NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 12/1/2024

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Columbus Blue Jackets (10-9-3, 23 pts) at Chicago Blackhawks (8-13-2, 18 pts)
Venue: United Center
Date: Sunday, December 1
Time: 2:00 pm CT

TV: ESPN+ / CHSN / FDSNOH
Radio:
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN Radio 720 AM
Columbus – CBJ Radio App

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Columbus Blue Jackets -1.5 ML +180
Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 ML -218
O/U 6.5

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Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

Columbus was able to move on from young defenseman David Jiricek in a trade with the Minnesota Wild yesterday. In return, the Blue Jackets acquired Daemon Hunt, a conditional 2025 first round pick, 2027 second round pick, 2026 third round pick, and 2026 fourth round pick. Quite the haul for CBJ.

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks are currently 31st in the NHL in Goals For with 57 this season, followed up with 8th in PIMs at 178 PIMs.

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines

Voronkov-Monahan-Marchenko

Sillinger-Fantilli-K. Johnson

Ashton-Reese-Danforth-Olivier

Van Riemsdyk-Kuraly-Labanc

Werenski-Fabbro

Provorov-Severson

Christiansen-Harris

Merzlikins

Tarasov

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Hall-Bedard-Kurashev

Bertuzzi-Donato-Teravainen

Foligno-Dickinson-Mikheyev

Maroon-Reichel-Smith

Kaiser-Martinez

Vlasic-Murphy

Brodie-Crevier

Mrazek

Soderblom

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Players to Watch

Columbus Blue Jackets

Kirill Marchenko has 4 goals and 6 assists in his last 10 games and riding on 23 points for the season. Look for Marchenko to continue his scoring pace against this Blackhawks defense core.

Chicago Blackhawks

Philip Kurashev has 1 assist and is a -1 since returning to the lineup after being healthy scratched against the Flyers. Kurashev skating on the top line will provide him with plenty of opportunity to get his game together before another potential shake up.

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
LW Yegor Chinakhov – Day to day

Chicago Blackhawks

D Artyom Levshunov – IR (Non-Roster)
G Laurent Brossoit – IR (Non-Roster)
D Seth Jones – IR

Next Game

Columbus Blue Jackets – December 3 at Calgary Flames
Chicago Blackhawks – December 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs

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