NHL Preseason Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Columbus Blue Jackets with Projected Line Combinations 9/21/2025

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St. Louis Blues (0-0-1) at Columbus Blue Jackets (0-0-0)

Venue: Nationwide Arena
Date: Sunday, September 21
Time: 5:00 pm EST
How To Watch: Blues website/ Blue Jackets website
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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:

The Blues dropped their preseason opener last night to the Dallas Stars 2-1 in a shootout. The Blues scored first thanks to their first round draft pick Justin Carbonneau.

Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

The Columbus Blue Jackets are getting their preseason schedule started today.

St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:

Bitten-Alexandrov-Carbonneau
McGing-Texier-Joseph
Lucic-Bjugstad-Wagner
Stancl-Stenberg-Peterson

Loof-Taylor
Burns-Jiricek
Sschueneman-Skinner

Hofer
Zherenko  

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Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines

Voronkov-Sillinger-Olivier
Fasching-Williams-Gaunce
Chinakhov-Del Bel Belluz-Malatesta
Pyyhtia-Keskinen-Ahcan

Christiansen-Mayo
Hunt-Smith
Kearsey-Elick

Fedotov
Gardner

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Players To Watch:

St. Louis Blues

Nikita Alexandrov last season played in 48 games for the Springfield Thunderbirds of the AHL. He had 49 points on 21 goals and 28 assists. He was a plus-four with six power-play goals, and two game-winnings goals. Alexandrov finished second on the team in points, and in goals; he finished fourth on the team in assists.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Luca Del Bel Belluz last season in 61 games with the Cleveland Monsters in the AHL recorded 53 points on 27 goals and 26 assists. He was a plus-six with eight power-play goals and three game-winning goals. He finished 14th in the league in goals. Del Bel Belluz also played in 15 games for Columbus, recording eight points on two goals and eight assists. He was a plus-two.

Next Up

St. Louis: September 27 vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Columbus: September 22 vs. Buffalo Sabres

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