Match-up - Philadelphia Flyers (23-22-9) @ Columbus Blue Jackets (23-26-3) Road/Home records - 8-15-4 -------------- 11-14-2 TV - CSN-PH, FS-O Puck drop - 7:00 p.m. ET Season series - 2-1 Jackets Last 10 - Flyers: 6-2-2 ------------ Blue Jackets: 5-5-0 Projected starting goalies - Ray Emery vs Curtis McElhinney
Projected lines for the Flyers via DailyFaceoff.com:
Brayden Schenn - Claude Giroux - Jakub Voracek Matt Read - Sean Couturier - Wayne Simmonds R.J. Umberger - Scott Laughton - Ryan White Chris VandeVelde - Pierre-à‰douard Bellemare - Vincent Lecavalier
Nicklas Grossman - Mark Streit Michael Del Zotto - Nick Schultz Andrew MacDonald - Luke Schenn
Projected lines for the Blue Jackets:
Scott Hartnell - Ryan Johansen - Nick Foligno Matt Calvert - Brandon Dubinsky - Cam Atkinson Alex Wennberg - Artem Anisimov - Jack Skille Corey Tropp - Mark Letestu - Jared Boll
Jack Johnson - David Savard Fedor Tyutin - Cody Goloubef Kevin Connauton - Jordan Leopold
Injured: Boone Jenner, Jeremy Morin, Brian Gibbons, Nathan Horton, Ryan Murray, James Wisniewski, Sergei Bobrovsky.
What to watch:
1) Ray Emery isn't a very good goaltender - as evident by his .891SV% - so the Blue Jackets should be putting pucks and bodies to the net whenever they can. Columbus should get plenty of chances, as the Flyers aren't the stingiest defensive team.
2) Giroux and Voracek combine to make one of the best duos in hockey. They'll primarily go up against Johnson and Savard, who haven't been good together, at even-strength. This could get ugly.
3) Ryan Johansen has been on fire of late, recording five points in his last three contests. He's shown many times that when he gets hot, he really goes on a tear. Could he be on his way to his 3rd 10-game point streak of the season?
4) The Blue Jackets are reportedly shopping several players, with Cam Atkinson highlighting that group, according to Aaron Portzline. Teams are really zeroing in on potential trade candidates now and they'll be plenty of eyes on Atkinson. If he can put together a nice stretch of games here it could boost his value.
5) Neither team is very disciplined, and they're both among the best on the man advantage. Whatever team does a better job staying out of the box will probably win this one.
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