Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TV: RDS2, TSN5, FDSNOH – Radio: 97.1FM
Ottawa Senators (41-29-6, 88 points, 4th Atlantic, 7th East)
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Columbus Blue Jackets (34-32-9, 77 points, 5th Metropolitan, 11th East)
Barring a miracle, the Blue Jackets won’t be in the playoffs this season. The culprit? The offense has dried up over the last month. It’s not for lack of possession, as Jeff Svoboda tells us below. Still, it would be nice to see this team end the season on a positive note.
Player to Watch
Kent Johnson
KJ is a playmaker with elite offensive skill. Despite scoring four points against Nashville and Colorado, he has only five points in his last 12 games. He has the ability to provide the offensive spark this team needs right now.
Season Series
03/29/2025 – CBJ 2 at OTT 3
04/06/2025 – CBJ 0 at OTT 4
04/08/2025 – OTT at CBJ
Stats
| Ottawa | Columbus | |
| 2.87 (20) | GPG | 3.14 (11) |
| 2.77 (11) | GAPG | 3.43 (28) |
| 23.1% (12) | PP% | 18.9% (24) |
| 77.9% (19) | PK% | 76% (25) |
| 49.91% (16) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 48.5% (22) |
| 50.17% (13) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 48.98% (20) |
| 7.33% (30) | 5v5 Shooting % | 10.14% (5) |
| .916 (13) | 5v5 Save % | .903 (22) |
| Brady Tkachuk, 29 | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko, 31 |
| Tim Stutzle, 51 | A Leader | Zach Werenski, 54 |
| Tim Stutzle, 72 | P Leader | Zach Werenski, 74 |
| Brady Tkachuk, 123 | PIM Leader | Matthieu Olivier, 134 |
| 18-18-4 | Home/Road | 22-10-5 |
| 6-3-1 | Last 10 | 3-6-1 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Kent Johnson | Sean Monahan | Kirill Marchenko |
| Boone Jenner | Adam Fantilli | James Van Riemsdyk |
| Dmitri Voronkov | Cole Sillinger | Mathieu Olivier |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Sean Kuraly | Justin Danforth |
| Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
| Denton Mateychuk | Ivan Provorov |
| Jack Johnson | Erik Gudbranson |
| Daniil Tarasov |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Ottawa Senators
| Fabian Zetterlund | Tim Stutzle | Claude Giroux |
| David Perron | Dylan Cozens | Drake Batherson |
| Michael Amadio | Shane Pinto | Ridly Greig |
| Matthew Highmore | Adam Gaudette | Angus Crookshank |
| Jake Sanderson | Artem Zub |
| Thomas Chabot | Nick Jensen |
| Tyler Klevan | Nikolas Matinpalo |
| Linus Ulmark |
| Anton Forsberg |