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Columbus Blue Jackets (25-20-7, 57 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (21-24-9, 51 pts) <\/p>\n

Venue: United Center
Date: Friday, January 30
Time: 8:30 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+\/FDSNOH\/CHSN
Radio: The Fan, 93.3 The Bus\/720 WGN<\/p>\n

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Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Blue Jackets picked up their third straight win on Wednesday with a 5-3 victory over the Flyers. They\u2019ve won seven of their last eight games, averaging 3.9 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game. <\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Blackhawks\u00a0dropped their fourth straight last night in a 6-2 loss to the Penguins. They\u2019re 1-2-2 in their last five game, averaging 2.2 goals per game while allowing four goals per game. <\/p>\n

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Marchment-Fantilli-Marchenko
Jenner-Monahan-Johnson
Sillinger-Coyle-Olivier
Voronkov-Lundestrom-Wood<\/p>\n

Werenski-Severson
Provorov-Mateychuk
Zamula-Gudbranson<\/p>\n

Merzlikins
Greaves<\/p>\n

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Nazar-Bedard-Teravainen
Bertuzzi-Dickinson-Mikheyev
Greene-Moore-Burakovsky
Donato-Foligno-Dach <\/p>\n

Vlasic-Crevier
Kaiser-Levshunov
Grzelcyk-Murphy<\/p>\n

Knight
Soderblom<\/p>\n

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Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n

Zach Werenski finished with a goal and four assists between the two games against Chicago last season.<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n

Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist in one of the two meetings against Columbus last season.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n

D\u00a0Brendan Smith<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
D Dante Fabbro \u2013 Out<\/p>\n

Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n

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