Game Thread: St Louis Blues (13-11-1) at Columbus Blue Jackets (8-15-5) – 08 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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# St Louis [](/r/stlouisblues) Blues (13-11-1) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (8-15-5)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, BSMW|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/preview-blues-at-blue-jackets) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020405/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020405/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020405/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Justin Danforth|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Pavel Buchnevich|Robert Thomas|Jake Neighbours|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Kevin Hayes|Brayden Schenn|Jordan Kyrou|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Emil Bemstrom|Adam Fantilli|Kent Johnson|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Brandon Saad|Oskar Sundqvist|Kasperi Kapanen|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Alexei Toropchenko|Nikita Alexandrov|Sammy Blais|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Nick Blankenburg|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Nick Leddy|Colton Parayko|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Andrew Peeke|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Torey Krug|Justin Faulk|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|David Jiricek|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Marco Scandella|Scott Perunovich|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jet Greaves|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Jordan Binnington|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Joel Hofer|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/st-louis-blues/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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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|OUT|Laine (illness) did not accompany the team to New York and will miss Thursday’s tilt versus the New York Islanders, Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|05 Dec 2023|Illness|OUT|Gudbranson (illness) did not travel to New York and will miss Thursday’s clash with the New York Islanders, Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch reports.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Cole Sillinger|30 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Sillinger (upper body) was placed on the injured reserve list Wednesday.|unknown|
|[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|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Anton Malmstrom||Undisclosed|IR-NR||12 Dec 2023|
|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Josh Jacobs||Undisclosed|IR-NR||12 Dec 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/st-louis-blues/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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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|28|8|15|5|21|0.375|2.86|3.50|13.58|86.25|30.11|33.89|47.83|
|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|25|13|11|1|27|0.540|2.88|3.16|9.46|78.26|29.36|33.20|50.70|

[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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|13|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Jake Neighbours|10|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|19|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Robert Thomas|17|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|20|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Robert Thomas|25|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|5|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Robert Thomas|6|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|23|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Alexey Toropchenko|18|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:58|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Colton Parayko|23:23|

[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), [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=19 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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