SEASON SERIES
The Isles are up 1-0-0 on the season series after a 3-2 win on Nov. 2. Matthew Schaefer logged his first multi-goal game and Simon Holmstrom scored in the win.
BLUE JACKETS NOTES
Columbus is coming off a 3-1 win over the LA Kings on Monday. The Blue Jackets’ three goals were all on the power play, as Mason Marchment (2G) and Kirill Marchenko found the back of the net one the man advantage in a game where their power play went 3-for-7. Jet Greaves made 23 saves.
Marchment is off to a hot start with his new team. He scored three goals in his first two games as a Blue Jacket after he was traded from Seattle. Before the trade, the 30-year-old had 13 points (4G, 9A) in 29 games for the Kraken. Columbus acquired the forward in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
Columbus is eighth in the Metropolitan Division with 36 points and are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games.
Captain Boone Jenner has five points (2G, 3A) in five games since returning from an upper-body injury sidelined him for 14 games.
Zach Werenski leads the Blue Jackets in scoring with 40 points (14G, 26A) in his 10th season in Columbus. He’s riding a five-game point streak with 10 points (5G, 5A) over that span.
The Blue Jackets power play has been hot as of late, going 10-for-34 in the month of December (29.4%).