Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 – 10:30 PM EST
SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, NBCSCA; Radio: 93.3 FM
Columbus Blue Jackets (5-5-1, 11 points, 5th Metro, 10th East)
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San Jose Sharks (3-8-2, 8 points, 8th Pacific, 16 West)
Tonight marks the beginning of the first road trip of the season with the next 4 games taking place along the Pacific Coast. Hope you all made it out to vote today!
Players to Watch
Highly Drafted Players
This game will feature several young and highly drafted prospects. Fantilli, Sillinger, and Jiricek look to be playing tonight for the Jackets against the most recent first overall pick Macklin Celebrini, William Eklund, and the guy the Jackets were rumored to have interest in the ’23 Draft, Will Smith.
Jackets Notes
After giving up 6 and 7 goals in the two most recent, and noncompetitive, games there were several posts from local media about a tougher practice on Monday and a desire to return to playing with structure. The lines have been tweaked a little with Pyyhtia and Voronkov switching and JVR and ZAR rotating on the 4th. I’m expecting JVR to play tonight with Elvis getting the net.
Kent Johnson skated at the Monday practice by himself, Waddell commented that a return was likely a few weeks away.
The Other Bench
After starting back to back seasons with 9 game losing streaks, the Sharks won 3 games in a row before dropping their most recent contest. Macklin Celebrini draws back in tonight after scoring in his debut and then missing the following games due to injury. Will Smith finally got his first goal(s) of his NHL career against Vancouver but has had a rough start to his NHL career.
The Sharks roster is an interesting mix of young players and veterans you probably didn’t realize now play in San Jose. Alex Wennberg is one of those familiar faces, as is Timothy Liljegren, who was recently acquired via trade from Toronto.
Season Series
11/05/24 CBJ @ SJS
01/16/25 SJS @ CBJ
Stats
| Columbus | San Jose | |
| 3.55 (10) | GPG | 2.46 (28) |
| 3.45 (25) | GAPG | 3.77 (30) |
| 17.2 (20) | PP% | 20.5 (15) |
| 80 (15) | PK% | 81.5 (14) |
| 49.14 (19) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 45.9 (29) |
| 49.2 (19) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 45.28(29) |
| 12.76 (3) | 5v5 Shooting % | 6.34 (28) |
| 88.62 (28) | 5v5 Save % | 89.91 (24) |
| Sean Monahan, 6 | G Leader | Toffoli/Granlund/Zetterlund, 6 |
| Kirill Marchenko, 8 | A Leader | Granlund/Walman, 8 |
| Kirill Marchenko, 12 | P Leader | Mikael Granlund, 14 |
| Mathieu Olivier, 12 | PIM Leader | Luke Kunin, 13 |
| 1-2-1 | Home/Road | 2-3-1 |
| 5-4-1 | Last 10 | 3-7-0 |
Projected Lines
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Yegor Chinakhov | Sean Monahanov | Kirill Marchenko |
| Cole Sillinger | Adam Fantilli | Mikael Pyyhtia |
| Dmitri Voronkov | Justin Danforth | Mathieu Olivier |
| James Van Reimsdyk | Sean Kuraly | Kevin Labanc |
| Zach Werenski | Ivan Provorov |
| Jake Christiansen | Damon Severson |
| Jack Johnson | David Jiricek |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Daniil Tarasov |
Washington Capitals
| Mikael Granlund | Macklin Celebrini | Tyler Toffoli |
| William Eklund | Alex Wennberg | Fabian Zetterlund |
| Barclay Goodrow | Will Smith | Luke Kunin |
| Carl Grundstrum | Nico Sturm | Ty Dellandrea |
| Jake Walman | Cody Ceci |
| Mario Ferraro | Jan Rutta |
| Henry Thrun | Timothy Liljegren |
| Vitek Vanecek |
| Mackenzie Blackwood |