Scratches:\u00a0Zach Aston-Reese,\u00a0Luca Del Bel Belluz, Mathieu Olivier (upper body injury),\u00a0Dmitri Voronkov (upper body injury), Jake Christiansen, Damon Severson (upper body injury, week to week)<\/p>\n
Injured Reserve: D Brendan Smith (knee surgery, out three to four months as of Jan. 8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roster Report:\u00a0Bowness said\u00a0Marchment\u00a0and\u00a0Lundestr\u00f6m\u00a0will be game-time decisions after leaving Tuesday\u2019s game and not practicing Wednesday, while the Blue Jackets will continue to be without Severson, Voronkov and Olivier.\u00a0He will meet with the\u00a0media at\u00a011:30 a.m. to discuss the lineup further.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This Day in CBJ History\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
April 2, 2003: Marc Denis shuts out Minnesota for the second time\u00a0on\u00a0the season, posting 27 saves in a 3-0 victory at Nationwide Arena.\u00a0Geoff Sanderson notches a goal and an assist while Ray Whitney\u00a0assists\u00a0on all three CBJ goals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
April 2, 2016:\u00a0Brandon Saad posts a hat\u00a0trick\u00a0and\u00a0Boone Jenner notches his 30th\u00a0goal of the season as the Blue Jackets\u00a0post\u00a0a 5-1\u00a0victory\u00a0at Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
April 2, 2023:\u00a0Kirill Marchenko scores\u00a016 seconds into\u00a0overtime\u00a0as the Blue Jackets down Ottawa by a 4-3 score in Nationwide Arena. Marchenko\u2019s goal was his 21st\u00a0of the year, surpassing\u00a0Pierre-Luc\u00a0Dubois (20, 2017-18)\u00a0for the most goals by a rookie in franchise history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Numbers Game\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zach Werenski\u00a0has\u00a0moved into\u00a0fifth place in CBJ single-season annals with 78\u00a0points\u00a0this year. With 21\u00a0goals and 57\u00a0assists \u2013\u00a0two\u00a0short\u00a0of tying the franchise record \u2013 he is\u00a0third\u00a0among NHL defensemen in goals and\u00a0second\u00a0in points.\u00a0He leads NHL defensemen\u00a0with 25\u00a0multipoint games\u00a0and\u00a0has tied\u00a0Artemi Panarin\u2019s team record set in 2018-19. …\u00a0Adam\u00a0Fantilli\u00a0has\u00a0nine\u00a0goals in the last 19\u00a0games and posted a\u00a010-15-25\u00a0line in the last\u00a025\u00a0contests. He has set a new career high in points with 55.\u00a0…\u00a0Kirill Marchenko\u00a0is\u00a0second in\u00a0the NHL with six shootout goals and\u00a0has\u00a0scored on\u00a010 of 16\u00a0career shootout\u00a0attempts,\u00a0third\u00a0among all active NHLers and\u00a0fourth\u00a0best in league history\u00a0(minimum 10 attempts).\u00a0…\u00a0Charlie Coyle\u00a0has 12\u00a0goals and\u00a031\u00a0points in the past\u00a031\u00a0games. …\u00a0With his 14th\u00a0goal with the Blue Jackets on Sunday, Mason\u00a0Marchment\u00a0is tied for the most tallies for a CBJ player in his first\u00a033\u00a0games with the franchise in team history.\u00a0…\u00a0Jet Greaves is\u00a012-3-3\u00a0in his last 19\u00a0appearances with a 2.36\u00a0GAA,\u00a0as well as\u00a0a\u00a0.920\u00a0save percentage in his last\u00a0eight\u00a0games.\u00a0…\u00a0Blue\u00a0Jackets defensemen have scored\u00a055\u00a0goals this season, the most in the NHL\u00a0and a new franchise\u00a0record. \u2026\u00a0Columbus\u00a0has scored\u00a0first in 45\u00a0of\u00a075\u00a0games overall,\u00a0second behind\u00a0Washington\u00a0for the most in the NHL. … Jenner\u00a0has\u00a0210\u00a0career goals,\u00a0three\u00a0behind Cam Atkinson for second in team history.\u00a0… Coyle (fourth, 404) and Provorov (368, seventh) are both in the top 10 among active NHLers in consecutive games played. Provorov is set to play in his 240th\u00a0consecutive game with the Blue Jackets,\u00a0one behind Antoine Vermette\u00a0for\u00a0third\u00a0in franchise history.\u00a0…\u00a0Miles Wood\u00a0is\u00a0one goal from 100 and four points from 200 in his NHL career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Know The Foe: Carolina Hurricanes\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Head coach: Rod Brind’Amour (Eighth season)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Team stats: Goals per game: 3.49\u00a0(4th) | Scoring defense: 2.91\u00a0(8th)|\u00a0PP: 24.6\u00a0percent (5th) | PK:\u00a080.5\u00a0percent (12th)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The narrative: Players and management have come and gone, but most things stay the same in Carolina under Brind\u2019Amour, who has led the franchise to the\u00a0playoffs in\u00a0every year of his tenure.\u00a0But yet\u00a0again, the Hurricanes came up short of the\u00a0ultimate goal\u00a0a season ago, falling to Florida in the Eastern Conference Final. Carolina\u00a0is closing in on\u00a0a fourth Metropolitan Division title in six\u00a0years, but all eyes will be on whether the squad can get over the hump in the postseason.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scoring leaders: Sebastian Aho is one of the most consistent players in the league, as the fantastic Finn leads the Canes with\u00a075\u00a0points thanks to 25\u00a0goals and\u00a050\u00a0assists. Andrei\u00a0Svechnikov\u00a0(27-37-64) and the team\u2019s big offseason acquisition, Nikolaj Ehlers (24-40-64), are tied for second on the team in scoring, while\u00a0Seth Jarvis leads the squad with\u00a030\u00a0goals among his\u00a062\u00a0points on his way to a third straight 30-goal season.\u00a0Shayne Gostisbehere leads the defense with 13\u00a0goals and 46\u00a0points in 48\u00a0games\u00a0and just returned from\u00a0a lower body injury.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In net: Brandon Bussi has been one of the stories of the season, as he reached the NHL this year at age 27 and leads Carolina with 35\u00a0starts, posting a sterling 28-6-1 record, 2.44\u00a0GAA and .895\u00a0save percentage. Fredrik Andersen is 13-13-5 in\u00a031\u00a0starts with a 3.16\u00a0GAA and .871\u00a0save percentage, while injuries have limited Pyotr Kochetkov to nine appearances.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
What’s\u00a0new: You know what\u00a0you’re\u00a0getting with the Canes, as their smothering style again has Carolina first in the league in shot attempt\u00a0share\u00a0(60.0\u00a0percent) at 5-on-5 by a wide margin. They put pressure on you from the opening faceoff and fire\u00a0just about everything\u00a0toward the net, putting teams under stress for a full 60 minutes. The Hurricanes have cranked it up over the past two months, going\u00a023-7-3 in the last\u00a033\u00a0games; Carolina has averaged 3.8 goals per game and\u00a0converted\u00a031.0\u00a0percent of its power plays in that span.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trending:\u00a0After Tuesday’s game,\u00a0the Canes have won two of the three matchups this season, including a 4-1 win Dec. 9 in the\u00a0previous\u00a0game in Raleigh. Columbus has dropped seven in a row in regulation\u00a0on the road dating back to\u00a06-0 shutout win for the Blue Jackets on Jan. 13, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former CBJ: Eric Robinson is in year two in Carolina, and\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0posted a\u00a012-6-18\u00a0line in\u00a060\u00a0games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scratches:\u00a0Zach Aston-Reese,\u00a0Luca Del Bel Belluz, Mathieu Olivier (upper body injury),\u00a0Dmitri Voronkov (upper body injury), Jake Christiansen, Damon Severson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5108],"tags":[3644,5180,897,230,5179,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-536064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbus-blue-jackets","8":"tag-blue-jackets","9":"tag-bluejackets","10":"tag-columbus","11":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","12":"tag-columbusbluejackets","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116333551624591726","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}