Tuesday, January 13, 2026 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Calgary Flames (19-22-4, 42 points, 7th Pacific, 13th West)
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Columbus Blue Jackets (19-19-7, 45 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
Notes
A new era of Blue Jackets hockey begins tonight, with Rick Bowness taking over as head coach. Between now and the Olympic break there are 12 games and 8 of those are at home, including 7 of the next 8. It’s up to Bowness to get this thing turned around by then. If not, then some hard decisions will have to be made about selling players after the break and before the trade deadline.
Watch the introductory press conference here:
He’s at least saying the right things, in terms of what changes need to happen defensively.
Don Waddell said that Denton Mateychuk’s injury does not appear to be major, but that he is getting a second opinion. He is not expected to miss much time.
Stats
| Calgary | Columbus | |
| 2.53 (31) | GPG | 2.91 (21) |
| 2.96 (12) | GAPG | 3.38 (28) |
| 13.6 (32) | PP% | 18.8 (19) |
| 82.2 (8) | PK% | 76.4 (29) |
| 51.1 (12) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.5 (15) |
| 50.9 (12) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 49.6 (17) |
| 7.5 (31) | 5v5 Shooting % | 8.9 (21) |
| 90.2 (18) | 5v5 Save % | 90.8 (11) |
| Blake Coleman (13) | G Leader | Z. Werenski, K. Marchenko, D. Voronkov (16) |
| Nazem Kadri (24) | A Leader | Zach Werenski (31) |
| Nazem Kadri (32) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (47) |
| Adam Klapka (74) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (60) |
| 7-15-2 | Home/Road | 9-7-4 |
| 5-5-0 | Last 10 | 5-4-1 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Cole Sillinger | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Boone Jenner | Sean Monahan | Kent Johnson |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Brendan Gaunce | Mikael Pyyhtia |
| Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
| Ivan Provorov | Damon Severson |
| Jake Christiansen | Egor Zamula |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Calgary Flames
| Jonathan Huberdeau | Nazem Kadri | Joel Farabee |
| Yegor Sharangovich | Mikael Backlund | Matt Coronato |
| Connor Zary | Morgan Frost | Adam Klapka |
| Ryan Lomberg | Justin Kirkland | William Stromgren |
| Kevin Bahl | Rasmus Andersson |
| Yan Kuznetsov | Mackenzie Weegar |
| Joel Hanley | Brayden Pachal |
| Dustin Wolf |
| Devin Cooley |