Columbus Blue Jackets at Chicago Blackhawks Game Preview

The Chicago Blackhawks host the Columbus Blue Jackets at the United Center tonight in a game that pits two of last year’s best regular season teams against each other.

Both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks finished within the top four of the entire league last year when it came to points, but neither ended up doing much when the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Blackhawks were swept by the Nashville Predators while the Blue Jackets couldn’t do much better, being bounced from the postseason in five games by the eventual champs, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

But you wouldn’t have known that the two teams disappointed to end last season as both came out white hot for their respective season…