Preview: Chicago Blackhawks at Columbus Blue Jackets
Battle of disappointing teams
Saturday, February 24, 2018 - 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio & NHL Network; Radio: 97.1 WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Second City Hockey
Columbus Blue Jackets, 30-26-5, 65 points, 5th Metro, 8th East
vs.
Chicago Blackhawks, 27-27-8, 62 points, 7th Central, 12th West
Season Series
10/07/17 CBJ 1 @ CHI 5
02/24/18 CHI @ CBJ
You think we’ve struggled in February? Our opponents tonight began the month with an 8 game losing streak. They’re heating up, however, winning 3 of their last 4 including a defeat of the San Jose Sharks last night. They remain in last place in the Central and let’s all enjoy the hell out of that (at least until they win the draft lottery).
Our old farmhand Anton Forsberg is likely to start in goal.
As for the home team, this may be the final game in a Blue Jackets uniform for certain players. Will a player like Jack Johnson or Matt Calvert be traded by Monday? Will there be a new Jacket playing against Washington that night?
Stats
| Chicago | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.82 (17) | GPG | 2.52 (29) |
| 2.85 (15) | GAPG | 2.75 (11) |
| 15.8% (29) | PP% | 14.1% (31) |
| 82.7% (6) | PK% | 76.3% (27) |
| 53.50% (3) | EV Corsi % | 51.70% (7) |
| 99.2 (22) | EV PDO | 99.5 (19) |
| Patrick Kane, 23 | G Leader | Artemi Panarin and Josh Anderson, 17 |
| Patrick Kane, 34 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 32 |
| Patrick Kane, 57 | P Leader | Artemi Panarin, 49 |
| Ryan Hartman, 56 | PIM Leader | Nick Foligno, 46 |
| 12-13-5 | Home / Road | 17-11-2 |
| 3-7-0 | Last 10 | 3-6-1 |
Projected Lineups
| Artemi Panarin | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Cam Atkinson |
| Boone Jenner | Alexander Wennberg | Oliver BJORKSTRAND |
| Matt Calvert | Brandon Dubinsky | Josh Anderson |
| Markus Hannikainen | Lukas Sedlak | Zac Dalpe |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | Ryan Murray |
| Scott Harrington | David Savard |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Tomas Jurco | Artem Anisimov | Patrick Kane |
| Brando Saad | Jonathan Toews | Tommy Wingels |
| Ryan Hartman | David Kampf | Vincent Hinostroza |
| Anthony Duclair | Nick Schmaltz | Alex DeBrincat |
| Duncan Keith | Jordan Oesterle |
| Erik Gustafsson | Jan Rutta |
| Connor Murphy | Brent Seabrook |
| Anton Forsberg |
| Jean-Francois Berube |