Tuesday, December 16, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Anaheim Ducks (20-12-1, 41 points, 2nd Pacific, 5th West)
at
Columbus Blue Jackets (13-13-6, 32 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
Notes
Are my headline puns worse this season? Yes. I’ll blame Steve McCarthy for it like I blame lots of the hockey problems too.
Our old buddy Jarmo Kekalainen got the GM job in Buffalo. I think he’s an upgrade there, and I’m curious to see if he can finally turn things around there, like he did here.
The Ducks are good and fun this year. I wish it didn’t take hiring Joel Quenneville to do it, alas.
Zach Werenski is playing his 600th NHL game tonight.
Uncle Deano’s Roster Randomizer is spitting out an opportunity for Yegor Chinakhov in the top 6. Let’s see how it goes!
Stats
| Anaheim | Columbus | |
| 3.45 (2) | GPG | 2.88 (21) |
| 3.27 (24) | GAPG | 3.47 (28) |
| 18.3 (21) | PP% | 19.0 (18) |
| 75.9 (26) | PK% | 71.6 (30) |
| 51.1 (12) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.4 (15) |
| 51.0 (11) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 49.4 (19) |
| 9.4 (14) | 5v5 Shooting % | 8.7 (21) |
| 90.6 (17) | 5v5 Save % | 90.8 (15) |
| Cutter Gauthier (18) | G Leader | Dmitri Voronkov (12) |
| T. Terry, L. Carlsson (24) | A Leader | Zach Werenski (24) |
| Leo Carlsson (41) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (33) |
| Ross Johnston (50) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (44) |
| 9-8-1 | Home/Road | 6-5-3 |
| 6-4-0 | Last 10 | 2-5-3 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Boone Jenner | Sean Monahan | Yegor Chinakhov |
| Miles Wood | Charlie Coyle | Cole Sillinger |
| Kent Johnson | Brendan Gaunce | Isac Lundestrom |
| Zach Werenski | Denton Mateychuk |
| Ivan Provorov | Damon Severson |
| Brendan Smith | Dante Fabbro |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Anaheim Ducks
| Cutter Gauthier | Leo Carlsson | Alex Killorn |
| Chris Kreider | Mason McTavish | Beckett Sennecke |
| Frank Vatrano | Mikael Granlund | Troy Terry |
| Ross Johnston | Ryan Poehling | Ryan Strome |
| Jackson Lacombe | Jacob Trouba |
| Pavel Mintyukov | Radko Gudas |
| Olen Zellweger | Ian Moore |
| Ville Husso |
| Lukas Dostal |