Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Chicago Blackhawks (22-25-9, 53 points, 6th Central, 12th West)
at
Columbus Blue Jackets (28-20-7, 63 points, 4th Metro, 9th East)
Notes
A 3-0 win in New Jersey capped off a very successful 3 game road trip. Now, just one more game at home before all of the Jackets (except Zach Werenski and Elvis Merzlikins) get a two week break. No excuse not to go all-out to secure a regulation win at home.
Kirill Marchenko is expected to play after missing the last game with illness. Jet Greaves gets the start in net.
If you hear a familiar voice from the past on the broadcast, don’t adjust your TV. That’s just former play-by-play voice Jeff Rimer coming out of retirement to fill in while Steve Mears works a national broadcast for TNT.
Stats
| Chicago | Columbus | |
| 2.70 (26) | GPG | 3.09 (17) |
| 3.14 (19) | GAPG | 3.20 (22) |
| 19.5 (19) | PP% | 19.9 (18) |
| 85.6 (1) | PK% | 76.9 (27) |
| 47.0 (28) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.6 (15) |
| 45.9 (30) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 50.0 (17) |
| 9.6 (15) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.3 (17) |
| 90.1 (20) | 5v5 Save % | 91.1 (10) |
| Tyler Bertuzzi (25) | G Leader | Z. Werenski, K. Marchenko (19) |
| Connor Bedard (30) | A Leader | Zach Werenski (42) |
| Connor Bedard (53) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (61) |
| Connor Murphy (46) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (62) |
| 10-11-4 | Home/Road | 14-8-4 |
| 3-5-2 | Last 10 | 9-1-0 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Mason Marchment | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Dmitri Voronkov | Sean Monahan | Kent Johnson |
| Cole Sillinger | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Danton Heinen | Boone Jenner | Miles Wood |
| Zach Werenski | Damon Severson |
| Denton Mateychuk | Ivan Provorov |
| Dante Fabbro | Erik Gudbranson |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Chicago Blackhawks
| Frank Nazar | Connor Bedard | Tyler Bertuzzi |
| Teuvo Teravainen | Oliver Moore | Andre Burakokvsky |
| Ryan Donato | Jason Dickinson | Ilya Mikheyev |
| Colton Dach | Nick Foligno | Landon Slaggert |
| Alex Vlasic | Louis Crevier |
| Wyatt Kaiser | Sam Rinzel |
| Matt Grzelcyk | Connor Murphy |
| Spencer Knight |
| Arvid Soderblom |