Friday, October 10, 2019 – 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s Blog: Anaheim Calling
Anaheim Ducks (3-1-0, 6 pts, 2nd Pacific, 2nd West)
vs.
Columbus Blue Jackets (1-2-0, 2 pts, 7th Metro, 14th East)
Anaheim is off to a good start this season and one doesn’t have to think too deeply before making guesses as to why this is. John Gibson has given up 1 goal each game and sported a 0.970 save % going into the Ducks game with Pittsburgh last night (He gave up 2 last night, but the stats haven’t updated). This is not a new story, but the Jackets will have to figure out how to sneak a few past the Ducks netminder.
Columbus is coming in off a victory over their TV rivals, the Buffalo Sabres. Here’s the recap from that one – I find that I agree with everything the author stated. Well written. Also, look for John Tortorella to keep mixing up the defensive pairs as he works to find the right combinations.
Player to Watch
Ryan Murray
Murray is the guy we’d all like to stay healthy. When he’s healthy, he is only behind Jones in ability. Against the Sabres, he had his pocket picked which led to a goal. However, his worst moment came when the cameras panned to a grimacing Murray being tended to by a trainer. Minor? Major? I didn’t see or hear much mention of an injury but just the camera shot makes one nervous. We’re looking for Murray to play smoothly and to, hopefully, look healthy while doing it.
Jackets Notes
Post-game hugs will apparently continue…Boone Jenner is 1 point away from 200 for his career…Rostislav Klesla’s CBJ record for career goals by defensemen (41) has three pursuers…David Savard, Zach Werenski, and Seth Jones are all within 2 goals of tying…Josh Anderson expected to miss another game
The Other Bench
Anaheim is on the back end of a B2B after playing Pittsburgh last night…3rd game in 4 nights for Anaheim…Worth mentioning again – John Gibson is very good…101 saves on 104 shots through 3 games…
Season Series
10/11/2019 ANA @ CBJ
01/07/2020 CBJ @ ANA
Stats
| Anaheim | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.67 (t-20) | GPG | 2.33 (t-24) |
| 1.00 (1) | GAPG | 4.67 (t-28) |
| 0.0% (31) | PP% | 33.3% (t-5) |
| 100.0% (t-1) | PK% | 61.5% (30) |
| 48.47% (20) | 5v5 Corsi % | 50.21% (17) |
| 50.48% (14) | 5v5 Fenwick % | 52.91% (9) |
| 7.2 (t-20) | 5v5 Shot % | 4.2% (t-28) |
| .973 (3) | 5v5 Save % | .867 (30) |
| A bunch with 1 goal | G Leader | Cam Atkinson, 2 |
| Hampus Lindholm, 3 | A Leader | Nick Foligno, 2, Riley Nash, 2 |
| Ondrej Kase, 3, Hampus Lindholm, 3 | P Leader | Nick Foligno, 3 |
| Nicholas Deslauriers, 5 | PIM Leader | Pierre-Luc Dubois, 5 |
| 1-2-0 | Home / Road | 1-1-0 |
| 3-1-0 | Last 10 | 1-2-0 |
Projected Lineups
| Gustav Nyquist | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Cam Atkinson |
| Alexandre Texier | Alexander Wennberg | Oliver BJORKSTRAND |
| Nick Foligno | Boone Jenner | Emil Bemstrom |
| Jakob Lilja | Riley Nash | Sonny Milano |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Ryan Murray | Markus Nutivaara |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | David Savard |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Max Jones | Ryan Getzlaf | Troy Terry |
| Rickard Rakell | Isac Lundestrom | Jakob Silfverberg |
| Nick Ritchie | Adam Henrique | Ondraj Kase |
| Devin Shore | Derek Grant | Carter Rowney |
| Hampus Lindholm | Josh Manson |
| Brendan Guhle | Cam Fowler |
| Jacob Larsson | Korbinian Holzer |
| John Gibson |
| Ryan Miller |