Monday, September 30, 2024 – 7:00 ET
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Opponent’s Site: Japers’ Rink
Streaming: bluejackets.com
Radio: 97.1FM
Jackets Notes
Today is Noa Gaudreau’s second birthday. The Blue Jackets players and families got together to send her a special message:
For the next month, all NHL players will be wearing helmet decals to honor the Gaudreau brothers.
Let’s hear from coach Dean Evason about today’s matchup (I’m really enjoying his press conferences so far)
Lineups
Boone Jenner and Sean Monahan will play in their second game in a row, with Kirill Marchenko remaining as their linemate.
Lots of bubble players are getting a chance to make another impression tonight, including Denton Mateychuk, Jake Christiansen, Owen Sillinger, James Malatesta, Gavin Brindley, Mikael Pyyhtia, and Luca Del Bel Belluz.
Daniil Tarasov gets the start in net. Expect him to play the whole game like Elvis Merzlikins did on Saturday.
On the other side:
No Alex Ovechkin, but still a lot of NHL talent, including former CBJ first round picks Sonny Milano and Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Also a battle of the van Riemsdyk brothers.