Overview
- Head coach Rick Bowness said Damon Severson is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury after he left the Montreal game favoring his left shoulder.
- Severson scored Columbus’ only goal in the 2-1 loss to the Canadiens before a hard check from Zachary Bolduc forced him out.
- Rick Bowness called the timing terrible and praised Severson’s play as a key driver of recent results.
- With no extra right-shot defenseman on the roster, the team expects Denton Mateychuk to play the right side and likely brings Egor Zamula back into the lineup.
- MoneyPuck projects a 77.9% playoff chance as the Blue Jackets sit at 87 points tied with the Islanders, hold a game in hand, and face one of the league’s toughest remaining schedules.