Friday, December 6, 2024 – 10:00 PM EST
Rogers Arena – Vancouver, BC
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio; Radio: 97.1FM
Columbus Blue Jackets (11-10-3, 25 points, 7th Metro, 11th East)
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Vancouver Canucks (13-10-2, 28 points, 3rd Pacific, 6th East)
The Blue Jackets continue their Western Canadian swing with the last true West Coast game of the season, visiting the Vancouver Canucks. It’s their second straight game, and second straight game in an arena sponsored by Rogers. Neat!
Player to Watch
Zach Werenski
The Michigan product was the lone Blue Jacket named to a Four Nations Face-Off roster Wednesday night, one of the seven defenseman named to Team USA. And it’s well earned: Through Wednesday’s games, he’s one of three defensemen in the league over a point per game, along with Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar. He looks like vintage Z, and will need to perform like vintage Z for the Jackets to earn a win tonight.
The Other Bench
The Canucks had four players named to the Four Nations teams; Quinn Hughes and JT Miller to Team USA, Elias Pettersson to Sweden’s roster, and goalie Kevin Lankinen will represent Finland. … Vancouver is missing JT Miller due to a personal leave, while goalie Thatcher Demko is once again injured. … It’s a battle of weaknesses tonight: The Canucks are 3-5-3 at home, 2nd worst in the NHL, while the Jackets are 3-7-2 on the road, 3rd worst in the League.
Season Series
12/6/2024: CBJ at VAN
3/28/2025: VAN at CBJ
Stats
| Vancouver | Columbus | |
| 3.25 (11) | GPG | 3.46 (8) |
| 3.17 (24) | GAPG | 3.5 (29) |
| 23.3% (11) | PP% | 17.7% (23) |
| 80.8% (13) | PK% | 72.7% (28) |
| 50.5% (14) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 51.1% (10) |
| 49.9% (16) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 51.9% (9) |
| 10.1% (5) | 5v5 Shooting % | 10.2% (4) |
| .897 (25) | 5v5 Save % | .900 (24) |
| Jake DeBrusk, 11 | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko, 10 |
| Quinn Hughes, 23 | A Leader | Zach Werenski, 18 |
| Quinn Hughes, 29 | P Leader | Zach Werenski, 26 |
| Quinn Hughes, 19 | PIM Leader | Matthieu Olivier, 47 |
| 3-5-3 | Home/Road | 3-7-2 |
| 5-4-1 | Last 10 | 6-3-1 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Sean Monahan | Kirill Marchenko |
| Cole Sillinger | Adam Fantilli | Kent Johnson |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Justin Danforth | Mathieu Olivier |
| Mikael Pyyhtia | Sean Kuraly | Kevin Labanc |
| Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
| Damon Severson | Ivan Provorov |
| Jake Christiansen | Jordan Harris |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Daniil Tarasov |
Vancouver Canucks
| Jake DeBrusk | Elias Pettersson | Brock Boeser |
| Dakota Joshua | Pius Suter | Conor Garland |
| Nils Hoglander | Teddy Blueger | Kiefer Sherwood |
| Max Sasson | Aatu Raty | Danton Heinen |
| Quinn Hughes | Tyler Myers |
| Carson Soucy | Noah Juulsen |
| Erik Brannstrom | Vincent Desharnais |
| Kevin Lankinen |
| Arturs Silovs |