Game Preview #26: Islanders at Blue Jackets
Here’s what you need to know.
*stats not updated through Friday night’s game, as press time was before that and I took ladyfriend to meet my parents last night, so I was nervous with that on my mind. Sorry gang. I’ll try and update them in the comments during the day.
Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog:
Columbus Blue Jackets, 16-5-4, 36 points, 3rd Metro, 4th East, 5th NHL
vs.
New York Islanders, 11-10-5, 27 points, 8th Metro, 14th East
Season Series
12/10/16 NYI @ CBJ
1/24/17 CBJ @ NYI
2/25/17 NYI @ CBJ
3/18/17 CBJ @ NYI
#AreTheCBJGoodYet
Stats Matchup
| New York | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.62 (14) | GPG | 3.17 (4) |
| 2.87 (22) | GAPG | 2.17 (3) |
| 13.5% (30) | PP% | 24.6% (1) |
| 83.3% (13) | PK% | 81.3% (17) |
| 45.8 (29) | EV CF% | 50.94% (12) |
| 100.8 (9) | EV PDO | 101.9 (6) |
| John Tavares / Anders Lee, 8 | G Leader | Nick Foligno / Sam Gagner, 10 |
| John Tavares, 13 | A Leader | Alexander Wennberg, 16 |
| John Tavares, 21 | P Leader | Cam Atkinson, 23 |
| Travis Harmonic, 42 | PIM Leader | Nick Foligno, 33 |
| 2-6-1 | Road / Home | 9-3-1 |
| 6-2-2 | Last 10 | 7-1-2 |
Probable Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Brandon Saad | Alexander Wennberg | Nick Foligno |
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Scott Hartnell | William Karlsson | Josh Anderson |
| Matt Calvert | Lukas Sedlak | Sam Gagner |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Markus Nutivaara | Ryan Murray |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Curtis McElhinney |
New York Islanders
| Josh Bailey | John Tavares | Brock Nelson |
| Andrew Ladd | Ryan Strome | Shane Prince |
| Nikolay Kulemin | Alan Quine | Jason Chimera |
| Anders Lee | Casey Cizikas | Cal Clutterbuck |
| Nick Leddy | Travis Harmonic |
| Thomas Hickey | Scott Mayfield |
| Calvin de Haan | Dennis Seidenberg |
| Jaroslav Halak |
| Thomas Greiss |