THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Blue Jackets at Sharks
10:30 tonight, HP Pavilion
TV: Fox Sports Net
Radio: WBNS-AM (1460), WWCD-FM (101.1)
The series
The Blue Jackets are 10-19-0-3 all-time against the Sharks, including 1-13-0-2 in HP Pavilion.
This is the first of four meetings this season.
The setup
The Blue Jackets must avoid making penalties, as the Sharks have scored more goals on the power
play (six) than at even strength (four) this season. The Sharks will unfurl their 2008-09
President's Trophy and Pacific Division championship banners tonight. The game is their home
opener. It's possible that defenseman Anton Stralman could make his Blue Jackets debut. The Sharks
were preparing to recall left winger Jamie McGinn from the minors, meaning they might adjust their
projected third and fourth lines.
-- Aaron Portzline
aportzline@dispatch.com
Columbus Blue Jackets at a glance
• Record: 2-0-0
• Power play: 16.7 percent (25th in NHL)
• Penalty kill: 85.7 percent (seventh)
• Player to watch: Center Sammy Pahlsson. The one-time Anaheim player has lots of experience
going against San Jose center Joe Thornton.
• Injury update: RW Jared Boll (head), questionable; D Mike Commodore (groin), RW Fredrik Modin
(sprained right knee), out
San Jose Sharks at a glance
• Record: 1-2-0
• Power play: 37.5 percent (fifth)
• Penalty kill: 80.0 percent (11th)
• Player to watch: G Evgeni Nabokov. He was pulled in the second period of a 6-4 loss to Los
Angeles on Tuesday.
• Injury update: C Torrey Mitchell (sprained left knee) and C Joe Pavelski (leg surgery),
out
