NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 11/18/2024

Columbus Blue Jackets (6-9-2, 14 Pts) at Boston Bruins (8-8-3, 19 Pts)
Venue: TD Garden
Date: Tonight – Monday, November 18
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: NESN, ESPN+, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio
Radio:
Columbus – 97.1 The Fan
Boston – 98.5 The Sports Hub

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Columbus +1.5 ML +195
Boston -1.5 ML -238
O/U 6

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Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

The Blue Jackets have the 16th-ranked penalty kill in the league and the 23rd-ranked power play. Columbus has lost seven of their last eight games.

Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins have lost back-to-back games and mustered just 17 shots in a 3-2 overtime loss to St. Louis on Saturday. Boston has the 32nd-ranked power play in the NHL at 11.3 percent and the 26th-ranked penalty kill at 75 percent.

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines

Voronkov-Monahan-Marchenko

Sillinger-Fantilli-Chinakhov

Van Riemsdyk-Danforth-Olivier

Ashton-Reese-Kuraly-Labanc

Werenski-Fabbro

Provorov-Severson

Christiansen-Jiricek

Merzlikins

Tarasov

Columbus Hockey – Inside The Rink

Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak

Marchand-E. Lindholm-Brazeau

Merkulov-Coyle-Frederic

Viel-Beecher-Johnson

Zadorov-McAvoy

Lohrei-Carlo

Wotherspoon-Peeke

Swayman

Korpisalo

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Boston Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Columbus Blue Jackets

Kirill Marchenko has six goals and ten assists for Columbus. Dante Fabbro scored his first goal for the Blue Jackets in a 5-1 loss to Montreal on Saturday.

Boston Bruins

David Pastrnak has eight goals and nine assists for Boston. Trent Frederic is coming off a two-goal performance against his hometown St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

Injury Report:

Columbus Blue Jackets

D Erik Gudbranson – IR – Out indefinitely
C Boone Jenner – LTIR – Six months
C Gavin Brindley – IR – Four to six weeks
C Kent Johnson – IR – Out indefinitely

Boston Bruins

D Hampus Lindholm – Out six weeks
C Mark Kastelic – Day to day

Next Game

Columbus Blue Jackets – November 21 vs Tampa Bay
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