Monday, March 17, 2025 – 7:00 PM EDT
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
TV: FDSNOH, CW 53; Radio: 97.1 FM
New Jersey Devils (36-26-6, 78 points, 3rd Metro, 6th East)
at
Columbus Blue Jackets (31-27-8, 70 points, 5th Metro, 10th East)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of my fellow Irish descendants out there!
Player to Watch
Nico Hischier
With Jack Hughes out for the remainder of the season, New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier has to take over the center position on the top line. Ho hum, just another #1 overall pick to fill in. Must be nice! Hischier is no consolation prize, however, with a team-leading 28 goals this season. He’s just 3 away from tying his career high in that that category.
Jackets Notes
Erik Gudbranson has been practicing with the team and could make his return to the lineup as soon as this week … This game is one that is being simulcast on several broadcast channels in the region, including CW 53 in Columbus and these other stations:
- WKRC 12.2 CW (Cincinnati)
- WUAB 43.1 CW (Cleveland)
- WKEF 22.3 MyTV (Dayton)
- WQCW 30.1 (Charleston, WV/Huntington, WV/Portsmouth, OH)
- WKYT 27.2 CW (Lexington, KY)
- WAVE 3.2 Bounce (Louisville, KY)
The Other Bench
The Devils lost 7-3 in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, stopping a three game winning streak … Jack Hughes and Dougie Hamilton will miss at least the remainder of the regular season. Jonas Siegenthaler is also on the IR and Erik Huala is day-to-day.
Season Series
12/19/2024 NJD 2 @ CBJ 4
03/11/2025 CBJ 3 @ NJD 5
03/17/2025 NJD @ CBJ
Stats
| New Jersey | Columbus | |
| 2.99 (14) | GPG | 3.23 (8) |
| 2.59 (4) | GAPG | 3.33 (27) |
| 27.5 (4) | PP% | 19.4 (23) |
| 82.6 (3) | PK% | 75.4 (25) |
| 50.8 (9) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 47.8 (27) |
| 50.2 (12) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 48.2 (25) |
| 8.6 (20) | 5v5 Shooting % | 10.4 (3) |
| 91.6 (10) | 5v5 Save % | 90.8 (20) |
| Nico Hischier, 28 | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko, 25 |
| Jesper Bratt, 60 | A Leader | Zach Werenski, 49 |
| Jesper Bratt, 79 | P Leader | Zach Werenski, 69 |
| Brenden Dillon, 65 | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier, 120 |
| 19-15-2 | Home/Road | 20-8-4 |
| 5-5-0 | Last 10 | 5-5-0 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Yegor Chinakhov | Boone Jenner | Kent Johnson |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Justin Danforth | Mathieu Olivier |
| James van Riemsdyk | Sean Kuraly | Luke Kunin |
| Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
| Denton Mateychuk | Ivan Provorov |
| Jack Johnson | Damon Severson |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Daniil Tarasov |
New Jersey Devils
| Timo Meier | Nico Hischier | Stefan Noesen |
| Daniel Sprong | Cody Glass | Jesper Bratt |
| Ondrej Palat | Dawson Mercer | Tomas Tatar |
| Paul Cotter | Curtis Lazar | Nathan Bastian |
| Luke Hughes | Brett Pesce |
| Brian Dumoulin | Johnathan Kovacevic |
| Brenden Dillon | Simon Nemec |
| Jacob Markstrom |
| Jake Allen |