Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Florida Panthers
Thursday, February 25, 2016 – 7:00 PM EST
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FSNOH – Radio: 97.1 WBNS FM
Opponents’ Blog: All About The Jersey
Post Coffee Mug – 11-7-5, 27 pts in 23 games
Columbus Blue Jackets – 24-29-8, 56 pts – 8th Metro, 14th East
vs.
New Jersey Devils – 30-24-7, 67 pts – 5th Metro, 9th East
Season Series
NJD: 0-2-0
CBJ: 2-0-0
10/27/15 – Columbus 3 at New Jersey 1
11/25/15 – Columbus 2 at New Jersey 1
02/25/16 – New Jersey at Columbus
03/19/16 – New Jersey at Columbus
03/20/16 – Columbus at New Jersey
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
(24-29-8, 56 Points; 8th division, 15th conference)
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Scott Hartnell | Alexander Wennberg | Brandon Saad |
| Matt Calvert | William Karlsson | Nick Foligno |
| Rene Bourque | Gregory Campbell | Kerby Rychel |
| Ryan Murray | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Fedor Tyutin | Dalton Prout |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Curtis McElhinney |
New Jersey Devils
(30-24-7, 67 Points; 5th Division, 9th Conference)
| Sergey Kalinin | Adam Henrique | Lee Stempniak |
| Reid Boucher | Travis Zajac | Kyle Palmieri |
| Joseph Blandisi | Jacob Josefson | Tyler Kennedy |
| Tuomo Ruutu | Stephen Gionta | Jordin Tootoo |
| Andy Greene | Adam Larsson |
| John Moore | David Schlemko |
| Jon Merrill | Damon Severson |
| Cory Schneider |
| Keith Kinkaid |
Head to Head Stats
| New Jersey | Columbus | |
| 2.23 (30) | GPG | 2.49 (20) |
| 2.25 (1) | GAPG | 3.05 (27) |
| 21.2% (8) | PP% | 17.2% (26) |
| 82.8% (9) | PK% | 80.5% (16) |
| 46.5% (29) | EV CF% | 47.9% (22) |
| 100.2 (14) | EV PDO | 99.4 (22) |
| -82 (24) | EV SC +/- | +27 (14) |
| Kyle Palmieri, 23 | G leader | Boone Jenner / Brandon Saad, 22 |
| Lee Stempniak, 25 | A leader | Brandon Dubinsky, 23 |
| Lee Stempniak, 41 | Pts leader | Scott Hartnell, 39 |
| Jordin Tootoo, 91 | PIM leader | Scott Hartnell, 92 |
| 15-12-3 | Road/Home | 11-12-6 |
| 4-4-2 | Last 10 | 5-2-3 |
| 2/23 vs. NY Rangers, W 5-2 | Last Game | 2/23 @ Detroit, L 2-1 (SO) |