Sunday, February 2, 2025 – 6:00 PM EST
American Airlines Center – Dallas, Texas
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s Site: Defending Big D
Columbus Blue Jackets (26-19-7, 59 points, 4th Metro, 7th East)
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Dallas Stars (33-17-1, 67 points, 2nd Central, 4th West)
It’s a slightly early start today, and also the final Blue Jackets regular season game outside the Eastern time zone. Weird, right?
Player to Watch
James van Riemsdyk
JVR took a high stick on Friday night in Utah, and is playing again today (albeit with a full face shield) despite quite the damage report:
YIKES. Hockey players are insane.
For the record, JVR also has points in four of his last five games (2/3/5).
Jackets Notes
Remember Jordan Dumais? After nearly a year on the shelf, he finally returned to hockey action and made his professional debut with the Cleveland Monsters this weekend. He got an assist on Friday and his first goal yesterday:
The Other Bench
The Stars have won four straight, including a home win over the Canucks on Friday … Defenseman Miro Heiskanen suffered a knee injury and is on IR but is expected back before the playoffs. Big blow for Finland in the 4 Nations Faceoff, however … Fun story here about the otter drawing that appears on Jake Oettinger’s pads … The Mavericks traded Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis last night. Crazy!
Season Series
02/02/2025 CBJ @ DAL
02/25/2025 DAL @ CBJ
Stats
Dallas | Columbus | |
3.18 (10) | GPG | 3.27 (8) |
2.47 (3) | GAPG | 3.27 (26) |
19.2 (23) | PP% | 22.1 (15) |
84.1 (2) | PK% | 74.8 (26) |
51.5 (8) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 47.6 (29) |
50.8 (12) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 48.0 (24) |
9.2 (9) | 5v5 Shooting % | 10.0 (3) |
91.9 (10) | 5v5 Save % | 90.8 (21) |
Roope Hintz, 22 | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko, 21 |
Matt Duchene, 31 | A Leader | Zach Werenski, 40 |
M. Duchene, J. Robertson, 49 | P Leader | Zach Werenski, 57 |
Jamie Benn, 58 | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier, 92 |
19-7-1 | Home/Road | 9-14-4 |
6-4-0 | Last 10 | 7-2-1 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
James van Riemsdyk | Cole Sillinger | Kent Johnson |
Zach Aston-Reese | Luca Del Bel Belluz | Mathieu Olivier |
Mikael Pyyhtia | Sean Kuraly | Justin Danforth |
Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
Denton Mateychuk | Ivan Provorov |
Jake Christiansen | Damon Severson |
Elvis Merzlikins |
Daniil Tarasov |
Dallas Stars
Jason Robertson | Roope Hintz | Wyatt Johnston |
Jamie Benn | Matt Duchene | Mavrik Bourque |
Evgenii Dadonov | Mikael Granlund | Logan Stankoven |
Oskar Back | Sam Steel | Colin Blackwell |
Thomas Harley | Ilya Lyubushkin |
Esa Lindell | Cody Ceci |
Lian Bichsel | Matt Dumba |
Jake Oettinger |
Casey Desmith |