Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nColumbus Blue Jackets News & Notes<\/p>\n
Columbus comes out of Saturday\u2019s lopsided home loss to Utah with a clear list of repairs. Head coach Rick Bowness cancelled scheduled days off and put the team on the ice instead, after watching poor transition play, forwards out of position and turnovers that let the Mammoth dictate pace. The penalty kill allowed three of the four goals against, and third-period penalties in what had been a 2-1 game preceded the collapse. Better neutral-zone forechecking, cleaner passing and discipline were the stated focus.<\/p>\n
The blue line gets reinforcement. Damon Severson, who had shoulder surgery in April after an injury late last March, was activated off the injured\/non-roster list and is in line for his season debut against Pittsburgh, slightly ahead of his targeted return. He has practiced fully alongside Zach Werenski. Dante Fabbro and Ivan Provorov remain on injured reserve. Up front, Matthew Knies, acquired in the Kirill Marchenko trade with Toronto, became the first Blue Jacket to score twice in his debut.<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues News & Notes<\/p>\n
St. Louis dropped its home opener 3-2 in overtime to San Jose on Thursday at Enterprise Center, with Darnell Nurse scoring just over a minute into the extra period. The Blues carried play early, outshooting the Sharks 11-3 in the first period behind Connor McMichael\u2019s opening goal, his first with the club. Dillon Dube also scored, and Joel Hofer stopped 23 of 26 shots. Tyler Toffoli tied the game in the second after a killed Blues penalty.<\/p>\n
Colton Parayko played his 804th NHL game Thursday, passing Barret Jackman for the most by a defenseman in franchise history and moving second overall behind Bernie Federko\u2019s 927. The 2019 Stanley Cup winner has 314 career points and 1,567 blocked shots. Justin Barron made his Blues debut in place of Theo Lindstein. Alexey Toropchenko left the season opener in Dallas with a shoulder injury after a hit along the boards, and Dube is listed as doubtful for Saturday. <\/p>\n
Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Matthew Knies \u2013 Adam Fantilli \u2013 Kent Johnson<\/p>\n
Line 2: Valeri Nichushkin \u2013 Sean Monahan \u2013 Dmitri Voronkov<\/p>\n
Line 3: Cole Sillinger \u2013 Charlie Coyle \u2013 Mathieu Olivier<\/p>\n
Line 4: Ryan Lomberg \u2013 Danton Heinen \u2013 Conor Garland<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Zach Werenski \u2013 Damon Severson<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Carson Soucy \u2013 Denton Mateychuk<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Emil Andrae \u2013 Erik Gudbranson<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Jet Greaves \u2013 Cam Talbot<\/p>\n
Columbus Blue Jackets Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Matthew Knies \u2013 Charlie Coyle \u2013 Adam Fantilli \u2013 Kent Johnson \u2013 Zach Werenski<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Conor Garland \u2013 Dmitri Voronkov \u2013 Valeri Nichushkin \u2013 Denton Mateychuk \u2013 Sean Monahan<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Charlie Coyle \u2013 Sean Monahan \u2013 Zach Werenski \u2013 Damon Severson<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Cole Sillinger \u2013 Valeri Nichushkin \u2013 Erik Gudbranson \u2013 Denton Mateychuk<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Dylan Holloway \u2013 Robert Thomas \u2013 Jimmy Snuggerud<\/p>\n
Line 2: Connor McMichael \u2013 Mason McTavish \u2013 Jonatan Berggren<\/p>\n
Line 3: Jake Neighbours \u2013 Dalibor Dvorsky \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich<\/p>\n
Line 4: Ross Johnston \u2013 Pius Suter \u2013 Zachary Dean<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Philip Broberg \u2013 Adam Ji\u0159\u00ed\u010dek<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Justin Barron \u2013 Colton Parayko<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Cam Fowler \u2013 Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Joel Hofer \u2013 Jordan Binnington<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Jake Neighbours \u2013 Robert Thomas \u2013 Dylan Holloway \u2013 Jimmy Snuggerud \u2013 Adam Ji\u0159\u00ed\u010dek<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Mason McTavish \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich \u2013 Dalibor Dvorsky \u2013 Connor McMichael \u2013 Cam Fowler<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Pius Suter \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich \u2013 Philip Broberg \u2013 Colton Parayko<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Robert Thomas \u2013 Connor McMichael \u2013 Cam Fowler \u2013 Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Damon Severson \u2014 Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n
Severson was the driver from the back end last time out, posting a goal and an assist on three shots across 22:20 of ice time. With Werenski eating 29:36 ahead of him, Severson is getting the matchups and minutes to keep producing, and a defenseman points prop is worth a look tonight.<\/p>\n
Brandon Carlo \u2014 St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
Carlo is the one Blue tilting the ice this year. Box Score Junkie has him at 53.2% Corsi-for with 56.9 shot attempts for per 60 and 2.0 high-danger expected goals generated across 70 minutes in 2026-27, comfortably the best possession profile on the roster. He won\u2019t score much, but watch the territorial edge.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Columbus Blue Jackets: no report available.<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
Dillon Dube (C) \u2014 Out, Neck, expected back Tuesday, October 13<\/p>\n
Alexey Toropchenko (RW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, November 14<\/p>\n
Tyler Tucker (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Knee, expected back Thursday, November 12<\/p>\n
Felix Trudeau (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Logan Mailloux (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hand, expected back Wednesday, November 25<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Columbus Blue Jackets: host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, October 13.<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues: visit the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, October 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Saturday, October 10, 2026, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[73000,3936,71,1529,1476,230,1601,8744,7405,1820,22653,5,5236,6818,1190,4168,3714,797,4,5573,534,84,5285,5284,2566],"class_list":["post-684402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-louis-blues","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-alexey-toropchenko","tag-blues","tag-brandon-carlo","tag-colton-parayko","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-connor-mcmichael","tag-damon-severson","tag-dante-fabbro","tag-dillon-dube","tag-enterprise-center","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-ivan-provorov","tag-joel-hofer","tag-justin-barron","tag-line-combinations","tag-matthew-knies","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-st-louis","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-stlouis","tag-stlouisblues","tag-zach-werenski"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117423770407986359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684402","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=684402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}