The Columbus Blue Jackets will play the Colorado Avalanche on Friday afternoon at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland in the NHL Global Series.
The Columbus Blue Jackets are 3-7-0 this season and have six points on the year. Columbus is coming off of a loss to the New Jersey Devils by a score of 7-1 in their last game. Columbus was out shot by a total of 53-21 and lost 55.4% of the faceoffs in the game. The Columbus Blue Jackets are averaging 2.60 goals per game, 4.40 goals against per game, 0% on the power play, and 81.3% on the penalty kill this season. Johnny Gaudreau has led the Blue Jackets with five goals, three assists, and 30 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Columbus is Elvis Merzlikins, who is 2-4-0 this season with a 4.75 goals against average and a .864 save percentage.
The Colorado Avalanche are 4-4-1 this season and have nine points so far this year. Colorado is coming off of a loss to the New York Islanders by a score of 5-4 in their last game. Colorado was out shot by a total of 44-37 and won 57.1% of the faceoffs in the game. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.11 goals per game, 3.00 goals against per game, 39.3% on the power play, and 69.7% on the penalty kill this season. Valeri Nichushkin (questionable) has led the Avalanche with seven goals, five assists, and 26 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Colorado is Alexandar Georgiev, who is 4-1-1 this season with a 2.81 goals against average and a .918 save percentage.
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