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CBJ G28@ New York Islanders — Trouble in Paradise

December 7, 2023, 9:45 PM ET [0 Comments]
Zak MacMillan
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The Columbus Blue Jackets hit the Island tonight against the New York Islanders in a 7pm matchup just 24 hours after a slew of roster news for back to back games. At home tomorrow. Double recap Saturday.

Eric Robinson is gone and with Buffalo giving Columbus potentially three 7th round picks in 2025, if he plays 45 games with the Sabres. That’s the condition.

Spencer Martin is the full time starter unless moved. Jet Graves is backup. Nick Blankenburg is back. More Michigan is what we need. Emil Bemstrom returns and still leads in powerplay goals. Elvis, Boqvist, and Silly to the IR.

On the Island for the only time this season, I wonder if there will be any state McRae mentions at Sillinger off ice with his team in town. On ice, the Isles have dropped the last contest to the Sharks in a blown comeback putting their coach on the hot seat.

No healthy scratches as Martin takes on Varlamov.

Projected Lineups

New York Islanders

Andres Lee—Bo Horvat—Matt Barzal
Pierre Engvall—Brock Nelson—Kyle Palmieri
Simon Holmstrom—Jean-Gabriel Pageau—Julien Gauthier
Hudson Fasching—Casey Cizkas—Cal Clutterbuck

Alexander Romanov—Noah Dobson
Samuel Bolduc—Ryan Pullock
Mike Rilley—Scott Mayfield

Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched — Matt Martin
Injured — Adam Pelech, Sebastian Aho


Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau—Boone Jenner—Justin Danforth
Yegor Chinakov—Dmitry Vokornov—Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson—Adam Fantilli—Emil Bemstrom
Alexandre Texier—Sean Kuraly—Mathieu Olivier

Zach Werenski—Nick Blankenburg
Ivan Provorov—Andrew Peeke
Jake Bean—David Jiricek

Spencer Martin
Jet Graves

Scratched - none
Injured — Patrik Laine, Erik Gudbranson, Cole Sillinger, Damon Severson, Jack Roslovic, Adam Boqvist, Elvis Merzlikins, Daniil Tarasov

Players to Watch

Isles — Bo Horvat — must turn things around and is struggling to score, as is the whole team

Jackets — Emil Bemstorm — first game back up, let’s see how he is with the Michigan boys.


Predicted Final Score

CBJ - 2

NYI - 1
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