Columbus Blue Jackets (0 points) vs. Minnesota Wild (0 points) game preview

The Columbus Blue Jackets begin the 2024-25 season tonight against the Minnesota Wild.

It looks like the Jackets will face goaltender Filip Gustavsson, who has 52 career wins. His career save percentage is .912 and his GAA is 2.73.

The Blue Jackets begin the season on the road in the first two games of the season. They will travel to Colorado on Saturday to face the Avalanche. The CBJ will also start the season severely undermanned due to injuries. Captain Boone Jenner and Dmitri Voronkov will miss most of the season due to injuries.

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Series History vs. The Wild

• The CBJ have a 32-26-1-7 all-time record and 13-16-0-5 in Minnesota.

• The Jackets are 2-1-3 in their last six games and have points in three straight games.

• Columbus has a record of 9-5-2 in their last 16 games in Minnesota.

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• Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild with 96 points last season.

• Second-year defenseman Brock Faber had 47 points last season.

• Matt Boldy had 69 points.

CBJ player notes vs. The Wild

• Elvis Merzikins is 2-0-2 with a 2.85 GAA and .919 SV% in 4 career games against the Wild. He is also 1-0-2 in three games in Minnesota.

• Sean Monahan has 14 points in 29 career games against the Wild.

• James van Riemsdyk has 11 points in 20 games, including 9 in his last 9.

Injuries

• Justin Danforth (Wrist) is on the injured/unavailable list.

• Jordan Dumais (Lower Body) is on the injured/unavailable list.

• Max McCue (Lower Body) is on the injured/unavailable list.

• Boone Jenner (Upper Body) is on injured reserve.

• Dmitry Voronkov (Upper Body) is on injured reserve.

• Gavin Brindley (broken finger) is on injured reserve.

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 0

How See and hear: Tonight's game will be broadcast on Bally Sports Ohio. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 THE FAN with Bob McElligott behind the microphone doing the play-by-play.

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