Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (8-14-5) at New York Islanders (10-7-7) – 07 Dec 2023 – 7:30PM EST

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# Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (8-14-5) at New York [](/r/newyorkislanders) Islanders (10-7-7)

#UBS Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:30PM|5:30PM|6:30PM|7:30PM|8:30PM|12:30AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, MSGSN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020397) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020397/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020397/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020397/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Anders Lee|Bo Horvat|Mathew Barzal|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Justin Danforth|
|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Pierre Engvall|Brock Nelson|Kyle Palmieri|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|
|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Simon Holmstrom|Jean-Gabriel Pageau|Julien Gauthier|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Adam Fantilli|Emil Bemstrom|
|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Hudson Fasching|Casey Cizikas|Cal Clutterbuck|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Alexander Romanov|Noah Dobson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Erik Gudbranson|
|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Samuel Bolduc|Ryan Pulock|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Andrew Peeke|
|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Mike Reilly|Scott Mayfield|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|David Jiricek|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Ilya Sorokin|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|
|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Semyon Varlamov|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jet Greaves|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-york-islanders/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Sebastian Aho|25 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Aho (upper body) is skating with the team but won’t be ready to face San Jose on Tuesday.|unknown|
|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Adam Pelech|25 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Pelech suffered an upper-body injury Friday and was placed on long-term injured reserve Saturday.|19 Dec 2023|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|06 Dec 2023|Illness|IR|Merzlikins stopped 35 shots in Tuesday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings.|14 Dec 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Boqvist|06 Dec 2023|Shoulder|IR|Strain|04 Jan 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|05 Dec 2023|Illness|DTD|Laine (illness) won’t play Tuesday against the Los Angeles Kings, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|05 Dec 2023|Illness|DTD|Gudbranson (illness) will be a game-time decision Tuesday against the Los Angeles Kings, according to Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Cole Sillinger|30 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Sillinger (upper body) was placed on the injured reserve list Wednesday.|08 Dec 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Damon Severson|19 Nov 2023|Oblique|IR|Severson (oblique) was put on injured reserve Thursday.|02 Jan 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jack Roslovic|13 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Fracture|14 Dec 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/new-york-islanders/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|24|10|7|7|27|0.562|2.83|3.21|25.37|73.33|29.62|35.88|51.57|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|27|8|14|5|21|0.389|2.85|3.37|13.75|87.18|29.93|33.81|47.57|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Brock Nelson|11|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|13|
|A|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Noah Dobson|17|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|18|
|P|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Mathew Barzal|23|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|19|
|+/-|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Noah Dobson|7|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|7|
|PIM|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Cal Clutterbuck|18|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|23|
|TOI|[NYI](/r/newyorkislanders)|Noah Dobson|25:09|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:53|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=2 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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