Columbus Blue Jackets @ St Louis Blues Game-day Information

COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 27: Artemi Panarin
COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 27: Artemi Panarin

The Columbus Blue Jackets will be visiting the Scottrade Center in St Louis for the first and only time of the season. Both teams have had hot starts and want to keep it going, however only one will be able to tonight.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have had a two game winning streak following their two game losing streak but tonight they will face a significant test against the St Louis Blues. The Blues are currently 8-2-1 coming into the game, while the Blue Jackets are 7-3-0.

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The battle of Blue only happens twice a year with the teams being in different conferences, however it is almost always a great game to watch. While neither team has seen substantial success in the playoffs, the Blues seem to be a guarantee to make the post season annually; while the Blue Jackets are hoping to take the next step and have a successful playoff run for the first time in team history this season. However, there’s still plenty of time before either team has to worry about that.

According to RosterResource.com, the lines are projected to be the following:

St Louis Blues

Steen (A) – Statsny (A) – Sobotka

Schwartz – Schenn – Tarasenko(A)

Paajarvi – Sundqvist – Bennett

Upshall – Broadziak – Thorburn

Edmundson – Pietrangelo (C)

Prosser – Parayko

Dunn – Bortuzzo

Columbus Blue Jackets

Panarin – Foligno (C) – Anderson

Jenner (A) – Dubinsky – Anderson

Calvert – Wennberg – Bjorkstrand

Milano – Dalpe – Dubois

Werenski – Jones

Johnson (A) – Savard

Murray – Nutivaara

The goaltending match-up for tonight has yet to be confirmed, however based off of the games last night; it appears the Blue Jackets will likely go with Joonas Korpisalo while the St. Louis Blues will more than likely start Jake Allen.

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You’ll be able to watch the game tonight on Fox Sports Ohio or Fox Sports Midwest or if you’re in the St Louis area live from the Scottrade Center. Game time is set for 8 PM Eastern Time (7 PM Local).

The Columbus Blue Jackets and St Louis Blues are sure to put on a great game tonight, so if you’re available to watch; be sure to do so as this will be one you won’t want to miss.