7 TONIGHT, NATIONWIDE ARENA
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TV: Fox Sports Net
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Radio: WWCD-FM (101.1); WBNS-AM (1460)
The series
The Blue Jackets are 8-19-3-3 against the Oilers, including 4-8-3-1 in Nationwide Arena. This is
the second of four meetings this season.
The setup
The Blue Jackets blew a 4-1 lead and lost 6-4 to the Oilers on Oct. 22 in Edmonton. Whom will
the Blue Jackets charge with shutting down wingers Dustin Penner and Ales Hemsky? Those two
combined for three goals, seven assists and 15 shots in the first game. The Oilers are 2-7-1 on the
road this season after a 3-2 loss in Atlanta yesterday.
-- Aaron Portzline
aportzline@dispatch.com
Columbus Blue Jackets at a glance
• Past 10 games: 5-3-2
• Power play: 21.7 percent (11th, NHL)
• Penalty kill: 79.3 percent (17th)
• Player to watch: G Mathieu Garon will make his second straight start in goal,
facing one of his former clubs.
• Injury update: D Mike Commodore (fatigue), D Rostislav Klesla (lower body)
questionable; C Sammy Pahlsson (elbow), LW Raffi Torres (fractured maxilla), LW Fredrik Modin
(knee), C Andrew Murray (shoulder) out.
Edmonton Oilers at a glance
• Past 10 games: 2-7-1
• Power play: 22.4 percent (ninth, NHL)
• Penalty kill: 81.2 percent (14th)
• Player to watch: C Gilbert Brule, a former first-round pick of the Blue
Jackets, has found a home with the Oilers.
• Injury update: D Sheldon Souray (concussion), LW J-F Jacques (shoulder), D
Taylor Chorney (ankle), LW Robert Nilsson (concussion) out.
