Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (15-31-3) at Seattle Kraken (28-15-5) – 28 Jan 2023 – 10:00PM EST

#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (15-31-3) at Seattle [](/r/seattlekraken) Kraken (28-15-5)

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|07:00PM|08:00PM|09:00PM|10:00PM|11:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|ROOT-NW, BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [SEA](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999155)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020798) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020798) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020798)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Kraken.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020798) – [Boxscore](http://Kraken.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020798) – [Recap](http://Kraken.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020798)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020798)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Andre Burakovsky|Ryan Donato|Jordan Eberle|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Patrik Laine|
|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Brandon Tanev|Alexander Wennberg|Jared McCann|[](/r/bluejackets)|Kirill Marchenko|Cole Sillinger|Kent Johnson|
|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Eeli Tolvanen|Yanni Gourde|Oliver Bjorkstrand|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Jack Roslovic|Emil Bemstrom|
|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Daniel Sprong|Morgan Geekie|John Hayden|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Vince Dunn|Adam Larsson|[](/r/bluejackets)|Vladislav Gavrikov|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jamie Oleksiak|William Borgen|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Erik Gudbranson|
|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Carson Soucy|Cale Fleury|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Adam Boqvist|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Philipp Grubauer|[](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Martin Jones|[](/r/bluejackets)|Joonas Korpisalo|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Shane Wright|26 Jan 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Wright (lower body) is considered out indefinitely after sustaining an injury with OHL Windsor this week, Dave Jewell of The Hockey Writers reports.|07 Feb 2023|
|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Matthew Beniers|25 Jan 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Beniers (upper body) is not at practice Friday after taking a hard hit from Vancouver’s Tyler Myers on Wednesday and will miss the next two games, Scott Malone of Root Sports reports.|07 Feb 2023|
|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Justin Schultz|17 Jan 2023|Undisclosed|IR|Schultz (undisclosed) has been placed on injured reserve, Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press reports.|09 Feb 2023|
|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Jaden Schwartz|14 Jan 2023|Undisclosed|OUT|Schwartz (undisclosed) isn’t expected to play Wednesday versus Vancouver, Andy Eide of the Seattle Kraken’s official site reports.|unknown|
|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Joonas Donskoi||Upper Body|IR|Not Specified|07 Feb 2023|
|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Chris Driedger||Knee|IR|Surgery|07 Feb 2023|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|27 Jan 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Blankenburg is dealing with an upper-body injury and will miss Friday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks, according to Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Gustav Nyquist|25 Jan 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Nyquist (upper body) is being termed as out indefinitely by the Columbus Blue Jackets.|10 Feb 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Carson Meyer|10 Jan 2023|Oblique|IR|Meyer was placed on the injured reserve list with an oblique strain Wednesday.|23 Feb 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|19 Dec 2022|Ankle|IR|Chinakhov is expected to miss six weeks because of a high-ankle sprain.|10 Feb 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|02 Dec 2022|Shoulder|IR|Bean (torn labrum) had successful shoulder surgery and will miss the next 4-6 months.|24 Mar 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|02 Dec 2022|Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|14 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jakub Voracek|02 Dec 2022|Concussion|IR|Voracek is still out indefinitely with concussion symptoms and said Monday there’s only a “slim” chance that he will be able to return this season, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports.|01 Apr 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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|[Kraken](/r/seattlekraken)|48|28|15|5|61|63.5|3.625|3.08333|20.5|71.9|29.95833|28.125|45.6|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|49|15|31|3|33|33.6|2.57142|3.87755|16.7|76.4|28.79591|35.14285|47.5|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jared McCann|23|[](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|14|
|A|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jordan Eberle|27|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|35|
|P|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Andre Burakovsky|39|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|48|
|+/-|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Adam Larsson|30|[](/r/bluejackets)|Trey Fix-Wolansky|0|
|PIM|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Yanni Gourde|44|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|68|
|TOI|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Adam Larsson|24:10|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

#In-Game Updates

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