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COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
(14-16-7)

vs.

DALLAS STARS
(15-10-11)

8:30 PM

LOCATION

The Hangar - American Airlines Center

TELEVISION:


RADIO:
Blue Jackets Radio Network, WBNS, 1460 The Fan and CD101, WWCD-FM.

RECORDS:
COLUMBUS: (14-16-7); LAST 10 (1-7-2); AWAY (6-10-3)
DALLAS: (15-10-11); LAST 10 (3-3-4); HOME (8-4-5)

PROJECTED LINEUPS:
Columbus Blue Jackets
F1: Huselius Vermette Nash
F2: Umberger Brassard Voracek
F3: Chimera Pahlsson Modin
F4: Torres Blunden Boll

D1: Hejda Commodore
D2: Tyutin Roy
D3: Russell Methot

G1 - Mason (10-12-5, 3.41 GAA, .887 SV%) *
G2 - Garon (4-4-2, 2.96 GAA, .900 SV%)

Scratches: Stralman, Murray

Injury Report: D Anton Stralman (flu), doubtful; D Rostislav Klesla (groin, abdomen) and RW Derek Dorsett (broken hand), out

Dallas Stars
F1: Neal Richards Eriksson
F2: Morrow Wandell Benn
F3: Ott Ribeiro Brunnstrom
F4: Petersen Modano Barch

D1: Grossman Robidas
D2: Skrastins Fortunus
D3: Woywitka Vishnevskiy

G1 - Turco (11-8-8, 2.62 GAA, .911 SV%) *
G2 - Auld (4-2-3, 3.16 GAA, .892 SV%)

Scratches: C Brian Sutherby, D Matt Niskanen,

Injury Report RW Jere Lehtinen (groin), questionable; D Trevor Daley (shoulder) and D Mark Fistric (concussion), out

* = Likely Starters on Goal

TEAM STATS:
37 GP 36
14 W 15
16 L 10
7 OT 11
35 P 41
0.473 P% 0.569
2.78 G/G 2.92
3.35 GA/G 2.92
23.2 PP% 20.6
79.9 PK% 77.6
29.8 S/G 32.2
30.5 SA/G 30.2
50.9 FO% 47.1


LEADERS:
Nash (18) GOALS Neal (16)
Nash (17) ASSISTS Richards (30)
Torres (6) PPG Robidas (7)
Boll (+3) + / - Fistric (+6)
Boll (83)PIM Barch (62)
Tyutin (23:11) TOI/G Robidas (24:07)


GAME DAY PREVIEWS:
Bluejackets.nhl.com
TSN Canada
ESPN
VERSUS NHL GAMEDAY

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The skid has to end sometime, tonight's as good of a night as any.

Just found out that my wife bought me a Rick Nash jersey for Christmas!

pkebker wrote: Just found out that my wife bought me a Rick Nash jersey for Christmas!

That just might be one of the best Christmas presents ever.

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6-0 Columbus!

c'mon jackets, pull of a Festivus Miracle!!!!

pkebker wrote: The skid has to end sometime

I don't consider one win an end to the skid though. I'd call it a fluke until I see a winning trend.

Hey...winning streaks always start with 1 win...we're winning 1-0 with Nash's goal...

well...1-1 at the end of the first...

down 2-1 now. Goals Dallas has gotten are too easy. We suck.

Still 2-1 after two periods.

Just turned the game on. 3-1 Dallas with 3:38 left in the 3rd. It's easy to say that the Jackets lost tonight.

holy shit the jackets are soooooo baaaad. Something drastic needs to happen, whether its a big trade or a new coach. With a team this bad nobody wants to go to the games. Which means no $$$$$. So, even if Howson says he doesnt want something to happen it seems inevitable at this point.

Jackets lose 3-1. Not a supirse.

I don't know if changing the coach or making a trade is gonna do anything @ this point...we're just god awful

I still believe this team has potential. Not with Hitch though.

if its not with Hitch(who was a proven winner in other places), with who?

Juice sucks.

Idk why they offered him 4.75mil a year.

Because at that point, the CBJ stunk and needed to overpay every free agent that was willing to come here.

darbypitcher22 wrote: I don't know if changing the coach or making a trade is gonna do anything @ this point...we're just god awful

The Pens changed coaches last year and look what happened...something's got to change...

^^^^^^