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Monday, March 11, 2019 - 7:00 EST
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s Blog: Lighthouse Hockey
Columbus Blue Jackets (38-27-3, 79 points, 5th Metro, 8th East)
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New York Islanders (39-22-7, 85 points, 2nd Metro, 5th East)
The Blue Jackets defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday to avoid the season sweep. Can they figure out the New York Islanders, who have defeated them twice already? They’re going to have to if they want to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Player to Watch
Artemi Panarin
The Breadman is pointless in two games against the Islanders this season, with just one shot on goal in each. He has no goals in the last five games, with just two assists in that span (both against Winnipeg). Tonight would be a good time for him to snap that cold streak. Especially if he wants to make a good showing against one of the likely bidder for his services this summer.
Jackets Notes
The Jackets finally beat the Pens! That was fun ... Cam Atkinson scored twice on Saturday, bringing him to 38 goals on the season. That ties Rick Nash for the third highest season total in franchise history (Nash also holds first and second place. For now.) ... The third episode of The Cannon Cast is available, and you can now listen on iTunes as well!
The Other Bench
The Islanders’ goals against average - which seemed a bit, erm, unsustainable - has taken a hit with an injury to 1A goaltender Robin Lehner. He suffered a concussion late in regulation in a shootout win vs. Ottawa on Tuesday ... Johnny Boychuk did not practice yesterday after taking a headshot from Jakub Voracek on Saturday. Voracek was suspended for two games ... The Islanders are back at their old arena for the rest of the regular season, but have lost 4 of their last 6 games there since returning from their Western Canada road trip .
Season Series
12/01/2018 CBJ 2 @ NYI 3
02/14/2019 NYI 3 @ CBJ 0
03/11/2019 CBJ @ NYI
03/26/2019 NYI @ CBJ
Stats
| New York | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.85 (20) | GPG | 3.06 (11) |
| 2.40 (1) | GAPG | 2.96 (13) |
| 15.4% (26) | PP% | 15.0% (28) |
| 89.8% (12) | PK% | 84.4% (3) |
| 47.54% (27) | EV Corsi % | 50.35% (13) |
| 102.5 (2) | EV PDO | 99.7 (17) |
| Anders Lee, 23 | G Leader | Cam Atkinson, 38 |
| Mathew Barzal, 38 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 48 |
| Mathew Barzal, 55 | P Leader | Artemi Panarin, 73 |
| Scott Mayfield, 62 | PIM Leader | Pierre-Luc Dubois, 56 |
| 20-11-4 | Home / Road | 20-11-1 |
| 4-5-1 | Last 10 | 5-5-0 |
Projected Lineups
| Artemi Panarin | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Cam Atkinson |
| Nick Foligno | Boone Jenner | Josh Anderson |
| Ryan Dzingel | Matt Duchene | Oliver BJORKSTRAND |
| Brandon Dubinsky | Alexander Wennberg | Riley Nash |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Markus Nutivaara | David Savard |
| Hott Scarrington | Adam McQuaid |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Anders Lee | Mathew Barzal | Jordan Eberle |
| Andrew Ladd | Brock Nelson | Anthony Beauvillier |
| Leo Komarov | Valtteri Filppula | Josh Bailey |
| Matt Martin | Casey Cizikas | Cal Clutterbuck |
| Nick Leddy | Scott Mayfield |
| Adam Pelech | Ryan Pulock |
| Thomas Hickey | Devon Toews |
| Thomas Greiss |
| Christopher Gibson |