Match-up - Columbus Blue Jackets (24-27-3) @ Philadelphia Flyers (24-22-10) Road/Home records - 12-13-1 -------------- 15-7-4 TV - CSN-PH, FS-O Puck drop - 7:00 p.m. ET Season series - 3-1 Blue Jackets Last 10 - Blue Jackets: 4-6-0 ------------ Flyers: 6-1-3 Projected starting goalies - Curtis McElhinney vs Ray Emery
Projected lines for the Flyers via DailyFaceoff.com:
Brayden Schenn - Claude Giroux - Jakub Voracek Matt Read - Sean Couturier - Wayne Simmonds R.J. Umberger - Michael Raffl - Ryan White Chris VandeVelde - Pierre-à‰douard Bellemare - Vincent Lecavalier
Nick Schultz - Mark Streit Nicklas Grossman - Braydon Coburn Michael Del Zotto - Luke Schenn
Projected lines for the Blue Jackets:
Scott Hartnell - Ryan Johansen - Marko Dano Matt Calvert - Brandon Dubinsky - Cam Atkinson Alex Wennberg - Artem Anisimov - Jack Skille Corey Tropp - Mark Letestu - Jared Boll
Jack Johnson - David Savard Kevin Connauton - James Wisniewski Fedor Tyutin - Cody Goloubef
Injured: Boone Jenner, Jeremy Morin, Nathan Horton, Ryan Murray, Sergei Bobrovsky.
What to watch:
1) The Blue Jackets are too far out of the playoff race to even come close to making it, but they can still play spoiler. The Flyers are on a nice little run and are just six points back of the final wild card spot, so this is a huge game for them. A loss would really hurt.
2) Marko Dano has been recalled and will likely play. With Nick Foligno out it makes sense to give him legitimate top-9 minutes rather than stuffed on the 4th line, and then sent down and/or scratched for a lack of production. He was pretty good early in the year.
3) Ray Emery allows 3.17 goals against per game, and has a sub .900SV% on the year. The Flyers aren't a great even-strength team, either, so the Blue Jackets should get plenty of chances. If they do, they should have no problem filling the net.
4) Scott Hartnell enters tonight's game red hot having recorded points in six consecutive games (3G, 5A in that span) and will undoubtedly be looking to extend that streak against his former team. He's having a nice season in Columbus, as he is just a few points away from 40 on the year.
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