Game Preview: Putting Out the Flames

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Calgary Flames
Friday, December 16, 2016 - 9:00 EST
Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 WBNS FM
Game Faceoff

When these teams last met, Columbus suffered through a listless 2-0 loss at home. November 23 also happened to be the last time Columbus went a game without notching points of any kind.

Tonight, Columbus has a chance to avenge that loss as they close out the season series against the Flames. The Blue Jackets are obviously on a hot streak, having won 7 straight games and notched 8-0-1 in the last night since the last time these two teams met. How better to continue this winning streak than to avenge the last loss?

Columbus currently sits 3 points back of the Metro lead with a few games in hand (seriously, can any of the teams at the top of this division lose? Except you, Philadelphia, we know you can, you have played 5 more games than we have, so I don’t really care about you).

There will be no lineup changes for the Blue Jackets tonight and, really, why would there be? This team has been on a tear lately and I have every expectation that they keep it rolling tonight.

Go Jackets. May the force CF% be with us.

(Also, go see Rogue One. Immediately after this game ends. Who cares that you won’t get home till 3 AM, it’s so worth it.)

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

Curtis McElhinney

Calgary Flames

Johnny Gaudreau	Sam Bennett	Alex Chiasson
Matthew Tkachuk	Mikael Backlund	Michael Frolik
Kris Versteeg	Sean Monahan	Troy Brouwer
Micheal Ferland	Matt Stajan	Lance Bouma

Mark Giordano	Dougie Hamilton
T.J. Brodie	Dennis Wideman
Jyrki Jokipakka	Dennis Seidenberg

Chad Johnson

Brian Elliott