Game Thread: Nashville Predators (36-25-3) at Columbus Blue Jackets (22-31-10) – 09 Mar 2024 – 12:30PM EST

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# Nashville [](/r/predators) Predators (36-25-3) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (22-31-10)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|9:30AM|10:30AM|11:30AM|12:30PM|1:30PM|5:30PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, BSSO|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/nashville-predators-columbus-blue-jackets-game-preview-march-9) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021010/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021010/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021010/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|Ryan O’Reilly|Gustav Nyquist|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|[NSH](/r/predators)|Jason Zucker|Tommy Novak|Luke Evangelista|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Cole Sillinger|Alex Nylander|[NSH](/r/predators)|Anthony Beauvillier|Colton Sissons|Cody Glass|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|[NSH](/r/predators)|Cole Smith|Michael McCarron|Kiefer Sherwood|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|Dante Fabbro|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Andrew Peeke|[NSH](/r/predators)|Ryan McDonagh|Luke Schenn|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Damon Severson|Erik Gudbranson|[NSH](/r/predators)|Jeremy Lauzon|Alexandre Carrier|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|[NSH](/r/predators)|Juuse Saros|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[NSH](/r/predators)|Kevin Lankinen|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/nashville-predators/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Shoulder|IR|Johnson will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Thursday.|16 Sep 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli||Laceration|OUT|Laceration|27 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jordan Dumais||Abdomen|OUT||22 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine||Personal|IR-NR|Fracture|19 Mar 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|None|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/nashville-predators/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|63|22|31|10|54|0.429|3.00|3.63|14.37|76.24|30.22|33.33|46.84|
|[NSH](/r/predators)|64|36|25|3|75|0.586|3.19|3.06|20.18|76.77|31.02|30.28|49.74|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|19|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|33|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|35|[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|47|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|45|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|67|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|7|[NSH](/r/predators)|Filip Forsberg|14|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|59|[NSH](/r/predators)|Michael McCarron, Jeremy Lauzon|86|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:15|[NSH](/r/predators)|Roman Josi|24:32|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=18 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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