Lumbus.
Just the facts
When: Tonight, 7 PM
Where: Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
Opposing perspective: Jackets Cannon
Know your enemy
- 14-15-6, 34PTS, T-5th in the Metropolitan Division
- Kirill Marchenko: 13G-24A-37PTS; Zach Werenski: 11G-24A-35PTS; Sean Monahan: 11G-20A-31PTS
- Elvis Merzlikins: 10-9-3, 3.13 GAA, .889 save percentage
Game notes
- Welcome back after a holiday layoff, folks! The Bruins and Blue Jackets will shake off the Christmas rust tonight, with both teams back in action for the first time since Monday. Both teams won their respective games Monday as well.
- The Blue Jackets soundly beat the Bruins earlier this season, a 5-1 drubbing at TD Garden on November 18. That loss marked the end of the line for Jim Montgomery, who was fired the next day.
- Kirill Marchenko, Columbus’ leading scorer, has been on a heater of late, with 2G-7A-9PTS totals in his last five games.
- Ol’ pals Sean Kuraly and James van Riemsdyk are doing relatively fine in Columbus this season. Kuraly has 3G-6A-9PTS in 35 games, while JVR has 4G-5A-9PTS in 28 games.
- In case you needed a refresher, the Bruins are 7-2-1 in their last ten games and have points in five games in a row. Columbus has won two of three, with the lone loss coming in OT.
- In a somewhat surprising statistic, Columbus actually boasts one of the league’s top-ten offenses, coming in at 3.31 GF/G (9th in the league).
- The Blue Jackets will host their first outdoor game on March 1, facing the Detroit Red Wings at Ohio State’s football stadium. Our friends at Jackets Cannon review all of the Stadium Series jerseys to date.
See ya tonight!