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Game Preview: Carrying the Momentum

Arizona Coyotes @ Columbus Blue Jackets
Monday, December 5, 2016 – 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 WBNS FM
Game Faceoff

Columbus comes into this game on the heels of a win in Arizona on Saturday night. A win that Arizona will not be happy about letting slip through their fingers, as Mike Smith played out of his damn mind en route to a 57 save effort over the course of the game.

Tonight, Arizona will likely be looking for revenge for Saturday night. Columbus, which has been outstanding on home ice, looks to keep their mojo flowing.

According to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch, the Blue Jackets have a chance to make history tonight. On the line is the club’s 500th victory (the team currently sits at 499-570-33-117). How cool would that be?

Markus Hannikainen has been sent back to Cleveland as Matt Calvert returned healthy. No other lineup changes are expected tonight. Sergei Bobrovsky figures to be back between the pipes.

Go Jackets.

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
Ryan Murray Markus Nutivaara
Sergei Bobrovsky
Curtis McElhinney

Arizona Coyotes

Max Domi Martin Hanzal Radim Vrbata
Tobias Reider Jordan Martinook Methuseleh…I mean Shane Doan
Anthony Duclair Christian Dvorak Jamie McGinn
Lawson Crouse Laurent Dauphin Ryan White
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Columbus native Connor Murphy
Alex Goligoski Michael Stone
Jakob Chychrun Luke Schenn

Mike Smith
Louis Domingue