Columbus Blue Jackets @ New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Sunday, February 26, 2017 – 5:00 EST
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Blue Shirt Banter
Columbus Blue Jackets, 38-16-5, 81 points, 4th Metro, 4th East
@
New York Rangers, 40-19-2, 82 points, 3rd Metro, 3rd East
Last night was awesome. Do that again.
Season Series
11/18/16 NYR 2 @ CBJ 4
01/07/17 NYR 5 @ CBJ 4
01/31/17 CBJ 6 @ NYR 4
02/13/17 NYR 3 @ CBJ 2
02/26/17 CBJ @ NYR
Stats Matchup
| New York Rangers | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.28 (4) | GPG | 3.19 (5) |
| 2.57 (10) | GAPG | 2.45 (4) |
| 19.2% (15) | PP% | 22.2% (4) |
| 82.0% (13) | PK% | 82.2% (11) |
| 47.8% (24) | EV Corsi % | 50.5% (16) |
| 101.6 (4) | EV PDO | 101.1 (6) |
| Michael Grabner, 26 | G Leader | Cam Atkinson, 27 |
| Mats Zuccarello, 31 | A Leader | Alexander Wennberg, 38 |
| JT Miller, 47 | P Leader | Cam Atkinson, 50 |
| Chris Kreider, 40 | PIM Leader | Josh Anderson, 62 |
| 19-11-2 | Road / Home | 16-7-4 |
| 8-1-1 | Last 10 | 5-4-1 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Nick Foligno | Alexander Wennberg | Oliver Bjorkstrand |
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Josh Anderson | William Karlsson | Markus Hannikainen |
| Brandon Saad | Sam Gagner | Scott Hartnell |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Ryan Murray | Markus Nutivaara |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
New York Rangers
| Jimmy Vesey | Derek Stepan |
Rick Nash |
| Chris Kreider | Mika Zibanejad | Mats Zuccarello |
| Michael Grabner | Kevin Hayes | JT Miller |
| Oscar Lindberg | Brandon Pirri | Jesper Fast |
| Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi |
| Marc Staal | Nick Holden |
| Brady Skjei | Kevin Klein |
| Henrik Lundqvist |
| Antti Raanta |