NHL Game Preview: Seattle Kraken at Columbus Blue Jackets with Line Combinations 01/09/2025

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Seattle Kraken (17-21-3, 37 Pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (18-17-6, 42 Pts)
Venue: Nationwide Arena
Date: Tonight – Thursday, January 9
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: KHN, KONG, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio
Radio:
Seattle – 93.3 KJR
Columbus – CBJ Radio App, 93.3 The Bus

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Seattle -1.5 ML -118
Columbus +1.5 ML -102
O/U 6.5

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Seattle Kraken News & Notes:

The Kraken have lost three games in a row after a 3-2 loss to the Devils on Monday. Seattle has beaten Columbus five consecutive times, including a 4-2 win on November 12. The Kraken are 23rd in goals per game with 2.85 per contest.

Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

The Blue Jackets are coming off a 4-3 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. Columbus is third in the NHL in 5-on-5 goal,s and their defensemen have the most goals in the league with 26. The Jackets are 13-5-3 at home this season.

Seattle Kraken Projected Lines

Schwartz-Beniers-Kakko
McCann-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Tolvanen-Wright-Bjorkstrand
Kartye-Meyers-Tanev

Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Mahura-Evans

Grubauer
Daccord

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Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines

Voronkov-Fantilli-Marchenko
Van Riemsdyk-Sillinger-K. Johnson
Ashton-Reese-Del Del Belluz-Olivier
Pyyhtia-Kuraly-Labanc

Werenski-Fabbro
Mateychuk-Provorov
Christiansen-J. Johnson

Merzlikins
Tarasov

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Players To Watch:

Seattle Kraken

Jared McCann has 13 goals and 16 assists for the Kraken. Jaden Schwartz has scored five goals with two assists over the past ten games.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Dmitri Voronkov has nine goals and six assists over the last 10 games. Zach Werenski leads the Jackets in points with 46.

Injury Report:

Seattle Kraken

RW Jordan Eberle – IR – Out three months
RW Yanni Gourde – Day to day

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
RW Justin Danforth – Day to day
C Sean Monahan – Week to week

Next Game

Seattle Kraken – January 11 at Buffalo Sabres
Columbus Blue Jackets – January 11 at St. Louis Blues

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