Columbus Blue Jackets at Boston Bruins
November 30, 2013 – 7:00pm EST
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
Radio – WWCD 102.5 – TV – Fox Sports Ohio
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The Jackets and Bruins meet for the final time this regular season tonight in Boston, with each squad looking to build off of victories yesterday.
The Jackets need to bring the same intensity and work ethic as last night. On paper, these teams are massively mismatched, so to steal a win on the road the Jackets must play their grinding style and take advantage of turnovers and powerplays.
Ryan Johansen is in full beast mode, and I look for him to continue to lead the team while Marian Gaborik, Brandon Dubinsky and Nathan Horton remain sidelined. It’s a shame that Horton didn’t have an opportunity to face his former club this year.
I thought the fourth line, led by Jack Skille, was great again last night. With Jared Boll and Derek MacKenzie also out of the lineup, Skille, Michael Chaput and newcomer Corey Tropp have to give the Bruins fits whenever they hop on the ice.
At the time of this writing, starters haven’t been officially announced, but given the fact both teams played last night a battle of the backups makes sense.
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
(10-13-3, 23 Points; 7th division, 13th conference)
| Boone Jenner |
Ryan Johansen | Nick Foligno |
| Matt Calvert | Artem Anisimov | Cam Atkinson |
| R.J. Umberger | Mark Letestu | Blake Comeau |
| Corey Tropp | Michael Chaput | Jack Skille |
| Fedor Tyutin | Jack Johnson |
| Ryan Murray | James Wisniewski |
| Nikita Nikitin | Dalton Prout |
| Curtis McElhinney |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
Boston Bruins
(17-7-2, 36 Points; 1st Division, 1st Conference)
| Milan Lucic | David Krejci | Jarome Iginla |
| Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron | Loui Eriksson |
| Carl Soderberg | Chris Kelly | Reilly Smith |
| Daniel Paille | Gregory Campbell | Shawn Thornton |
| Zdeno Chara | Johnny Boychuk |
| Dougie Hamilton | Dennis Seidenberg |
| Adam McQuaid | Torey Krug |
| Chad Johnson |
| Tuukka Rask |
Season Series
10/12/13 – Boston 3 at Columbus 1
11/14/13 – Columbus 2 at Boston 3 (OT)
11/30/13 – Columbus at Boston
Head to Head Stats
| Boston | Columbus | |
| 2.73 (12) | GPG | 2.50 (21) |
| 2.00 (2) | GAPG | 2.92 (23) |
| 17.9% (17) | PP% | 19.8% (12) |
| 86.2% (4) | PK% | 78.8% (22) |
| Milan Lucic, 9 | G leader | Ryan Johansen, 9 |
| David Krejci, 15 | A leader | James Wisniewski, 16 |
| David Krejci, 19 | Pts leader | James Wisniewski, Ryan Johansen 18 |
| Adam McQuaid, 39 | PIM leader | Brandon Dubinsky, 40 |
| 11-3-2 | Home / Road | 5-6-2 |
| 11/29 vs. Rangers, W 3-2 | Last Game | 11/29 vs. Oilers, W 4-2 |
| 7-2-1 | Last 10 | 4-3-3 |