Columbus Blue Jackets at Edmonton Oilers
March 18, 2015 – 10:00 pm EDT
Rexall Place – Edmonton, Alberta
Radio – WBNS 97.1 FM – TV – Fox Sports Ohio
Opponent’s Blog: The Copper & Blue
First off, just know that the headline and blurb below the photo above are tongue in cheek just a bit. I don’t honestly think the team “tries” to lose when they’re playing. I would never try to imply that. Just to be clear and all…
Not much to say about this one. Two bad teams, playing out the string. And it’s on very, very late here.
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
(30-35-4, 64 Points; 7th division, 13th conference)
| Brandon Dubinsky | Ryan Johansen | Cam Atkinson |
| Nick Foligno | Artem Anisimov | Rene Bourque |
| Scott Hartnell | Alexander Wennberg | Marko Dano |
| Corey Tropp | Mark Letestu | Jared Boll |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Fedor Tyutin | Ryan Murray |
| Kevin Connauton | Dalton Prout |
| Curtis McElhinney |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
Edmonton Oilers
(19-39-12, 50 Points; 7th Division, 14th Conference)
| Benoit Pouliot | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Jordan Eberle |
| Teddy Purcell | Derek Roy | Nail Yakupov |
| Ryan Hamilton | Anton Lander | Andrew Miller |
| Matt Hendricks | Boyd Gordon | Rob Klinkhammer |
| Oscar Klefbom | Justin Schultz |
| Martin Marincin | Mark Fayne |
| Andrew Ference | Nikita Nikitin |
| Ben Scrivens |
| Richard Bachman |
Season Series
EDM – 0-0-1
CBJ – 1-0-003/13/15 – Edmonton 4 at Columbus 5 (SO)
03/18/15 – Columbus at Edmonton
Head to Head Stats
| Edmonton | Columbus | |
| 2.27 (27) | GPG | 2.52 (24) |
| 3.33 (30) | GAPG | 3.13 (25) |
| 18.4% (14) | PP% | 21.6% (6) |
| 77.5% (27) | PK% | 78.7% (25) |
| Jordan Eberle / Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 19 | G leader | Nick Foligno, 25 |
| Jordan Eberle, 36 | A leader | Nick Foligno, 37 |
| Jordan Eberle, 55 | Pts leader | Nick Foligno, 62 |
| Matt Hendricks, 74 | PIM leader | Jared Boll, 102 |
| 11-20-2 | Home/Road | 17-15-2 |
| 2-6-2 | Last 10 | 4-6-0 |
| 3/16 vs. Toronto, W 4-1 | Last Game | 3/15 vs. Carolina, L 3-2 |