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Ottawa Senators at Columbus Blue Jackets
Monday, February 24, 2020 - 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TV: Fox Sports Ohio - Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s blog: Silver Seven Sens
Ottawa Senators, 21-30-11, 53 points, 7th Atlantic, 15th East
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Columbus Blue Jackets, 30-19-14, 74 points, 6th Metro, 9th East
The Blue Jackets are bad, having lost eight straight games. But! They have a chance to end that tonight.
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The Blue Jackets managed to avoid taking any more injury-related bad news on Saturday and got some reinforcements back on Sunday afternoon.
TRANSACTIONS: #CBJ have recalled G Joonas Korpisalo from his conditioning assignment and activated him off Injured Reserve. The club has also assigned G Matiss Kivlenieks and F Calvin Thurkauf to @monstershockey.https://t.co/uRGyhUyud0
— CBJ Public Relations (@BlueJacketsPR) February 23, 2020
Please don’t suck anymore, Jackets.
Player to Watch
uh.... good question
Brady Tkachuk, I guess?
Mostly watch out for him. With 104 PIMs to his credit this season and an ejection in a shutout on Saturday night, he’ll likely be looking to make his mark on the game in some way.
Jackets Notes
Korpisalo is back after missing the previous 24 games due to a knee injury suffered against the Chicago Blackhawks ... Korpisalo is 17-10-4 on the season ... Markus Nutivaara has 1-4-5 in his last six games ... Stefan Matteau has two points (one goal and one assist) in two games since he was brought up by the Blue Jackets
The Other Bench
The Senators were shut out in their last outing by the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 ... In the game, the Senators lost Thomas Chabot to an injury but the Senators are optimistic that he can recover and play in tonight’s game ... Brady Tkachuk was ejected from the Senators’ last game after running one of the Canadiens into the boards late in the game in a blowout loss
Season Series
11/25/2019 OTT 0 @ CBJ 1
12/14/2020 CBJ 3 @ OTT 4
02/24/2020 OTT @ CBJ
Stats
| Ottawa | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.65 (27) | GPG | 2.56 (28)> |
| 3.34 (28) | GAPG | 2.52 (2) |
| 15.0% (28) | PP% | 16.1% (24) |
| 77.9% (22) | PK% | 82.0% (11) |
| 47.63% (27) | 5v5 Corsi % | 49.18% (19) |
| 48.06% (24) | 5v5 Fenwick % | 50.93% (12) |
| 7.35% (26) | 5v5 Shot % | 6.78% (29) |
| .916 (19) | 5v5 Save % | .931 (4) |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau, 24 | G Leader | Oliver Bjorkstrand, 21 |
| Thomas Chabot, 28 | A Leader | Pierre-Luc Dubois, 27 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau, 40 | P Leader | Pierre-Luc Dubois, 44 |
| Brady Tkachuk, 104 | PIM Leader | Nick Foligno, 60 |
| 6-17-5 | Home / Road | 18-11-4 |
| 3-6-1 | Last 10 | 2-3-5 |
Projected Lineups
| Stefan Matteau | Boone Jenner | Emil Bemstrom |
| Nick Foligno | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Gustav Nyquist |
| Sonny Milano | Kevin Stenlund | Calvin Thurkauf |
| Jakob Lilja | Riley Nash | Eric Robinson |
| Zach Werenski | Markus Nutivaara |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | David Savard |
| Andrew Peeke | Scott Harrington |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Brady Tkachuk | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | Anthony Duclair |
| Artem Anisimov | Chris Tierney | Connor Brown |
| Nick Paul | Joshua Norris | Drake Batherson |
| Scott Sabourin | Colin White | Jayce Hawrlyuk |
| Thomas Chabot | Ron Hainsey |
| Mike Reilly | Nikita Zaitsev |
| Andreas Englund | Christian Jaros |
| Marcus Hogberg |
| Craig Anderson |