Game Preview: Into the Storm

Columbus Blue Jackets at Carolina Hurricanes
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 7:00 EST
PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: WBNS FM
Game Faceoff

The Columbus Blue Jackets take the ice in Carolina tonight in their first matchup of the season with their Metro division rivals. Carolina started out the season terribly, but has built some nice momentum over the last month or so of the year. The Blue Jackets cannot afford a let down on the ice.

Tonight also marks the first game with Anton Forsberg on the bench backing up Sergei Bobrovsky. I imagine he will get at least one start on this road trip, but tonight is not that night. Sergei Bobrovsky will, in all likelihood, get the start. Columbus plays Carolina 3 times between now and January 21 - winning all 3 is critical. These are games Columbus, on paper, should win.

Cam Ward will probably get the start for Carolina - he’s started their last 16 in a row. Other than the backup netminder position (which we have covered in full), no lineup changes are expected for Columbus.

Go Jackets.

UPDATE, JANUARY 10, 1:15 PM

Per Torts, Bobrovsky is sick. Anton Forsberg will start tonight. Joonas Korpisalo has been recalled to serve as his backup tonight.

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
Markus Nutivaara	Ryan Murray

Sergei Bobrovsky

Anton Forsberg

Carolina Hurricanes

Jeff Skinner	Victor Rask	Ty Rattie
Sebastian Aho	Teuvo Teravainen	Lee Stempniak
Brock McGinn	Jordan Staal	Derek Ryan
Joakim Nordstrom	Jay McClement	Viktor Stalberg

Jaccob Slavin	Brett Pesce
Ron Hainsey	Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin	Matt Tennyson

Cam Ward

Michael Leighton