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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