Blue Jackets vs. Capitals
7:00 PM – Game Faceoff
That didn’t take long.
Shortly after being activated from IR, Sergei Bobrovsky is… not playing tonight. And is back on IR. Retroactive to December 31. Welp dot gif.
Anton Forsberg will backup Curtis McElhinney… assuming his gear gets here in time. I mean. This team, amirite?
Not like they’re playing anyone of note tonight.
/checks matchup, standings, and stats
Crap.
But hey, David Savard is off IR and may play tonight. Ryan Johansen is your third line center. What could possible go wrong?
Happy New Year. Meet the new boss / same as the old boss.
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
(14-22-3, 31 Points; 8th division, 16th conference)
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Scott Hartnell | Alexander Wennberg | Brandon Saad |
| Gregory Campbell | Ryan Johansen | Nick Foligno |
| David Clarkson | William Karlsson | Rene Bourque |
| Jack Johnson | Ryan Murray |
| Fedor Tyutin | Dalton Prout |
| Justin Falk | Kevin Connauton |
| Curtis McElhinney |
| Anton Forsberg |
Washington Capitals
(28-7-2, 58 Points; 1st Division, 1st Conference)
| Alex Ovechkin | Nicklas Backstrom | T.J. Oshie |
| Marcus Johansson | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Justin Williams |
| Jason Chimera | Michael Latta | Tom Wilson |
| Brooks Laich | Zach Sill | Andre Burakovsky |
| Karl Alzner | Matt Niskanen |
| Dmitri Orlov | Nate Schmidt |
| Taylor Chorney | Connor Carrick |
| Braden Holtby |
| Philipp Grubauer |