Game Thread: Vancouver Canucks (29-11-3) at Columbus Blue Jackets (13-21-9) – 15 Jan 2024 – 1:00PM EST

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# Vancouver [](/r/canucks) Canucks (29-11-3) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (13-21-9)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|10:00AM|11:00AM|12:00PM|1:00PM|2:00PM|6:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|SNP, BSOH|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-columbus-blue-jackets-game-preview-january-15) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020673/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020673/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020673/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|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Elias Pettersson|J.T. Miller|Brock Boeser|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Adam Fantilli|Emil Bemstrom|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Dakota Joshua|Teddy Blueger|Conor Garland|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|Jack Roslovic|Kirill Marchenko|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Ilya Mikheyev|Pius Suter|Andrei Kuzmenko|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Sean Kuraly|Justin Danforth|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Nils Hoglander|Nils Aman|Sam Lafferty|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Damon Severson|Adam Boqvist|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Quinn Hughes|Filip Hronek|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Andrew Peeke|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Carson Soucy|Tyler Myers|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Nikita Zadorov|Ian Cole|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Thatcher Demko|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Casey DeSmith|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/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.|19 Jan 2024|
|[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 (fractured jaw) is at practice Saturday, according to Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site.|19 Jan 2024|
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|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Phillip Di Giuseppe|02 Jan 2024|Undisclosed|IR-LT|Di Giuseppe (undisclosed) was placed on long-term injured reserve Saturday.|27 Jan 2024|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Guillaume Brisebois|11 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR-LT|Brisebois (undisclosed) was placed on long-term injured reserve Tuesday.|27 Jan 2024|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Tucker Poolman|20 Sep 2023|Head|IR-LT|Poolman (head) will miss Vancouver’s training camp, Chris Johnston of TSN reports.|15 Sep 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/vancouver-canucks/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)|43|13|21|9|35|0.407|3.00|3.74|15.00|79.34|29.30|34.16|47.73|
|[VAN](/r/canucks)|43|29|11|3|61|0.709|3.84|2.53|23.19|78.74|28.23|30.07|49.41|

[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|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Brock Boeser|27|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Quinn Hughes|40|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|26|[VAN](/r/canucks)|J.T. Miller|58|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kirill Marchenko|5|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek|32|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|51|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Dakota Joshua|39|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:04|[VAN](/r/canucks)|Quinn Hughes|24:23|

[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=23 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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