NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 11/10/2025

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Edmonton Oilers (6-6-4, 16 pts) vs Columbus Blue Jackets (7-7-0, 15 pts)

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Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

The Blue Jackets are second last in the Eastern Conference. They’ve lost three straight games in regulation and, although they scored a shorthanded goal in one of those games, they went 0/8 on the power play.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:

The Oilers are coming off an embarrassing 9-1 loss in their own rink on Saturday night. After tonight’s game, they’ll start a seven-game road trip.

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines:

Wood-Monahan-Johnson
Varonkov-Fantilli-Marchenko
Silinger-Coyle-Olivier
Jenner-Bel Belluz-Chinakhov

Werenski-Mateychuk
Provorov-Severson
Christiansen-Fabbro

Greaves
Merzlikins

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:

Nugent-Hopkins-McDavid-Mangiapane
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Roslovic
Savoie-Henrique-Frederic
Howard-Tomasek

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Walman
Kulak-Emberson
Stecher

Skinner
Pickard

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Players To Watch:

Columbus Blue Jackets

25-year-old right winger Kirill Marchenko was second on his team in points last season with 74, and has started this season as their leading scorer with 16 points. He’s scored his team’s lone shorthanded goal mentioned earlier.

Edmonton Oilers

By Connor McDavid’s standards, he’s not 5-10 above every other player in the league. He’s still 8th in league scoring with 22 points and has scored Edmonton’s last two goals.

Injury Report:

Columbus Blue Jackets

D Erik Gudbranson – IR

Edmonton Oilers

C Mattias Janmark – IR
RW Kasperi Kapanen – IR
LW Zach Hyman – LTIR

Next Game:

Columbus Blue Jackets – November 12 vs Seattle Kraken
Edmonton Oilers – November 12 vs Philadelphia Flyers

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Stephen Vani

Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.