Saturday, March 14, 2026 – 7:30 PM ET
Xfinity Mobile Arena – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Columbus Blue Jackets (33-21-11, 77 points, 4th Metro, 9th East)
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Philadelphia Flyers (31-23-11, 73 points, 5th Metro, 11th East)
Previously
The Jackets played some of their best hockey of the year for the first 40 minutes on Thursday, but could only get one shot past Sergei Bobrovsky. The end result? Another OT loss.
Notes
Danton Heinen returns to the lineup, in place of Dmitri Voronkov. Erik Gudbranson has rejoined the team could play tonight. Jet Greaves gets the start in net.
Standings update (all game times ET):
M2: Pittsburgh, 79 points in 65 games. Plays at Utah at 9
M3: NY Islanders, 79 points in 66 games. Hosts Calgary at 7
WC1: Detroit, 79 points in 66 games. Plays at Dallas at 8
WC2: Boston, 78 points in 65 games. Plays at Washington at 3 on ABC
So, Columbus has a chance to move up as high as second place in the Metro with a win and with losses by each of the above teams. Heck, even just a regulation win is enough to put the Jackets in a position to control their own destiny. Let’s do it.
Stats
| Philadelphia | Columbus | |
| 2.80 (24) | GPG | 3.15 (14) |
| 3.08 (15) | GAPG | 3.17 (23) |
| 15.5 (32) | PP% | 20.3 (17) |
| 78.0 (22) | PK% | 77.1 (24) |
| 47.5 (26) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.8 (11) |
| 48.4 (23) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 50.3 (14) |
| 9.8 (12) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.4 (17) |
| 89.9 (25) | 5v5 Save % | 90.9 (13) |
| Travis Konecny (24) | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko (24) |
| Travis Konecny (34) | A Leader | Zach Werenski (48) |
| Travis Konecny (58) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (68) |
| Garnet Hathaway (59) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (89) |
| 15-11-7 | Home/Road | 16-13-4 |
| 6-3-1 | Last 10 | 5-1-4 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Cole Sillinger | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Kent Johnson | Sean Monahan | Conor Garland |
| Mason Marchment | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Isac Lundestrom | Boone Jenner | Danton Heinen |
| Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
| Ivan Provorov | Denton Mateychuk |
| Damon Severson | Erik Gudbranson |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Alex Bump | Christian Dvorak | Travis Konecny |
| Nikita Grebenkin | Trevor Zegras | Owen Tippett |
| Denver Barkey | Noah Cates | Matvei Michkov |
| Carl Grundstrom | Sean Couturier | Garnet Hathaway |
| Travis Sanheim | Rasmus Ristolainen |
| Cam York | Jamie Drysdale |
| Nick Seeler | Emil Andrae |
| Dan Vladar |
| Samuel Ersson |