Inside The Rink Game Day Preview
Minnesota Wild (2-0-2, 6 Pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (2-2-0, 4 Pts)
Date: Saturday, October 19
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Minnesota Wild: -1.5 ML -180
Columbus Blue Jackets: +1.5 ML +150
O/U 6.5
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Minnesota Wild Notes:
Minnesota grabbed a 3-2 victory On October 10 at home over the Blue Jackets. The Wild are battling injuries with several players listed as game-time decisions.
Columbus Blue Jackets Notes:
The Blue Jackets have scored a franchise-high 17 goals through the first four games of the season, surpassing 14 goals recorded in the 2018-19 and 2021-22 campaigns.
Minnesota Wild Lineup:
Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Hartman-Boldy
Foligno-Khusnutdinov-Trenin
Lauko-Gaudreau-Ohgren
Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Bogosian
Merrill-Chisholm
Gustavsson
Fleury
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Columbus Blue Jackets Lineup:
Chinakov-Monahan-Marchenko
Ashton-Reese-Fantilli-Danforth
Pyyhtia-Sillinger-Olivier
Van Riemsdyk-Kuraly-
Werenski-Provorov
Christiansen-Severson
Harris-Jiricek
Tarasov
Greaves
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Players To Watch:
Minnesota Wild:
Kirill Kaprizov has 6 points in 4 games this season. Matt Boldy has 5 points in 4 games. Filip Gustavsson is 2-0 with a .948 save %.
Columbus Blue Jackets:
Sean Monahan has 14 points in 30 career games against the Wild. Cole Sillinger has five points in six games. James van Riemsdyk has 11 points in 21 games against Minnesota.
Injury Report:
Minnesota Wild:
Jared Spurgeon (Lower Body)
Columbus Blue Jackets:
Danforth (Wrist – IR), Voronkov (Upper Body – IR), Jenner (Upper Body – IR), Brindley (Finger – IR), Gudbranson (Upper Body – IR), Merzlikins (Upper Body), K. Johnson (Upper Body)
Next Game:
Minnesota Wild: October 22 at Florida at 6:30 pm EST.
Columbus Blue Jackets: October 22 vs Toronto at 7:30 pm EST.
