Viqsi
"that chick from Ohio"
One way or another, one of my teams is going to lose tonight.
Notes and projected lineup per bluejackets.com:
preds.nhl.com doesn't have today's projected lineup up yet, but we do have yesterday's:
Scoresheet links (they'll work later tonight):
Game Summary - overall team info
Event Summary - player-specific info
Highlights of the Preds' last game (last night):
Notes and projected lineup per bluejackets.com:
Of Note
Elvis Merzlikins owns the NHL lead with five shutouts.. … Markus Nutivaara has as 1-3-4 line in the past five contests. … Zach Werenski leads all NHL defensemen with a CBJ-record 18 goals from the blue line this season. ... Columbus has not taken a penalty in six of 62 games this year. … The Blue Jackets have lost 345 man games to injury. ... Twelve of the last 13 games for Columbus have been one-goal games, excluding empty-net goals. … Starting with the game against the Preds, seven of the next eight for Columbus will be against Western Conference teams. … The Blue Jackets swept the season series a year ago, with a 5-2 win in Nashville ending a five-game losing skid in Tennessee. Columbus is just 9-29-1-5 all-time in the road in the series.
Projected Lineup
(Subject to change)
Gustav Nyquist - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Nick Foligno
Stefan Matteau - Boone Jenner - Emil Bemstrom
Nathan Gerbe - Kevin Stenlund - Calvin Thurkauf
Eric Robinson - Riley Nash - Jakob Lilja
Zach Werenski - Markus Nutivaara
Vladislav Gavrikov - David Savard
Scott Harrington - Andrew Peeke
Elvis Merzlikins
Matiss Kivlenieks
Scratches: Sonny Milano, Oliver Bjorkstrand (injury), Joonas Korpisalo (injury)
Roster Report: Tortorella will speak to the media pregame to go over the lineup. Gerbe did not practice Friday but did travel with the team to Nashville so he could be in the lineup, while Thurkauf staged his first practice with the team after his emergency recall Friday.
preds.nhl.com doesn't have today's projected lineup up yet, but we do have yesterday's:
Forwards
Filip Forsberg - Ryan Johansen - Viktor Arvidsson
Calle Jarnkrok - Matt Duchene - Mikael Granlund
Rocco Grimaldi - Kyle Turris - Craig Smith
Colin Blackwell - Colton Sissons - Austin Watson
Defense
Roman Josi - Ryan Ellis
Jarred Tinordi - Mattias Ekholm
Dan Hamhuis - Dante Fabbro
Goaltenders
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scoresheet links (they'll work later tonight):
Game Summary - overall team info
Event Summary - player-specific info
Highlights of the Preds' last game (last night):