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Columbus Blue Jackets March and April 2019 Schedule Breakdown

By Lansing Murphy

TORONTO, ON - APRIL 23: Riley Nash #20 of the Boston Bruins skates against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game Six of the Eastern Conference First Round in the 2018 Stanley Cup Play-offs at the Air Canada Centre on April 23, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Bruins 3-1.(Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Riley Nash
TORONTO, ON - APRIL 23: Riley Nash #20 of the Boston Bruins skates against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game Six of the Eastern Conference First Round in the 2018 Stanley Cup Play-offs at the Air Canada Centre on April 23, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Bruins 3-1.(Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Riley Nash /
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Week Three: March 18th-24th

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VANCOUVER, BC – MARCH 31: Michael Del Zotto #4 of the Vancouver Canucks and Joonas Korpisalo #70 and Pierre-Luc Dubois #18 of the Columbus Blue Jackets walks a rebound during their NHL game at Rogers Arena March 31, 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)”n /

The road game in Boston in week two is the start to a four game road trip that takes the Columbus Blue Jackets across the continent. The team will head to Calgary as they start their Western Canada Road trip.

Last year the trip to Alberta and British Columbia turned the Jackets’ season around and started the run the team needed to get in the playoffs. At this point in the year, I don’t think the Jackets will need that type of a run but they will perform nicely on this trip. Calgary will be improved but there are issues in net.

Thursday, the CBJ will take on the Edmonton McDavid’s and then head to Vancouver to round out the trip on Sunday in the Pacific Northwest. The two full days in between the Edmonton and Vancouver games sets up nicely on this long road trip.

Vancouver will have nothing to play for at this point in the year and should be an easy win. The Jackets have performed well on these long road trips, especially late in the year and I expect that to continue.

Week Three Prediction: 2-1-0

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