Game Thread: Edmonton Oilers (38-20-2) at Columbus Blue Jackets (21-31-10) – 07 Mar 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Edmonton [](/r/edmontonoilers) Oilers (38-20-2) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (21-31-10)

#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|SNW, BSOH|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020995) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020995/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020995/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020995/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Ryan Nugent-Hopkins|Connor McDavid|Zach Hyman|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Cole Sillinger|Alex Nylander|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Evander Kane|Leon Draisaitl|Ryan McLeod|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Andrew Peeke|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Warren Foegele|Adam Henrique|Corey Perry|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Dylan Holloway|Sam Carrick|Mattias Janmark|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Mattias Ekholm|Evan Bouchard|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Damon Severson|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Darnell Nurse|Vincent Desharnais|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Brett Kulak|Cody Ceci|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Stuart Skinner|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Calvin Pickard|

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

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|03 Mar 2024|Upper Body|DTD|Merzlikins (upper body) won’t be in the lineup Tuesday versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, per Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Shoulder|IR|Johnson will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Thursday.|16 Sep 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|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|None|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/edmonton-oilers/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)|62|21|31|10|52|0.419|2.98|3.66|14.45|76.40|30.16|33.37|46.87|
|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|60|38|20|2|78|0.650|3.53|2.88|26.55|79.70|33.45|28.23|52.36|

[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|19|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Zach Hyman|42|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|35|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Connor McDavid|76|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|45|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Connor McDavid|99|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski, Dmitri Voronkov|6|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Connor McDavid|27|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|59|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Evander Kane|70|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:17|[EDM](/r/edmontonoilers)|Evan Bouchard|22:50|

[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=22 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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