Game Thread: New Jersey Devils (22-17-3) at Columbus Blue Jackets (14-21-9) – 19 Jan 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# New Jersey [](/r/devils) Devils (22-17-3) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (14-21-9)

#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|MSG, BSOH|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020703) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020703/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020703/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020703/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Cole Sillinger|Yegor Chinakhov|[NJD](/r/devils)|Tyler Toffoli|Nico Hischier|Jesper Bratt|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|[NJD](/r/devils)|Timo Meier|Michael McLeod|Dawson Mercer|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|[NJD](/r/devils)|Erik Haula|Curtis Lazar|Nathan Bastian|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Sean Kuraly|Justin Danforth|[NJD](/r/devils)|Maxwell Willman|Chris Tierney|Alexander Holtz|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Damon Severson|Adam Boqvist|[NJD](/r/devils)|John Marino|Simon Nemec|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Andrew Peeke|[NJD](/r/devils)|Luke Hughes|Colin Miller|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[NJD](/r/devils)|Kevin Bahl|Cal Foote|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[NJD](/r/devils)|Vitek Vanecek|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|[NJD](/r/devils)|Nico Daws|

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

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jordan Dumais|05 Jan 2024|Abdomen|OUT|Dumais will undergo lower abdominal surgery Friday. He’s expected to need six weeks to recover.|21 Feb 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|27 Dec 2023|Ankle|IR|Werenski (ankle) will miss the next 4-6 weeks, according to Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.|25 Jan 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|21 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Blankenburg was placed on injured reserve Saturday, retroactive to Dec. 19.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|14 Dec 2023|Collarbone|IR|Fracture|27 Jan 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|08 Dec 2023|Jaw|IR|Jenner (jaw) is expected to be activated off injured reserve and return to the lineup Friday against the New Jersey Devils, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.|unknown|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|Brendan Smith|15 Jan 2024|Knee|IR|Sprain|unknown|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|Jonas Siegenthaler|06 Jan 2024|Foot|IR|Fracture|06 Feb 2024|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|Jack Hughes|05 Jan 2024|Upper Body|OUT|Not Specified|25 Jan 2024|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|Ondrej Palat|03 Jan 2024|Lower Body|DTD|Palat (lower body) will be out for some time after coach Lindy Ruff told reporters Tuesday, “We don’t expect back short-term,” per Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils’ official site.|unknown|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|Dougie Hamilton|28 Nov 2023|Pectoral|IR|Surgery|21 Mar 2024|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|Tomas Nosek|18 Nov 2023|Foot|IR-LT|Surgery|20 Jan 2024|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|Nolan Foote|09 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR-NR|Foote (undisclosed) was placed on the non-roster injured reserve Monday.|unknown|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/new-jersey-devils/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)|44|14|21|9|37|0.420|3.00|3.73|15.20|79.20|29.61|34.07|47.70|
|[NJD](/r/devils)|42|22|17|3|47|0.560|3.43|3.48|28.35|77.27|31.19|29.43|54.26|

[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)|Kirill Marchenko|14|[NJD](/r/devils)|Jesper Bratt, Tyler Toffoli|16|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24|[NJD](/r/devils)|Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes|30|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|28|[NJD](/r/devils)|Jesper Bratt|46|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kirill Marchenko|6|[NJD](/r/devils)|Colin Miller|11|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|51|[NJD](/r/devils)|Brendan Smith|47|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:04|[NJD](/r/devils)|John Marino|21:01|

[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=1 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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