BLUE JACKETS VS. COYOTES

TUESDAY, 7 P.M.

NATIONWIDE ARENA

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POST GAME: Interviews from (click name to play) - RICHARDS | MACKENZIE | JOHNSON | JOHANSEN

WATCH: Ryan Johansen's game winner! | CLICK TO WATCH

GAME AUDIO: Ryan Johansen wins it! | LISTEN

WATCH: Blake Comeau 3rd period goal | CLICK TO WATCH

GAME AUDIO: Blake Comeau puts us ahead! | LISTEN

WATCH: 2nd period highlights | CLICK TO PLAY

GAME AUDIO: Jack Skille 1st intermission interview | LISTEN

SECOND PERIOD ANALYSIS: A better, more energetic period there from the Blue Jackets and they started to take the game back with some heavy lifting in the Coyotes' zone. Mark Letestu tied the game at 5:25 of the second period after a nasty wrist shot from between the dots, capitalizing on a turnover created by Artem Anisimov down low. Columbus out-shot the Coyotes 11-7 in the second, and made a habit of getting bodies and traffic in front of Greiss. They'll need to continue that pattern into the third period with two huge points up for grabs.



WATCH: Mark Letestu 2nd period goal | CLICK TO PLAY

GAME AUDIO: Mark Letestu ties it up! | LISTEN

GAME AUDIO: John Davidson visits the radio booth for the first intermission | LISTEN

WATCH: 1st Period Highlights | CLICK TO PLAY

GAME AUDIO: Nathan Horton first intermission interview | LISTEN

FIRST PERIOD ANALYSIS: A rather sleepy first period from the home team, and as a result, they allowed two unanswered goals late in the period to a dpeserate Phoenix team. Boone Jenenr got the Jackets going with his 15th goal of the season at the 8:15 mark, but the Coyotes roared back (pardon the pun, I think) to score twice in the final seven mintues of the frame. Martin Erat's goal was actually a reviewed call on the ice that was reversed (originally waved off) after it was determined that the puck completely crossed the line, and with 2:07 left in the period, Shane Doan got a piece of Michael Stone's shot from the point to beat Bobrovsky. The Blue Jackets need to find their forecheck and get back to their game, because they lost in at times in the first period. Shots are 10-4 favoring Phoenix.



WATCH: Boone Jenner 1st period goal | CLICK TO WATCH

GAME AUDIO: Boone Jenner gives us the lead in the first! | LISTEN

WATCH: Pre-game interviews from the CBJ morning skate (click name to play) - RICHARDS | LETESTU | SKILLE | TROPP

UPDATE (10:15 AM): Tonight's forward lines and defense pairs for the Blue Jackets...



Jenner - Johansen - Horton

Calvert - Dubinsky - Atkinson

Comeau - Anisimov - Letestu

Tropp - MacKenzie - Boll



Tyutin - Wisniewski

Johnson - Prout

Murray - Savard



Bobrovsky



MORNING SKATE: The Blue Jackets begin their final week of the regular season, and it starts with a home game on Tuesday against the Phoenix Coyotes. The team is scheduled for a 10 a.m. morning skate, and we'll have complete coverage for you here at Game Day Central. Also, look for lineup changes, thoughts on the match-up against the Coyotes, storylines from the other side and an interview with coach Todd Richards. Stay tuned to this page for the latest!

The Blue Jackets are banged up at forward (again), losing RJ Umberger for at least the next two weeks due to an upper body injury suffered in Sunday's win over the Islanders. But there may be some good news, too, in that Nathan Horton is expected to be a game-time decision (lower body) and could return after missing four games.



On defense, Nikita Nikitin was cleared to play two games ago after a lower body injury caused him to miss some time. The return of Ryan Murray helped the Jackets on the back end in the wake of that injury, but it has also made it more difficult to crack the lineup.



Between the pipes, Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start for the Blue Jackets.