Game #39 Preview/GameThread: Blue Jackets open 2024 hosting Atlantic-best Bruins

Boston Bruins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Tuesday, January 2, 2024 – 7:00 PM ET

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH

TV: Bally’s Sports OH – Radio: WBNS FM

Boston Bruins, 22-7-6, 50 points, 1st Atlantic, 2nd East

Columbus Blue Jackets, 12-18-8, 32 points, 8th Metro, 15th East

The Columbus Blue Jackets open 2024 with one of the bigger challenges in the NHL as they welcome the Boston Bruins to Nationwide Arena. The Bruins, second place in the Eastern Conference currently, have continued to roll this season despite losing much of their center depth this offseason. Each team has won once over the other this year, holding serve on home ice – can the Jackets win the rubber match?

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David Pastrnak

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