NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 2/27/2025

Columbus Blue Jackets (28-22-8, 64 Pts) at Detroit Red Wings (30-22-6, 66 Points) 

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Thursday, February 27
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/FDSNDET/FDSNOH
Radio:
Columbus – CBJ Radio App, 93.3 The Bus
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Columbus +1.5 ML +124
Detroit -1.5 ML -148
O/U 6.5

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Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

The Blue Jackets returned from the break and have won two straight most recently winning 6-4 on Tuesday over the Dallas Stars. The break came at the right time as they had dropped four straight. With the recent success, they’re now in the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference trailing the Red Wings by two points as they’ll face each other tonight and on Saturday in the Stadium Series.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings picked up their second straight win on Tuesday with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Minnesota Wild. The Red Wings went down 2-0 before scoring three unanswered goals to win. Simon Edvinsson scored two goals one of which was the game-winner, and the other came from Vladimir Tarasenko. They hold the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines

Voronkov-Fantilli-Marchenko
Jenner-C. Sillinger-K. Johnson
Ashton-Reese-Danforth-Olivier
Van Riemsdyk-Kuraly-Labate

Werenski-Fabbro
Mateychuk-Provorov
Christiansen-Severson

Merzlikins
Tarasov

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Kasper–Larkin–Raymond  
DeBrincat–Compher-Kane
Soderblom-Veleno-Tarasenko
Berggren-Motte-Fischer

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Johansson
Gustafsson-Holl

Talbot
Lyon

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Players To Watch:

Columbus Blue Jackets

James van Riemsdyk this season has 26 points on 12 goals and 14 assists. He’s faced the Red Wings 35 times in his career recording 23 points on 14 goals and nine assists; in the previous meeting this season he had two goals and an assist.

Detroit Red Wings

Jonatan Berggren this season has 17 points on nine goals and eight assists. He’s faced the Blue Jackets four times in his career recording two points on a goal and an assist; the goal came in the matchup earlier this season.

Injury Report:

Columbus Blue Jackets

D Erik Gudbranson – IR
LW Yegor Chinakhov – IR
C Owen Sillinger – IR
RW Kevin Labanc – IR
C Sean Monahan – IR

Detroit Red Wings

C Michael Rasmussen – DTD
D Jeff Petry – IR
C Andrew Copp – IR

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