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Game Day 58: The Stars are in Columbus

Nov 9, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Dallas Stars center Matt Duchene (95) slides the puck under Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Spencer Martin (30) for a goal during the second period at Nationwide Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russell LaBounty-USA TODAY Sports

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 – 7:00 PM EST
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM

Dallas Stars (37-18-2, 76 points, 2nd Central, 2nd West)

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Columbus Blue Jackets (27-22-8, 62 points, 4th Metro, 9th East)

After getting a win against the bottom team in the Central division, the Jackets will hope to even their season series against one of the contenders from the West’s strongest division.

Player to Watch

Denton Mateychuk

Against Chicago, Denton scored his second goal of the season and led the CBJ in 5v5 ice time. He’s been solid since being called up from Cleveland but are we starting to see Mateychuk figure out the NHL game and will the scoring follow?

Jackets Notes

A Zach Werenski interview will be featured on the “What Chaos!” podcast today, a hockey show covering the league started by Pete Blackburn in Boston.

Playoffs chances may have begun started to slip away before the break but, getting Marchenko, Fabbro, and Jenner back in addition to Gudbranson and Monahan starting to skate, puts Columbus right back in the race. Let’s take a peek at the playoff chances for the Jackets from a few of the predictive models:

Hockeyviz: 31.1%
Dom @ the Athletic: 29 %
MoneyPuck: 13.5%
BetMGM: +400 (20% chance)

Season Series

2/02/2025 CBJ 3 @ DAL 5
02/25/2025 DAL @ CBJ

Stats

DallasColumbus
3.3 (4)GPG3.25 (9)
2.51 (3)GAPG3.26 (25)
20.6% (21)PP%21.6 (16)
85.0 (2)PK%75.3 (25)
51.17 (10)5v5 Shot Attempt %47.3 (29)
50.46 (13)5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt %47.89 (25)
9.65 (5)5v5 Shooting %10.14 (3)
91.69 (13)5v5 Save %90.83 (20)
Robertson/Duchene, 23G LeaderKirill Marchenko, 21
Matt Duchene, 36A LeaderZach Werenski, 44
Matt Duchene, 59P LeaderZach Werenski, 62
Jamie Benn, 60PIM LeaderMathieu Olivier, 99
17-11-1Home/Road18-6-4
8-1-1Last 105-4-1

Projected Lineups

Columbus Blue Jackets

Dmitri VoronkovAdam FantilliKirill Marchenko
Boone JennerCole SillingerKent Johnson
Zach Aston-ReeseJustin DanforthMathieu Olivier
James van RiemsdykSean KuralyJoe LaBate
Zach WerenskiDante Fabbro
Denton MateychukIvan Provorov
Jake ChristiansenDamon Severson
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Dallas Stars

Jason RobertsonRoope HintzMavrik Bourque
Mason MarchmentMatt DucheneMikael Granlund
Jamie BennWyatt JohnsonEvgenii Dadonov
Oskar BackSam SteelColin Blackwell
Thomas HarleyCody Ceci
Esa LindellIlya Lyubushkin
Lian BischelMatt Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

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