Game Preview #24 - Road Weary And Battered
The Blue Jackets get back on the ice in Toronto tonight as they close out their cross-Canadian road trip.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Toronto Maple Leafs
November 25, 2013 - 7:00 pm EST
Air Canada Centre - Toronto, Ontario
Radio - WWCD 102.5 -- TV - Fox Sports Ohio
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Well, this has been quite a Jekyl-and-Hyde road trip. Two wins, one of which may have been the best-played game by Columbus all year. Two losses, both of them flat-out ugly. And, of course, to go with the crazy amount of miles logged on the frequent flyer cards, the injuries are starting to stack up. Both Derek MacKenzie and Jared Boll look to be out tonight, and Sean Collins was added on emergency recall from Springfield. All eight defensemen skated, but Dalton Prout is still on IR. My guess is that Erixon gets to play again tonight against the speedy Maple Leafs, but I've been wrong before.
I don't have much to write about this game, because frankly it's hard to predict which Jackets club is going to show up. If it's the team that worked their butts off against Ottawa, I like their chances to hang around. If the team from Edmonton or Vancouver shows up? Well, it could get ugly again.
At least they're back in the Eastern time zone again.
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
(8-12-3, 19 Points; 7th division, 13th conference)
| Nick Foligno | Ryan Johansen | Boone Jenner |
| Matt Calvert | Artem Anisimov | Cam Atkinson |
| Blake Comeau | Mark Letestu | R.J. Umberger |
| Sean Collins | Michael Chaput | Jack Skille |
| Fedor Tyutin | Jack Johnson |
| Ryan Murray | James Wisniewski |
| Tim Erixon | David Savard |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Curtis McElhinney |
Toronto Maple Leafs
(14-8-1, 29 Points; 2nd division, 3rd conference)
| James van Riemsdyk | Tyler Bozak | Phil Kessel |
| Joffrey Lupul | Nazem Kadri | David Clarkson |
| Mason Raymond | Jay McClement | Nikolai Kulemin |
| Frazer McLaren | Jerred Smithson | Colton Orr |
| Carl Gunnarsson | Dion Phaneuf |
| Jake Gardiner | Cody Franson |
| Mark Fraser | Morgan Rielly |
| James Reimer |
| Jonathan Bernier |
Season Series
10/25/13 - Toronto 2 at Columbus 5
11/25/13 - Columbus at Toronto
03/03/14 - Columbus at Toronto
Head to Head Stats
Toronto Columbus 2.74 (12) GPG 2.39 (23) 2.30 (10) GAPG 3.04 (23) 24.7% (2) PP% 17.5% (20) 83.0% (14) PK% 78.4% (23) Phil Kessel, 12 G leader Ryan Johansen / Artem Anisimov, 6 Cody Franson, 12 A leader James Wisniewski, 14 Phil Kessel, 21 Pts leader James Wisniewski, 16 Colton Orr, 68 PIM leader Brandon Dubinsky, 40 9-3-0 Road/Home 4-6-2 11/23 vs. Washington, W 2-1 (SO) Last Game 11/22 @ Vancouver, L 6-2 5-4-1 Last 10 3-4-3