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"that chick from Ohio"
Having sleepwalked past this year's most hopeless team, we now get to see the NHL's stingiest defense versus the NHL's most productive offense. This could get interesting.
Notes and projected lineup per bluejackets.com:
avalanche.nhl.com doesn't have a preview article up yet, but here's the projected lineup from their previous game:
Scoresheet links (they'll work later tonight):
Game Summary - overall team info
Event Summary - player-specific info
Highlights of the Avs' last game:
Notes and projected lineup per bluejackets.com:
Of Note
The Blue Jackets have points in nine straight games (8-0-1) as well as 17 consecutive games vs. Eastern Conference foes (13-0-4). … Oliver Bjorkstrand has 10 goals during his last nine games (10-3-13) including a four two-goal games. … Pierre-Luc Dubois has a 7-17-24 line in his last 23 games and is plus-17. He has eight points in his last five games. … Elvis Merzlikins has won seven straight starts with four shutouts. He has allowed eight goals in that span with a .965 save percentage. … Cam Atkinson is two goals from the 200 mark, while Seth Jones is two assists from 200 in his career. … Colorado won the first game of the season series between the teams, capturing a 4-2 victory Nov. 9. Emil Bemstrom and Zach Werenski scored for Columbus.
somebody forgot to fill something out, looks likeProjected Lineup
(Subject to change)
Nick Foligno - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Gus Nyquist - Boone Jenner - Cam Atkinson
Sonny Milano - Riley Nash - Emil Bemstrom
Nathan Gerbe - Ryan MacInnis - Kevin Stenlund
Zach Werenski - Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov - David Savard
Scott Harrington - Markus Nutivaara
Elvis Merzlikins
Matiss Kivlenieks
Scratches: Eric Robinson (injury), Andrew Peeke, Joonas Korpisalo (injury)
Roster Report: X
avalanche.nhl.com doesn't have a preview article up yet, but here's the projected lineup from their previous game:
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 91 Nazem Kadri - 95 Andre Burakovsky
11 Matt Calvert - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 37 J.T. Compher
83 Matt Nieto - 17 Tyson Jost - 72 Joonas Donskoi
Defensemen
27 Ryan Graves - 8 Cale Makar
49 Samuel Girard - 6 Erik Johnson
16 Nikita Zadorov - 28 Ian Cole
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer OR 39 Pavel Francouz
Healthy Scratches: Vladislav Kamenev, Calle Rosen
Injury Report: Colin Wilson (lower body, out indefinitely)
Scoresheet links (they'll work later tonight):
Game Summary - overall team info
Event Summary - player-specific info
Highlights of the Avs' last game: