Wednesday, February 28, 2024 – 7:00 PM EST
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
TV: Bally Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s Site: Blueshirt Banter
Columbus Blue Jackets (19-28-10, 48 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
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New York Rangers (39-17-3, 81 points, 1st Metro, 3rd East)
Somehow the Blue Jackets have taken 5 out of 6 possible points in their series against the Rangers this season. They clinched the season series with their win on Sunday, but can they make it 7 points out of 8 tonight?
Player to Watch
Artemi Panarin
Erstwhile Blue Jacket Panarin is having the best season of his already great career. His goal in Columbus on Sunday was his 33rd, which set a career high in just 59 games. He has 79 points already, which would already be tied for the 3rd most points in a season in CBJ franchise history (Rick Nash, 2008-09, behind Panarin’s 82 and 87 point seasons here).
Season Series
10/14/2023 NYR 3 @ CBJ 5
11/12/2023 CBJ 3 @ NYR 4 (SO)
02/25/2024 NYR 2 @ CBJ 4
02/28/2024 CBJ @ NYR
Stats
| NY Rangers | Columbus | |
| 3.32 (8) | GPG | 2.95 (22) |
| 2.73 (6) | GAPG | 3.67 (31) |
| 24.9 (6) | PP% | 14.6 (29) |
| 82.9 (4) | PK% | 76.7 (25) |
| 49.3 (20) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 48.2 (22) |
| 49.9 (19) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 48.4 (21) |
| 8.5 (16) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.4 (8) |
| 91.5 (12) | 5v5 Save % | 90.9 (19) |
| Artemi Panarin, 33 | G Leader | Boone Jenner, 18 |
| Artemi Panarin, 46 | A Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 34 |
| Artemi Panarin, 79 | P Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 42 |
| Jacob Trouba, 48 | PIM Leader | Erik Gudbranson, 57 |
| 20-7-0 | Home/Road | 9-13-6 |
| 9-1-0 | Last 10 | 4-5-1 |
Projected Lines
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Johnny Gaudreau | Boone Jenner | Jack Roslovic |
| Yegor Chinakhov | Dmitri Voronkov | Kirill Marchenko |
| Kent Johnson | Cole Sillinger | Alex Nylander |
| Justin Danforth | Sean Kuraly | Mathieu Olivier |
| Zach Werenski | Adam Boqvist |
| Ivan Provorov | Damon Severson |
| Jake Bean | Erik Gudbranson |
| Daniil Tarasov |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
New York Rangers
| Chris Kreider | Mika Zibanejad | Kaapo Kakko |
| Artemi Panarin | Vincent Trocheck | Alexis Lafreniere |
| Will Cuyle | Jonny Brodzinski | Jimmy Vesey |
| Adam Edstrom | Barclay Goodrow | Matthew Rempe |
| Ryan Lindgren | Adam Fox |
| K’Andre Miller | Jacob Trouba |
| Erik Gustafsson | Braden Schneider |
| Igor Shesterkin |
| Jonathan Quick |