After a loss last night, the Columbus Blue Jackets are back at it tonight with their second preseason game in as many days, this time against the Chicago Blackhawks and potentially against a couple of former Blue Jackets players.
Chicago's roster for this game hasn't been released just yet, but it's possible that one or more of the team's quartet of former Blue Jackets (Brandon Saad, Artem Anisimov, Anton Forsberg and Jordan Schroeder) will be in their lineup.
MATCHUP:
Chicago Blackhawks at Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationwide Arena, 7 p.m.
Watch: Streamable on FOX Sports Go and BlueJackets.com
PREVIOUS SEASON RESULTS:
Columbus:
45-30-7 (97 points), Finished 4th in NHL Metropolitan Division
Goals For: 242 (16th), Goals Against: 230 (10th)
Chicago:
33-39-10 (76 points), Finished 7th in NHL Central Division
Goals For: 229 (22nd), Goals Against: 256 (22nd)
NOTABLE OFFSEASON MOVES:
Columbus:
Added: Riley Nash, Anthony Duclair
Lost: Matt Calvert, Ian Cole, Jack Johnson
Chicago:
Added: Cam Ward, Chris Kunitz
Lost: Anthony Duclair
LINEUPS FOR TONIGHT:
Columbus:
Forwards: Wennberg, Atkinson, Foudy, Nash, Dalpe, Jenner, Sedlak, Robinson, Stenlund, Foligno, Anderson, Sherwood
D: Jones, Murray, Carlsson, Collins, Simpson, Prapavessis
G: Berube, Raaymakers
Chicago: TBD
WHO TO WATCH FOR:
Liam Foudy, Forward
The club's newest first-round pick is set to make his preseason debut tonight – and it'll be one of a few chances for fans to watch his breathtaking speed in person before he's presumably sent back to the London Knights to develop in junior for one more year.
There was a perception that the Blue Jackets reached to select Foudy with the 18th overall pick in this year's draft, but he was one of the fastest risers in the class and had a very impressive showing for Team Canada at the World Junior Showcase earlier this summer.
