Chicago (19-32-9) at Columbus (24-35-2) 7:00 pm EST

 

Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
CHI	26-43-13	16-19-6	10-24-7	11-17-4	22-41-9
CLS	35-43-4	23-18-0	12-25-4	14-15-3	30-38-4
· Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison
209	Goals	215
279	Goals Against	276
51	Power Play Goals	64
88	Power Play Goals Allowed	95
6	Shorthanded Goals	10
12	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	8
1544	Penalty Minutes	1414
19	Average Penalty Minutes	17

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Nikolai Khabibulin	50	17	157	3.35	0	1222	.886
	Craig Anderson	29	6	86	3.32	1	671	.886
	Adam Munro	10	3	25	3.00	1	209	.893
	Corey Crawford	2	0	5	3.47	0	36	.878
	Marc Denis	49	21	151	3.25	1	1354	.900
	Pascal Leclaire	33	11	97	3.23	0	987	.911
	Martin Prusek	9	3	20	3.21	0	145	.879

Team Stat Leaders
G	Kyle Calder 26	Rick Nash 31
A	Kyle Calder 33	David Vyborny 43
PTS	Kyle Calder 59	David Vyborny 65
PIM	Matthew Barnaby 178	Jody Shelley 163
SOG	Mark Bell 227	Nikolai Zherdev 194

Chicago (19-32-9) at Columbus (24-35-2) 7:00 pm EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) - After ending a tough road trip in winning style, the Columbus Blue Jackets will try to maintain their dominance of the Chicago Blackhawks when the teams meet Tuesday.

The Blue Jackets, who have won all three meetings with the Blackhawks this season by one goal, lost the first three games of a four-game trek that spanned the Olympic break before breaking a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on Sunday.

Columbus had scored just five goals during the slide and got its only two in regulation in a span of seven-plus minutes of the first period.

Rookie Jaroslav Balastik and Nikolai Zherdev had the tallies and, after a scoreless second and third periods, Rick Nash's shootout goal provided the difference.

Zherdev has three goals in his last two games to become the eighth player in franchise history to reach 20 in a season. He enters Tuesday with a team-leading 22.

The Blackhawks wrapped up a 1-1-1 homestand with Sunday's 7-2 loss to Dallas. It marked their worst defensive effort since November 4, when they allowed nine goals, also to the Stars.

Chicago let up the first three goals of the game before Mark Bell tallied for the Blackhawks. However, any chance for a comeback was thwarted by another three-goal burst by Dallas.

Rookie Adam Munro stopped just eight of 11 shots before being relieved by Craig Anderson, who stopped 13 of 17.

Zherdev and Nash capped a three-goal first period and goaltender Marc Denis made 41 saves to make the early lead hold up in a 3-2 triumph in the last meeting December 30.