St. Louis only scores 2.69 goals per game, while the Jackets are sitting at 3.31, which is 8th in the league. The Blue Jackets are giving up a whopping 3.62 goals per game, which is the second-worst in the league. The Blue are giving up an even 3 per game.

The Blues are currently 6th in the Central, 11th in the West, and 19th in the NHL.

The Blue Jackets are 5th in the Metro, 10th in the East, and 21st in the NHL.

Series History vs. The Blues

  • Columbus is 23-16-7 at home and 35-42-16 in 93 all-time games against St. Louis.

  • The Blue Jackets are 10-8-3 in the last 21 against the Blues and 7-3-1 in the last 11 at home.

  • The Jackets power play is running at 32.1% in the last 10 games against the Blues.

Who To Watch For The Blues

  • Jordan Kyrou leads the team with 16 goals and 32 points.

  • Robert Thomas leads the team in assists with 21.

  • Joel Hofer is 8-3 with a .905 SV%.

CBJ Player Notes vs. The Blues

  • Sean Monahan has 16 points in 26 games against the Blues.

  • Zach Werenski has 6 points in 13 games.

  • James van Riemsdyk has 11 points in 21 games vs. St. Louis.

Injuries

  • Boone Jenner (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 7; (39 Games)

  • Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16; (36 Games)

  • Yegor Chinakhov (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (18 Games)

  • Justin Danforth (lower body) is on Injured Reserve on Dec.10; (11 Games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 153

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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