Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (20-38-7) at San Jose Sharks (19-36-12) – 14 Mar 2023 – 10:30PM EDT

#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (20-38-7) at San Jose [](/r/sanjosesharks) Sharks (19-36-12)

#SAP Center at San Jose

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|07:30PM|08:30PM|09:30PM|10:30PM|11:30PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|NBCSCA, BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [SJS](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999128)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021074) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021074) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021074)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Sharks.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021074) – [Boxscore](http://Sharks.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021074) – [Recap](http://Sharks.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021074)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021074)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|William Eklund|Tomas Hertl|Fabian Zetterlund|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kent Johnson|
|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Andreas Johnsson|Logan Couture|Alexander Barabanov|[](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|Jack Roslovic|Kirill Marchenko|
|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Noah Gregor|Nico Sturm|Evgeny Svechnikov|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Cole Sillinger|Mathieu Olivier|
|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Oskar Lindblom|Steven Lorentz|Kevin Labanc|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Lane Pederson|Emil Bemstrom|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Nikolai Knyzhov|Erik Karlsson|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Erik Gudbranson|
|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Marc-Edouard Vlasic|Matt Benning|[](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mario Ferraro|Derrick Pouliot|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Adam Boqvist|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|James Reimer|[](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|
|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kaapo Kahkonen|[](/r/bluejackets)|Michael Hutchinson|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jacob MacDonald|06 Mar 2023|Upper Body|OUT|MacDonald (upper body) joined the San Jose Sharks at the end of Monday’s practice but it’s believed his timeline remains week-to-week, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.|16 Mar 2023|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Radim Simek|04 Mar 2023|Concussion|OUT|Simek is considered week-to-week because of a reoccurring situation related to the two concussions he suffered this season, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.|20 Mar 2023|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jonah Gadjovich||Upper Body|IR||unknown|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Luke Kunin||Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Markus Nutivaara||Lower Body|IR-LT|Not Specified|01 Apr 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|07 Mar 2023|Personal|OUT|Merzlikins (personal) is on his way to Latvia to be with his seriously ill grandmother on Friday, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|21 Mar 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Sean Kuraly|03 Mar 2023|Oblique|OUT|Kuraly suffered an oblique injury in practice Thursday and will miss the next six weeks.|14 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier||Personal|OUT||01 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean||Shoulder|IR||01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|03 Mar 2023|Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[Sharks](/r/sanjosesharks)|67|19|36|12|50|37.3|2.86567|3.74626|18.1|82.4|29.88059|31.34328|50.6|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|65|20|38|7|47|36.1|2.58461|3.73846|18.0|76.5|29.15384|35.12307|48.7|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Timo Meier|31|[](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|21|
|A|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Erik Karlsson|64|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|42|
|P|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Erik Karlsson|84|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|57|
|+/-|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jaycob Megna|6|[](/r/bluejackets)|Billy Sweezey|1|
|PIM|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jonah Gadjovich|57|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|81|
|TOI|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Erik Karlsson|25:34|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

#In-Game Updates

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