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Columbus Blue Jackets at Carolina Hurricanes
PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Saturday, December 16, 2017 – 7:00 EST
TV: Fox Sports Ohio – Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Canes Country
Columbus Blue Jackets, 20-11-1, 41 points, 1st Metro, 2nd East
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Carolina Hurricanes, 13-11-7, 33 points, 8th Metro, 11th East
Season Series
10/10/17 CBJ 2 @ CAR 1 (OT)
11/10/17 CAR 3 @ CBJ 1
11/28/17 CAR 2 @ CBJ 3
12/16/17 CBJ @ CAR
Stats Preview
Carolina | Columbus | |
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2.74 (23) | GPG | 2.81 (21) |
3.03 (21) | GAPG | 2.59 (5) |
15.0% (28) | PP% | 10.11% (31) |
77.33% (26) | PK% | 83.52% (5) |
54.68% (1) | EV Corsi % | 52.59% (8) |
98.7 (23) | EV PDO | 100.0 (16) |
Jeff Skinner, 11 | G Leader | Josh Anderson, 12 |
Teuvo Teravainen, 16 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 21 |
Teuvo Teravainen, 24 | P Leader | Artemi Panarin, 28 |
Marcus Kruger, 22 | PIM Leader | Nick Foligno, 23 |
6-4-3 | Home / Road | 8-5-1 |
4-3-3 | Last 10 | 6-4-0 |
Probable Lineups
Artemi Panarin | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Josh Anderson |
Nick Foligno | Lukas Sedlak | Oliver BJORKSTRAND |
Boone Jenner | Alexander Wennberg | Cam Atkinson |
Matt Calvert | Jordan Schroeder | Tyler Motte |
Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
Jack Johnson | David Savard |
Scott Harrington | Markus Nutivaara |
Sergei Bobrovsky |
Joonas Korpisalo |
Sebastian Aho | Jordan Staal | Teuvo Teravainan |
Jeff Skinner | Derek Ryan | Justin Williams |
Brock McGinn | Victor Rask | Elias Lindholm |
Joakim Nordstrom | Marcus Kruger | Josh Jooris |
Jaccob Slavin | Brett Pesce |
Haydn Fleury | Justin Faulk |
Noah Hanifin | Trevor Van Reimsdyk |
Scott Darling |
Cam Ward |
Preview
Zach Werenski is Rey, young and strong with the Force.
Torts is Unkar Plutt.
David Savard is Chewie, big and hairy.
Oliver Bjorkstrand is BB-8, a newer and better version of a fan favorite.
Pierre Luc Dubois? More like Poe-Luc Dameron.
Matt Calvert= Hux, because ginger.
Nick Foligno is Luke, a leader with a beard whose game has been in hiding.
Always needing repairs, often makes things harder for his teammates? Ryan Murray or C-3PO?
Cam Atkinson, a little short to be a Stormtrooper. But his shooting percentage is bad enough! Wakka wakka!