The road trip continues for the Columbus Blue Jackets, but they are closer to home now. Tonight will be a goalie battle between Columbus and the New Jersey Devils in Newark, New Jersey. The Jackets have not had much success at the Rock (Prudential Center), and only won once in that arena in franchise history (and that was last season).
The Devils are a very different team this year than last. The Iron Fist (Lou) became the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Devils bought out Danius Zubrus; let UFAs Mark Fraser (Ottawa), Scott Gomez (STL), and Peter Harrold (STL). They hired Ray Shero as their GM, and he hired John Hynes as head coach, and brought in Scott Clemensen as goalie coach after retirement. Shero acquired Kyle Palemri from Anaheim and Bryan O'Neill from Los Angeles; and signed players including Jiri Tlusty, John Moore, David Schlemko, and Lee Stempniak. In terms of their lineup, Ryan Clowe has been dealing with concussion issues and may be on the verge of retirement. It came out yesterday that Tuomo Ruutu is out with a broken foot and will be out several weeks.
As for the Columbus Blue Jackets, the lineups are similar to how they were on Saturday. Ryan Johansen is missing his second straight game with an illness. Also, Sergei Bobrovsky is back between the pipes for the Jackets.
Projected Lineups:
Columbus Blue Jackets
Brandon Saad - Brandon Dubinsky - Nick Foligno
Scott Hartnell - Alex Wennberg - Cam Atkinson
Boone Jenner - William Karlsson - Matt Calvert
Rene Bourque - Gregory Campbell - David Clarkson
Jack Johnson - David Savard
Ryan Murray - Cody Goloubef
Fedor Tyutin - Dalton Prout
Sergei Bobrovsky
Curtis McElhinney
Scratches: Jared Boll, Kevin Connuaton
Injuries: Ryan Johansen (illness)
New Jersey Devils
Mike Cammalleri - Adam Henrique - Lee Stempniak
Jiri Tlusty - Travis Zajac - Kyle Palmieri
Brian O'Neill - Jacob Josefson - Jordon Tootoo
Stefan Matteau - Stephen Gionta - Sergey Kalinin
Andy Greene - Adam Larsson
John Moore - Damon Severson
Eric Gelinas - Jon Merrill
Cory Schinder
Keith Kinkaid
Scratches: David Schlemko
Injuries: Ryan Clowe (concussion), Tuomo Ruutu (broken foot), Patrick Elias
Players to Watch
Columbus: David Clarkson. The ex-Devil is back in his home arena, where he scored 30 goals in the past. Let's see if he can produce tonight.
New Jersey: Travis Zajac. With all the trade rumors surrounding him, it's do or die for Zajac.
Enjoy the games tonight. More to come.
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