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GAME PREVIEW

Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella will work his first home game since replacing Todd Richards on Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets.

The Blue Jackets did not skate Saturday morning after losing 2-1 at the Washington Capitals on Friday. The game Saturday is sandwiched between four- and three-game road trips.

Left wing Brandon Saad, who did not play Friday because of an illness will be in the lineup. Saad has three goals, tied for second on the Blue Jackets with Brandon Dubinsky and Scott Hartnell, but hasn't scored since the fourth game of the season against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 14.

Sergei Bobrovsky, will start. He has played all four games since Tortorella took over, going 2-2-0. Bobrovsky made 26 saves against the Capitals.

Defenseman Kevin Connauton played for the first time Friday under Tortorella; Fedor Tyutin was a healthy scratch for the first time since Dec. 6, 2010.

Jets:

Despite allowing the first goal in eight of 10 games, the Jets are 5-2-1 in those games. Winnipeg fell behind Thursday but rallied for 3-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks to complete a 3-2-1 homestand.

Saturday starts a stretch of four straight, and eight of nine on the road.

"I thought we've had some pretty strong starts," Jets defenseman Tyler Myers said. "The other team just happened to get the first goal. We bounced back. That's what you need from a team. It shows a lot of character and not letting it affect you.

"Certainly you want to score the first goal more often, especially on the road. You want to keep the other teams from getting momentum in front of their own fans."

Here are the projected lineups:

JETS

Andrew Ladd – Bryan Little – Blake Wheeler

Mathieu Perreault – Mark Scheifele – Nikolaj Ehlers

Alexander Burmistrov – Adam Lowry – Drew Stafford

Nic Petan – Andrew Copp - Chris Thorburn

Toby Enstrom – Dustin Byfuglien

Ben Chiarot – Tyler Myers

Mark Stuart – Jacob Trouba

Ondrej Pavelec, Michael Hutchinson

Scratched: Adam Pardy, Anthony Peluso, Paul Postma

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know people don't like the idea of Peluso playing ahead on Petan in certain games but he does what has to in terms of fighting and like it or not keeps teams honest about take liberties on the smaller players, plus he played not to bad tonight. Congrats to Copp for his 1st goal, Burmistrov had a good game, defense as a hole played very well. Good game on to Montreal 

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know people don't like the idea of Peluso playing ahead on Petan in certain games but he does what has to in terms of fighting and like it or not keeps teams honest about take liberties on the smaller players, plus he played not to bad tonight. Congrats to Copp for his 1st goal, Burmistrov had a good game, defense as a hole played very well. Good game on to Montreal 

 

 

seems like teams are picking on ehlers.... am I right?

 

at least twice I've seen sticks to his face. Don't like that at all, if having a fighter can stop that, I'm in favour.

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Took a high hit last night again but got right back up, no doubt some teams will take shots at him he will just have to keep his head up. As for Peluso his role and that of others like him is disappearing but as long as other teams have them we have to be ready, plus it doesn't hurt if he plays like he did last night. Petan probably in tonight versus Montreal 

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