Season stats
via hockeydb<\/a>, does not include last night\u2019s game against the Caps<\/p>\n
Who: Columbus Blue Jackets (3-4-0, 6 points, 8th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (6-2-0, 12 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division)<\/p>\n
How to Watch: Broadcast in the local markets on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sportsnet Ohio, streaming on ESPN+<\/p>\n
Pens\u2019 Path Ahead: The Pens are looking at a busy next week mostly spent on the road. The stretch starts out with a back-to-back set of games at home against the St. Louis Blues on Monday and on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, followed by road games in Minnesota, Winnipeg and Toronto in a span of five days.<\/p>\n
Opponent Track: After losing three of four games to start the season, the Blue Jackets have recently turned things around with back-to-back wins against the Tampa Bay Lightning and at the Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n
Columbus is coming in on the second half of a back-to-back after losing 5-1 to Alex Ovechkin and the visiting Washington Capitals on Friday night. But that final score doesn\u2019t reflect how close things were for most of the game. The Blue Jackets were within one goal until early in the third period, and Washington head coach Spencer Carbery said afterwards he believed \u201cwe just stole two points.\u201d<\/p>\n
Season Series: The Pens are playing in Columbus on Nov. 28 and Jan. 4, followed by another home game against the Jackets on Jan. 17. Last season the Blue Jackets won the first two games of the series before the Pens came out on top of a 6-3 victory in March.<\/p>\n
Hidden Stat: Since the Blue Jackets joined the NHL in 2000 the Penguins have conceded just four regulation losses to the team (24-4-1 overall record). One of those four losses took place on Nov. 15 of last year.<\/p>\n
Getting to know the Blue Jackets<\/p>\n
Dmitri Voronkov – Sean Monahan – Kirill Marchenko<\/p>\n
Boone Jenner – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson<\/p>\n
Cole Sillinger – Charlie Coyle – Mathieu Olivier<\/p>\n
Zach Aston-Reese – Isac Lundestrom – Yegor Chinakhov<\/p>\n
Zach Werenski \/ Denton Mateychuk<\/p>\n
Ivan Provorov \/ Damon Severson<\/p>\n
Dante Fabbro \/ Erik Gudbrandon<\/p>\n
Goalies: Elvis Merzlikins (Jet Greaves started last night)<\/p>\n
Potential scratches: Miles Wood (injury), Jake Christiansen<\/p>\n
Blue Jackets forward Miles Wood returned to practice Thursday for the first time since Oct. 13, when he took a high stick to the face he said left him afraid he had lost his left eye, per Brian Hedger<\/a> of the Columbus Dispatch. He remained sidelined for Friday\u2019s game against the Caps.<\/p>\n Season stats
via hockeydb<\/a>, does not include last night\u2019s game against the Caps<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Denton Mateychuk, a 2022 first-round pick skating on the Blue Jackets\u2019 top pairing during his second NHL season, scored his second goal of the season on a Sean Monahan assist Friday night.The penalty kill has been a serious issue for the Blue Jackets so far this season. The team headed into Friday\u2019s matchup with Washington having killed off an NHL-low 60 percent of penalties so far this season. You can find multiple examples from early in the season of the unit breaking down and allowing an opponent an all-but unchallenged opportunity at the netfront.The Capitals took advantage of those struggles by scoring back-to-back power-play goals late in Friday night\u2019s third period.<\/p>\n