Game Thread: St Louis Blues (28-31-5) at Columbus Blue Jackets (20-37-7) – 11 Mar 2023 – 07:00PM EST

#St Louis [](/r/stlouisblues) Blues (28-31-5) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (20-37-7)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|BSOH, BSMW|
|Listen|[STL](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999119) – [CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://Blues.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021045) – [Boxscore](http://Blues.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021045) – [Recap](http://Blues.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021045)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021045) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021045) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021045)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021045)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kirill Marchenko|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Alexei Toropchenko|Robert Thomas|Jordan Kyrou|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Jack Roslovic|Patrik Laine|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Jakub Vrana|Pavel Buchnevich|Kasperi Kapanen|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Cole Sillinger|Mathieu Olivier|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Brandon Saad|Brayden Schenn|Sammy Blais|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Lane Pederson|Emil Bemstrom|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Nathan Walker|Nikita Alexandrov|Josh Leivo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Erik Gudbranson|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Nick Leddy|Colton Parayko|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|Andrew Peeke|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Marco Scandella|Justin Faulk|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Adam Boqvist|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Torey Krug|Calle Rosen|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Jordan Binnington|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|Michael Hutchinson|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Thomas Greiss|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[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|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[STL](/r/stlouisblues)|Jake Neighbours|19 Feb 2023|Upper Body|IR|Neighbours (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Monday and will be evaluated in five weeks.|28 Mar 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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|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|64|20|37|7|47|36.7|2.59375|3.71875|17.7|76.2|29.0|35.29687|48.4|
|[Blues](/r/stlouisblues)|64|28|31|5|61|47.6|3.03125|3.65625|19.7|76.7|28.90625|32.34375|50.0|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|20|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Jordan Kyrou|26|
|A|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|40|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Robert Thomas|39|
|P|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|55|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Jordan Kyrou|58|
|+/-|[](/r/bluejackets)|Lane Pederson|1|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Calle Rosen|14|
|PIM|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|79|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Ivan Barbashev|36|
|TOI|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Justin Faulk|23:34|

#In-Game Updates

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