The Columbus Blue Jackets come into the second week of the season dealing with a banged up lineup. The Jackets lost Brandon Dubinsky for 4-6 weeks with an oblique injury. That is on top of Seth Jones still recovering from his preseason injury.
The visiting Avs also may have a significant player out tonight due to injury. The Colorado captain, Gabriel Landeskog is dealing with an undisclosed lower body injury and was held out of practice over the weekend.
According to The Post, Coach Jared Bednar said that “He’s dealing with a little bit of a lower-body thing, so we gave him a maintenance day.