Preview: Not Today Satan
The Columbus Blue Jackets look to break their lose streak against the New Jersey Devils tonight at 7pm.
Saturday, February 10th - 7:00 pm EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio
Radio: 97.1 WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: All About The Jersey
Columbus Blue Jackets; 27-23-4, 57 points, 7th Metropolitan, 6th East
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New Jersey Devils; 27-18-8, 62 points, 3rd Metropolitan, 10th East
Season Series
12/05/2018 - NJD 4 @ CBJ 1 - game faceoff - preview - recap
12/08/2018 - CBJ 5 @ NJD 3 - game faceoff - preview - recap
02/10/2018 - NJD vs CBJ
02/20/2018 - CBJ @NJD
Stats
| New Jersey | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.94 (12) | GPG | 2.50 (29) |
| 2.92 (13) | GAPG | 2.78 (20) |
| 20.8% (13) | PP% | 13.8% (31) |
| 81.8 (13) | PK% | 75.2% (27) |
| 48.84% (20) | EV Corsi % | 51.13% (12) |
| 99.8 (19) | EV PDO | 99.6 (21) |
| Taylor Hall, 20 | G Leader | Josh Anderson, 16 |
| Taylor Hall, 34 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 29 |
| Taylor Hall, 54 | P Leader | Artemi Panarin, 43 |
| Miles Wood, 59 | PIM Leader | Nick Foligno, 38 |
| 12-9-5 | Home / Road | 6-10-1 |
| 4-6-0 | Last 10 | 2-7-1 |
The Columbus Blue Jackets look to break their four game lose-streak against the New Jersey Devils tonight.
The Devils roll into Nationwide well rested and looking for a win. They lost their last two games to the Calgary Flames (2-3) and the Ottawa Senators (3-5).
The Jackets will need to keep a watchful eye on the Devils top line of Taylor hall, Nico Hischier, and Jesper Bratt. They are a scoring power house. The Jackets will need to stop them from crossing the offensive zone blue line. Once they break the plane, there is no stopping them.
Attacking the net and scoring goals is an absolute must for the Jackets tonight.
As Head Coach John Tortorella said, the team needs to find ways to win instead of ways to lose.
Projected Lineups
| Artemi Panarin | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Cam Atkinson |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | Alexander Wennberg | Nick Foligno |
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Josh Anderson |
| Matt Calvert | Lukas Sedlak | Jussi Jokinen |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | Markus Nutivaara |
| Dean Kukan | David Savard |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Taylor Hall | Nico Hischier | Jesper Bratt |
| Miles Wood | Pavel Zacha | Kyle Palmieri |
| Blake Coleman | Travis Zajac | Stefan Noesen |
| John Quenneville | Brian Boyle | Drew Stafford |
| Andy Greene | Sami Vatanen |
| John Moore | Damon Severson |
| Will Butcher | Ben Lovejoy |
| Keith Kinkaid |
| Eddie Lack |