“2010-2011 could be an exciting year for CBJ fans as the team seems to be getting better and better. A couple of moves and they should be right there in the end.”
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Jackets-Sharks preview
Wednesday,
November 4, 2009 2:59 AM
7 TONIGHT, NATIONWIDE ARENA
The seriesThe Blue Jackets are 10-20-0-3 all time against San Jose, including 9-6-0-1 in Nationwide Arena. This is the second of four meetings this season. The setupThe Blue Jackets must stay out of the penalty box and keep the Sharks' power play off the ice. The Sharks play at Detroit on Thursday, so they could be looking ahead. The Blue Jackets have won four of the past five against the Sharks in Nationwide. Former Blue Jackets center Manny Malhotra makes his first trip to Nationwide since joining San Jose as a free agent this past summer. Amid of slew of injuries, he's playing left wing on the No. 2 line. -- Aaron Portzline Columbus Blue Jackets at a glance• Past 10 games: 5-4-1 • Power play: 22.8 percent (11th in the NHL) • Penalty kill: 79.3 percent (17th) • Player to watch: D Jan Hejda jumps back into the fire, playing his first game in three weeks against one of the NHL's most dangerous offensive clubs. • Injury update: Hejda (sprained knee), probable; D Mike Commodore (charley horse), questionable; LW Nikita Filatov (back spasms), doubtful; LW Fredrik Modin (sprained knee), out. San Jose Sharks at a glance• Past 10 games: 7-2-1 • Power play: 25.0 percent (sixth) • Penalty kill: 85.0 percent (sixth) • Player to watch: C Patrick Marleau is off to the best start of his career, on pace for 60 goals and 114 points. • Injury update: RW Devin Setoguchi (leg), C Torrey Mitchell (knee), C Joe Pavelski (foot) and RW Ryan Vesce (leg), out Story toolsToday’s Top Stories |
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