Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (19-30-10) at Chicago Blackhawks (15-40-5) – 02 Mar 2024 – 8:00PM EST

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# Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (19-30-10) at Chicago [](/r/hawks) Blackhawks (15-40-5)

#United Center

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|9:00PM|1:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|NBCSCH, BSOH|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/preview-blackhawks-wrap-homestand-vs-blue-jackets) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020965/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020965/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020965/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Anthony Beauvillier|Connor Bedard|Philipp Kurashev|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Colin Blackwell|Jason Dickinson|Joey Anderson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Nick Foligno|Tyler Johnson|Taylor Raddysh|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Cole Sillinger|Alex Nylander|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Ryan Donato|MacKenzie Entwistle|Reese Johnson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Alex Vlasic|Seth Jones|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Erik Gudbranson|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Kevin Korchinski|Jaycob Megna|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Damon Severson|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Jarred Tinordi|Louis Crevier|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Andrew Peeke|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Petr Mrazek|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Arvid Soderblom|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/chicago-blackhawks/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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|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Luke Philp|15 Feb 2024|Undisclosed|IR|Philp (undisclosed) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.|09 Mar 2024|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Nikita Zaitsev|24 Feb 2024|Knee|IR|Zaitsev suffered a bone fracture Jan. 16 versus San Jose in addition to his previously reported knee injury, according to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.|15 Mar 2024|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Andreas Athanasiou|20 Feb 2024|Groin|IR|Not Specified|04 Mar 2024|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Murphy|20 Feb 2024|Groin|IR|Murphy (groin) remains out indefinitely with no clear time frame to get back into action, Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago reports Tuesday.|04 Mar 2024|
|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Taylor Hall||Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Upper Body|OUT|Johnson will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Thursday.|07 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli||Laceration|OUT|Laceration|27 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jordan Dumais||Abdomen|OUT||22 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine||Personal|IR-NR|Fracture|19 Mar 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/chicago-blackhawks/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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|[CHI](/r/hawks)|60|15|40|5|35|0.292|2.03|3.53|13.22|77.27|26.35|32.57|45.98|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|59|19|30|10|48|0.407|2.90|3.68|14.88|76.61|30.02|33.41|46.97|

[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|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Bedard, Jason Dickinson|17|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|18|
|A|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Bedard, Philipp Kurashev|23|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|34|
|P|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Connor Bedard|40|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|42|
|+/-|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Joey Anderson|5|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|5|
|PIM|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Nick Foligno|47|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|57|
|TOI|[CHI](/r/hawks)|Seth Jones|25:47|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:21|

[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=16 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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