APRIL 15, 2021 II at DALLAS STARS II AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER II 8:30 PM ET
CBJ BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: Bally Sports Ohio Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (color analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter)
Radio: 97.1 The Fan Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host)
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Record: 15-20-9, 39 pts. (7th, Discover Central Division)
Goals: 2.50 Goals-For/3.23 Goals-Against… Shots: 29.2 Shots-For/31.8 Shots-Against
Power Play: 14.0 percent (28th, NHL)… Penalty Kill: 77.8 percent (20th-T, NHL)
Penalty Minutes: 6.9 PIM (4th, NHL)… Overtime Record (Shootout): 4-6-3 (2-3)
DALLAS STARS
Record: 15-14-12, 42 pts. (6th, Discover Central Division)
Goals: 2.73 Goals-For/2.46 Goals-Against… Shots: 29.3 Shots-For/27.5 Shots-Against
Power Play: 24.6 percent (6th-T, NHL)… Penalty Kill: 78.3 percent (18th, NHL)
Penalty Minutes: 7.7 PIM (12th-T, NHL)… Overtime Record (Shootout): 2-6-6 (1-6)
Players to Watch: C Joe Pavelski (Leads team in goals, assists and points with 16-22-38 in 41 GP); LW Roope Hintz (Has recorded more than a point-per game in 2020-21 with 13-19-32 in 30 GP).
ALL-TIME SERIES
Results: Columbus has gone 30-29-7 in 66 regular season games vs. Dallas, including 14-15-2 on the road… Of Note: The Blue Jackets are 11-2-1 in the last 14 games against the Stars since Dec. 29, 2015 and 16-4-2 against the club dating back to Jan. 28, 2013… CBJ are 8-2-0 in the last 10 road games of the series dating back to the 2011-12 season… Nine of the last 12 meetings have been decided by a single goal, including four after regulation (two-straight)… Goals: CBJ – 156, DAL – 181… CBJ PP: 41-of-228 (18.0%)… CBJ PK: 221-of-255 (86.7%).
This Season (CBJ, 3-2-1)
Feb. 2 – Dallas 6, at Columbus 3
Feb. 4 – at COLUMBUS 4, Dallas 3
Mar. 4 – COLUMBUS 3, at Dallas 2
Mar. 6 – at Dallas 5, COLUMBUS 0
Mar. 13 – at COLUMBUS 4, Dallas 3 (OT)
Mar. 14 – Dallas 2, at COLUMBUS 1 (SO)
Apr. 15 – at Dallas… Apr. 17 – at Dallas
2019-20 Results (CBJ, 1-0-0)
Oct. 16, 2019 – at Columbus 3, Dallas 2
Mar. 28, 2020 – at Dallas (Cancelled)
CBJ TEAM NOTES
The Blue Jackets collected a point after falling 4-3 in overtime to Chicago on Monday… CBJ kick off their second six-game road trip of the season on Thursday in Dallas and play seven-of-eight games away from Nationwide Arena from Apr. 15-May 1… Columbus has killed off 31-of-35 opponent power play attempts in the past 13 games (88.6 pct; 4th in NHL) and 34-of-39 over the last 16 (87.2 pct.; 2nd in NHL)… The Blue Jackets have played in 23 one-goal games this season, including two consecutive.
CBJ PLAYER NOTES
RW Cam Atkinson has averaged 20:53 of ice time in eight games since Mar. 30 (ninth among NHL forwards) and has tallied 3-4-7 in the past 11 contests… RW Oliver Bjorkstrand, who leads the club in goals (tied), points and multi-point efforts (tied) with 14-18-32 and seven multi-point outings, has 2-2-4 in the past five games against the Stars… C Max Domi has recorded points in four-straight games (2-3-5) and has notched 2-5-7 in the past seven contests… LW/RW Patrik Laine notched his fourth multi-goal game of the campaign with two assists on Monday and has goals in two-straight contests (3-0-3). The forward has tallied 19-7-26 in 23 career games against the Stars. C Jack Roslovic had his three-game assist streak (2-4-6) snapped on Monday. He has posted points in four of the six games, including two multi-point efforts, against Dallas this season (1-6-7)… C Alexandre Texier had his assist streak snapped at three games (0-3-3) and has already set career highs in assists, points and games played this season (4-11-15 in 39 GP).
MILESTONES
• RW Cam Atkinson is four points from 400 in his NHL career (212-184-396, 615 GP).
• D Michael Del Zotto is two games from 700 in his NHL career (60-186-246, 698 GP).
• D Scott Harrington is one game from 200 in his NHL career (7-30-37, 199 GP).
• HC John Tortorella (670) is three wins from surpassing Mike Keenan (672) for 12th on NHL all-time wins list.
OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
• LW Gus Nyquist (shoulder surgery on Nov. 3; Injured Reserve) is expected to miss five-to-six months.
• RW Emil Bemstrom (lower body injury on Mar. 17) is expected to miss a week.
• C Boone Jenner (broken finger on Apr. 6) is expected to miss six weeks.
• D Zach Werenski (inguinal/sports hernia: Injured Reserve) is out for rest of the season.
o TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 110.
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