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13 | COLUMBUS | +130 | Ov 5.5,-110 | +165 | Ov 5,-130 | 14 | NEW JERSEY | -150 | Un 5.5,-110 | -190 | Un 5,+110 |
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All Games | 4-6-0 | -1.8 | 4-6 | -1.8 | 5-5 | 2.6 | 30.1 | 3.4 | 30.7 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 2-3-0 | -0.4 | 2-3 | -0.4 | 2-3 | 2.6 | 29.8 | 3.4 | 30.8 | Last 5 Games | 1-4-0 | -2.6 | 1-4 | -2.6 | 3-2 | 2.2 | 27.2 | 4.4 | 31.8 | vs. Division | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 10 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 301 | 8.6% | 42 | 8 | 19.0% | 50 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 5 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 8.7% | 19 | 4 | 21.1% | 25 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 8.1% | 22 | 5 | 22.7% | 21 | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 20.8% | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 9 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 307 | 11.1% | 30 | 7 | 23.3% | 53 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 11.0% | 16 | 4 | 25.0% | 25 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 13.8% | 19 | 7 | 36.8% | 35 | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7% | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 3 |
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SERGIE BOBROVSKY (All Games) | 8 | 7 | 228 | 207 | 90.8% | 0 | 4-3 | +1.4 | 4-3-0 | +2 | 4-3 | SERGIE BOBROVSKY (Road Games) | 5 | 4 | 137 | 123 | 89.8% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.6 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 2-2 | SERGIE BOBROVSKY (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 92.3% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | SERGIE BOBROVSKY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 115 | 102 | 88.7% | 0 | 1-2 | -0.4 | 1-2-0 | 0 | 2-1 | ANTON FORSBERG (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | ANTON FORSBERG (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | ANTON FORSBERG (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | CURTIS MCELHINNEY (All Games) | 3 | 3 | 77 | 66 | 85.7% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.2 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 1-2 | CURTIS MCELHINNEY (Road Games) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | CURTIS MCELHINNEY (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | CURTIS MCELHINNEY (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 3 | 77 | 66 | 85.7% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.2 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 1-2 |
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All Games | 5-5-0 | -0.4 | 5-5 | -0.4 | 6-4 | 3.0 | 27.4 | 3.4 | 31.5 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 1-3-0 | -2.6 | 1-3 | -2.6 | 2-2 | 2.2 | 30.7 | 3.0 | 29.7 | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -1.3 | 2-3 | -1.3 | 2-3 | 2.6 | 26.8 | 3.6 | 31.0 | vs. Division | 1-3-0 | -2.2 | 1-3 | -2.2 | 4-0 | 3.5 | 26.0 | 5.5 | 32.5 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 10 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 274 | 10.9% | 32 | 8 | 25.0% | 49 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 7.3% | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 14 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 134 | 9.7% | 14 | 5 | 35.7% | 19 | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 4 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 13.5% | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | 25 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 34 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 315 | 10.8% | 44 | 14 | 31.8% | 57 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 10.1% | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 20 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 18 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 155 | 11.6% | 18 | 8 | 44.4% | 28 | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 22 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 16.9% | 20 | 8 | 40.0% | 36 |
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MARTIN BRODEUR (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | MARTIN BRODEUR (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | MARTIN BRODEUR (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | MARTIN BRODEUR (Last 4 Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (All Games) | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 76.5% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (vs. Division) | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 76.5% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | SCOTT CLEMMENSEN (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 76.5% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | CORY SCHNEIDER (All Games) | 10 | 10 | 297 | 269 | 90.6% | 0 | 5-5 | -0.4 | 5-5-0 | 0 | 6-4 | CORY SCHNEIDER (Home Games) | 4 | 4 | 118 | 108 | 91.5% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.6 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 2-2 | CORY SCHNEIDER (vs. Division) | 4 | 4 | 113 | 95 | 84.1% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.2 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 4-0 | CORY SCHNEIDER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 120 | 110 | 91.7% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.1 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 1-3 |
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10/9/2014 | at BUFFALO | 3-1 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5 ov | U | 10/11/2014 | NY RANGERS | 5-2 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5 ov | O | 10/14/2014 | DALLAS | 2-4 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5.5 un | O | 10/17/2014 | CALGARY | 3-2 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5.5 un | U | 10/18/2014 | at OTTAWA | 2-3 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 un | U | 10/23/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 5-4 | W | 0, +160 | W | 5 ov | O | 10/24/2014 | at ANAHEIM | 1-4 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5.5 un | U | 10/26/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | 2-5 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5 ev | O | 10/28/2014 | OTTAWA | 2-5 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5.5 un | O | 10/31/2014 | TORONTO | 1-4 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5.5 ov | U | 11/1/2014 | at NEW JERSEY | | 11/4/2014 | CAROLINA | | 11/7/2014 | at CAROLINA | | 11/8/2014 | TAMPA BAY | | 11/11/2014 | at WASHINGTON | |
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10/9/2014 | at PHILADELPHIA | 6-4 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 ov | O | 10/11/2014 | at FLORIDA | 5-1 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5 ov | O | 10/14/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | 2-1 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 un | U | 10/16/2014 | at WASHINGTON | 2-6 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5 ov | O | 10/18/2014 | SAN JOSE | 2-4 | L | 0, -105 | L | 5 ov | O | 10/21/2014 | NY RANGERS | 3-4 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5 un | O | 10/24/2014 | DALLAS | 2-3 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 un | U | 10/25/2014 | at OTTAWA | 3-2 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5.5 un | U | 10/28/2014 | at PITTSBURGH | 3-8 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5.5 un | O | 10/30/2014 | WINNIPEG | 2-1 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5 ov | U | 11/1/2014 | COLUMBUS | | 11/4/2014 | ST LOUIS | | 11/6/2014 | at ST LOUIS | | 11/7/2014 | at DETROIT | | 11/10/2014 | at BOSTON | | 11/11/2014 | MINNESOTA | |
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| | | COLUMBUS: LAST SEASON: 43-32-7, 93 points. Eliminated in first round of playoffs by Pittsburgh in 6 games.
COACH: Todd Richards, fourth season with the Blue Jackets, 85-70-16; 5th overall in NHL.
ADDED: LW Scott Hartnell, RW Jerry D'Amigo, RW Brian Gibbons.
LOST: LW R.J. Umberger, C Derek MacKenzie, RW Jack Skille.
PLAYER TO WATCH: C Brandon Dubinsky. With two of the team's top centers unavailable (Ryan Johansen, holdout; Boone Jenner, broken hand), the fiery 28-year-old's role only grows bigger. He was already the heart and soul of a team that doesn't have an official captain, even though he would seem the likely choice. Coming off a year in which he had 16 goals and 34 assists and continually came up big late in games, he'll be counted on to provide even more points and leadership.
OUTLOOK: If the contract dispute between Johansen and the club isn't resolved soon, and with Jenner and Nathan Horton (bad back) out for the foreseeable future, the Blue Jackets may have to win a lot of 1-0 and 2-1 games in which G Sergei Bobrovsky stands on his head. Also, several young players (most likely Alexander Wennberg and Simon Hjalmarsson) may have to be gangbusters right from the outset to kill time until the club's at full strength. | | NEW JERSEY: LAST SEASON: 35-29-18, 88 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Peter DeBoer, 4th season with Devils (102-76-34); 7th overall in NHL (205-183-70).
ADDED: LW Mike Cammalleri, LW Martin Havlat, C Scott Gomez, G Scott Clemmensen.
LOST: G Martin Brodeur, D Anton Volchenkov, D Mark Fayne.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jaromir Jagr. Led the team in scoring with 24 goals and 43 assists in remarkable season in which he played in all 82. Can he do it again at 42-years-old. If he does, the Devils have a shot at getting back into the playoffs for the first time since reaching NHL Finals in 2011-12.
OUTLOOK: After finishing with fourth fewest goals in the league, the Devils hope free-agent signees Cammalleri (26 goals) and Havlat (12 goals in 48 games) can boost the scoring, along with Adam Henrique, who scored a career-high 25-goals last season. With Broduer not re-signed, Cory Schnedier will get most of the work in goal after posting a 1.97 goals against average in 46 games last season. Defense allowed 208 goals, ninth best in the league. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (COLUMBUS-NEW JERSEY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Blue Jackets-Devils Preview* =============================
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer
Columbus (4-5-0) at New Jersey (5-3-2), 7:00 p.m. EDT
Injuries are part of the reason why the Columbus Blue Jackets are struggling in nearly every facet during their longest losing streak in a year.
The New Jersey Devils recently ended a dubious stretch of their own.
The Blue Jackets try to overcome the slew of absences and get their offense going as they try to snap a five-game skid Saturday night against the Devils.
Columbus (4-6-0) may again be without as many as eight players, including forwards Nathan Horton (back), Boone Jenner (broken hand), Brandon Dubinsky (abdominal surgery), Matt Calvert (upper body), Artem Anisimov (concussion), Mark Letestu (groin), goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (broken finger) and defenseman James Wisniewski (broken finger).
"For guys being called up and the second, third and fourth lines being jumped around a little bit, it's tough for them," center Ryan Johansen said. "It's not easy adjusting to different players all the time. But we've got to find a way to make it work."
The Blue Jackets didn't Friday, falling 4-1 to Toronto while giving up goals on the only two shots they allowed in the third period as their losing streak reached four games.
Columbus, which has totaled six goals during its skid, hasn't lost five straight since Oct. 27-Nov. 7 of last year.
The injuries could be posing a problem on the penalty kill, which has allowed goals on 6 of 14 chances in four games after successfully killing 15 of 16 through the first six.
Cam Atkinson has a goal in each of the past two games to tie Johansen for the team lead at five. Atkinson had three goals and three assists in four meetings with New Jersey (5-3-2) last season, but only one assist in two visits to Newark.
With Bobrovsky out, Curtis McElhinney could be back in net after making 23 saves Friday. He's 0-2-0 with a 4.49 goals-against average in three games, but has a 1.95 GAA in winning all three of his starts against the Devils.
If McElhinney doesn't start, Anton Forsberg would make his NHL debut. A seventh-round pick in 2011, Forsberg went 1-2-0 with a 2.36 GAA in three games for Springfield of the AHL before being called up this week.
The Devils have won two of their last seven games (5-3-2), but the most recent - their first home win in four attempts on the season - provided a sense of relief. Jacob Josefson converted the only successful shootout attempt in Thursday's 2-1 win over Winnipeg, snapping New Jersey's record 18-game losing streak in the tiebreaker.
"It was our first shootout win in what seems like 10 years," coach Pete DeBoer said. "It was big for us. To say that it lifted a huge weight off my shoulders would be an understatement.
"I knew we were going to win shootouts this year. I'm always trying to instill confidence in this group."
That may be needed if Michael Cammalleri, the team leader with five goals, is out for a second straight game with a jaw injury.
Adam Henrique led the Devils with a career-high 25 goals last season, but he only has three in 2014-15 and none in four games. However, he's scored three times over the past two meetings with Columbus - both at home.
Michael Ryder is also trying to find some consistency in front of the net. The right wing ended an eight-game drought by scoring with 3:27 left and forcing overtime Thursday.
"We need our forwards to step up and finish some chances," DeBoer said.
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| Last Updated: 3/19/2024 1:47:32 AM EST. |
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