Sunday, December 3, 2023, 7:00 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
TV: Bally Sports Ohio – Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s site: Runs on Hockey
Columbus Blue Jackets (8-13-4, 20 points, 8th Metro, 15th East)
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Boston Bruins (16-4-3, 35 points, 1st Atlantic, 2nd East)
Don’t forget, you have until December 8th to order a Cannon hockey jersey.
It’s the Dads’ Trip this weekend, as the Blue Jackets look to beat the Bruins for the second time in under a week, and continue the relatively hot streak of 4 wins in 6 games.
Player to Watch
David Pastrnak
Count me among those who was curious to see how Pastrnak would do this year without Patrice Bergeron at center, and with the weight of an eight-year, $11.25M AAV contract kicking in. As it turns out, he’s just as good as ever. He’s second in the league in points with 36 through 23 games. On Monday, however, the Blue Jackets managed to hold him pointless (the only time in the last five games) and limited him to just 2 shots on goal. Can they match that feat tonight?
Jackets Notes
Daniil Tarasov made his Cleveland Monsters season debut last night and made 22 saves in a 4-2 Monsters win.
Season Series
11/27/2023 BOS 2 @ CBJ 5
12/03/2023 CBJ @ BOS
01/02/2024 BOS @ CBJ
Stats
| Boston | Columbus | |
| 3.35 (8) | GPG | 2.92 (22) |
| 2.52 (4) | GAPG | 3.36 (22) |
| 21.9 (12) | PP% | 13.3 (26) |
| 88.5 (3) | PK% | 88.6 (2) |
| 48.9 (18) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 47.0 (24) |
| 48.8 (23) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 47.2 (24) |
| 9.5 (9) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.4 (11) |
| 93.8 (1) | 5v5 Save % | 90.7 (18) |
| David Pastrnak, 14 | G Leader | Boone Jenner, 12 |
| David Pastrnak, 22 | A Leader | Zach Werenski, 17 |
| David Pastrnak, 36 | P Leader | Zach Werenski, 18 |
| Charlie McAvoy, 33 | PIM Leader | Sean Kuraly, 22 |
| 8-1-1 | Home/Road | 2-6-3 |
| 5-3-2 | Last 10 | 4-6-0 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Johnny Gaudreau | Boone Jenner | Kent Johnson |
| Kirill Marchenko | Dmitri Voronkov | Yegor Chinakhov |
| Patrik Laine | Adam Fantilli | Justin Danforth |
| Alexandre Texier | Sean Kuraly | Mathieu Olivier |
| Zach Werenski | Adam Boqvist |
| Ivan Provorov | David Jiricek |
| Jake Bean | Erik Gudbranson |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Spencer Martin |
Boston Bruins
| Jake Debrusk | Pavel Zacha | David Pastrnak |
| Brad Marchand | Charlie Coyle | Danton Heinen |
| James Van Riemsdyk | Matthew Poitras | Trent Frederic |
| Jakub Lauko | Morgan Geekie | Oskar Steen |
| Matt Grzelcyk | Charlie McAvoy |
| Hampus Lindholm | Brandon Carlo |
| Derek Forbort | Kevin Shattenkirk |
| Linus Ullmark |
| Jeremy Swayman |