Game 52 Preview: Jackets roll into Philly
The Jackets make the rare trek to Philly tonight to take on the Flyers. It's the second game of a back-to-back so we should see Steve Mason in net tonight. Freddy Modin is also eligible to come off of IR today but we'll have to wait and see if he plays tonight or not. If he does look for Andrew Murray to get time in the pressbox. The Jackets are on a bit of a high right now after defeating the Blues last night 4-2. It was a well-played game by Columbus, the only real mistake they made was surrendering the first goal a shortly after the game started (again). Instead of getting discouraged, they battled back.
Derick Brassard had his best game of the season last night, and I look for him to continue his hot play. Ditto for Raffi, that guy has been one of the best for the Jackets this year. He's Mr. Clutch. The third member of that line, Jake Voracek, needs to get his game going. He's been playing well and racking up helpers, but he needs to start scoring some goals. Brass should be able to help in that department.
Fearless Prediction: More than one scrap tonight!
Game Time: 7:00pm ET
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TV: FSN
Radio: WBNS-AM (1460); WWCD-FM (101.1)
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Here are the lineups for tonight's tilt:
Columbus Blue Jackets
| R.J. Umberger | Antoine Vermette | Rick Nash |
| Raffi Torres | Derick Brassard | Jakub Voracek |
| Kristian Huselius | Samuel Pahlsson | Chris Clark |
| Fredrik Modin | Derek Dorsett | Jared Boll |
| Fedor Tyutin | Anton Stralman |
| Mathieu Roy | Kris Russell |
| Jan Hejda | Mike Commodore |
| Steve Mason |
| Mathieu Garon |
| EXTRA: Andrew Murray, Milan Jurcina |
| INJURED: Marc Methot, Rostislav Klesla |
| Scott Hartnell | Jeff Carter | Daniel Briere |
| Simon Gagne | Mike Richards | Claude Giroux |
| Aaron Asham | Darrell Powe | James van Riemsdyk |
| Daniel Carcillo | Blair Betts | Ian Laperriere |
| Chris Pronger | Matt Carle |
| Kimmo Timonen | Braydon Coburn |
| Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | Oskars Bartulis |
| Ray Emery |
| Michael Leighton |