Thursday, December 11, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Ottawa Senators (13-12-4, 30 points, 7th Atlantic, 15th East)
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Columbus Blue Jackets (13-11-6, 32 points, 8th Metro, 14th East)
Notes
These teams are right next to each other in a very crowded Eastern Conference (just 7 points separates the wild card teams from last place). Both are riding 3-game losing streaks. Columbus is starting a 4-game homestand, while Ottawa is beginning a 3-game road trip. Ottawa actually has a worse PK than Columbus! Who will come out on top?
In roster news, Jeff Svoboda reports that Boone Jenner took line rushes this morning. That’s a good sign that he will return to the lineup tonight. For the Senators, goal leader Shane Pinto and defenseman Thomas Chabot are on the IR.
Glad to see: Jake Sanderson, son of Geoff.
Not glad to see: Nick Cousins, crowned in an Athletic player poll as having the most punchable face in the league. Hard to argue!
Stats
| Ottawa | Columbus | |
| 3.00 (15) | GPG | 2.90 (20) |
| 3.31 (24) | GAPG | 3.40 (26) |
| 24.7 (5) | PP% | 18.9 (16) |
| 70.7 (31) | PK% | 72.3 (29) |
| 51.8 (9) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.4 (15) |
| 53.4 (4) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 49.5 (19) |
| 9.6 (13) | 5v5 Shooting % | 8.7 (20) |
| 89.1 (27) | 5v5 Save % | 91.0 (12) |
| D. Batherson, S. Pinto, T. Stutzle (12) | G Leader | A. Fantilli, D. Voronkov (11) |
| Jake Sanderson (18) | A Leader | Zach Werenski (21) |
| D. Batherson, T. Stutzle (26) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (30) |
| Nick Cousins (31) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (44) |
| 7-6-2 | Home/Road | 6-6-3 |
| 4-6-0 | Last 10 | 3-3-4 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Sean Monahan | Kirill Marchenko |
| Kent Johnson | Adam Fantilli | Boone Jenner |
| Miles Wood | Charlie Coyle | Cole Sillinger |
| Yegor Chinakhov | Isac Lundestrom | Brendan Gaunce |
| Zach Werenski | Ivan Provorov |
| Denton Mateychuk | Damon Severson |
| Brendan Smith | Dante Fabbro |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Ottawa Senators
| Nick Cousins | Tim Stutzle | Fabian Zetterlund |
| Brady Tkachuk | Dylan Cozens | Drake Batherson |
| Michael Amadio | Ridly Greig | Claude Giroux |
| Stephen Halliday | Lars Eller | David Perron |
| Jake Sanderson | Artem Zub |
| Tyler Kleven | Jordan Spence |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | Nick Jensen |
| Linus Ullmark |
| Leevi Merilainen |