Tonight the Blue Jackets try to wash the bad taste out of their mouths after last night’s terrible third period in New York. Nashville has not quite lived up to the lofty expectations following their Western Conference title, but they have won their last two games and just acquired Kyle Turris in a blockbuster three team trade. Turris makes his Preds debut tonight.
On the Columbus side, let’s hope that Cam Atkinson is recovered from his hip injury and his illness and can return to the lineup. We also expect Joonas Korpisalo to take the start in goal.
Game Info
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 – 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: On the Forecheck
Columbus Blue Jackets, 9-5-1, 19 points, 2nd Metro, 3rd East
vs.
Nashville Predators, 7-5-2, 16 points, 4th Central, t-5th East
Season Series
11/07/17 NAS @ CBJ
04/17/18 CBJ @ NYI
Stats
| Nashville | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.64 (25) | GPG | 3.33 (10) |
| 2.86 (13) | GAPG | 2.80 (9) |
| 22.4% (10) | PP% | 11.4% (31) |
| 82.6% (9) | PK% | 78.0% (24) |
| 51.13% (11) | EV Corsi % | 53.47% (4) |
| 98.6 (22) | EV PDO | 101.2 (12) |
| Filip Forsberg, 8 | G Leader | Josh Anderson, 6 |
| P.K. Subban, 8 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 10 |
| Filip Forsberg, 14 | P Leader | Seth Jones and Artemi Panarin, 12 |
| Cody McLeod, 60 | PIM Leader | Zac Dalpe, 13 |
| 4-4-1 | Home / Road | 5-2-0 |
| 5-3-2 | Last 10 | 5-4-1 |
Projected Lineups
| Artemi Panarin | Alexander Wennberg | Tyler Motte |
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Josh Anderson | Nick Foligno | Oliver BJORKSTRAND |
| Sonny Milano | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Markus Hannikainen |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Ryan Murray | Markus Nutivaara |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Scott Hartnell | Ryan Johansen | Viktor Arvidsson |
| Filip Forsberg | Kyle Turris | Craig Smith |
| Kevin Fiala | Calle Jarnkrok | Pontus Aberg |
| Cody McLeod | Colton Sissons | Austin Watson |
| Mattias Ekholm | Roman Josi |
| Alexei Emelin | P.K. Subban |
| Matt Irwin | Yannick Weber |
| Pekka Rinne |
| Juuse Saros |