Game Preview #33 - What State Are We In?
The Jackets rack up the frequent flyer miles.
Blue Jackets at Stars - 8:30 PM
Game Faceoff
So, instead of previewing the lineup and the game (since we won't know about the lineup until 6:30 because we played last night in a different city), I'm simply going to point out that the Stars are good. They score a goal per game more on average than the Jackets do. Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin have a combined 80 points, including 35 goals between them. Also, if I may, some things that have no real bearing on anything, but that make me feel better to vent about:
- Columbus leads the league in games played to this point.
- Columbus leads the league in back-to-backs.
- Columbus has played more back-to-backs than any team in the league to this point.
- In an eight-day span from last Thursday through this, Columbus will play five games in four cities, spanning three time zones.
- With all travel, the Jackets will have flown 5,412 miles once they arrive back in Columbus on Friday. And then will play on Saturday./
Yeah, so whatever. Eat rod, NHL Schedule People.
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
(11-18-3, 25 Points; 8th division, 16th conference)
| Boone Jenner | Ryan Johansen | Brandon Saad |
| Matt Calvert | Brandon Dubinsky | Nick Foligno |
| Scott Hartnell | Alexander Wennberg | Cam Atkinson |
| Gregory Campbell | William Karlsson | David Clarkson |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Ryan Murray | Andrew Bodnarchuk |
| Fedor Tyutin | Kevin Connauton |
| Curtis McElhinney |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
Dallas Stars
(22-6-2, 46 Points; 1st Division, 1st Conference)
| Jamie Benn | Tyler Seguin | Valeri Nichushkin |
| Mattias Janmark | Jason Spezza | Patrick Eaves |
| Antoine Roussel | Cody Eakin | Patrick Sharp |
| Colton Sceviour | Vernon Fiddler | Ales Hemsky |
| Alex Goligoski | John Klingberg |
| Johnny Oduya | Jason Demers |
| Patrik Nemeth | Jordie Benn |
| Kari Lehtonen |
| Antti Niemi |