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Game Day #53: Blue Jackets do Dallas

Oct 30, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa (12) and Columbus Blue Jackets center Adam Fantilli (11) chase the puck during the third period at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

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:

https://twitter.com/JacketsInsider/status/1886092176381133001

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:

https://twitter.com/monstershockey/status/1885877031096729746

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

DallasColumbus
3.18 (10)GPG3.27 (8)
2.47 (3)GAPG3.27 (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, 22G LeaderKirill Marchenko, 21
Matt Duchene, 31A LeaderZach Werenski, 40
M. Duchene, J. Robertson, 49P LeaderZach Werenski, 57
Jamie Benn, 58PIM LeaderMathieu Olivier, 92
19-7-1Home/Road9-14-4
6-4-0Last 107-2-1

Projected Lineups

Columbus Blue Jackets

Dmitri VoronkovAdam FantilliKirill Marchenko
James van RiemsdykCole SillingerKent Johnson
Zach Aston-ReeseLuca Del Bel BelluzMathieu Olivier
Mikael PyyhtiaSean KuralyJustin Danforth
Zach WerenskiDante Fabbro
Denton MateychukIvan Provorov
Jake ChristiansenDamon Severson
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Dallas Stars

Jason RobertsonRoope HintzWyatt Johnston
Jamie BennMatt DucheneMavrik Bourque
Evgenii DadonovMikael GranlundLogan Stankoven
Oskar BackSam SteelColin Blackwell
Thomas HarleyIlya Lyubushkin
Esa LindellCody Ceci
Lian BichselMatt Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey Desmith

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