Blue Jackets Welcome Stars After Coyle’s Two-Goal Night

The Columbus Blue Jackets are set to host the Dallas Stars in Columbus on November 5 at 7 p.m. EST. Columbus enters after beating the Colorado Avalanche 7-2, with Charlie Coyle scoring twice. Dallas won the teams’ previous meeting this season, 3-1.

The Stars are 9-5-1 overall and 3-1-1 on the road. The Blue Jackets are 6-7 overall and 4-3-0 at home. Dallas has gone 7-3-0 over its last 10 games, averaging 3.2 goals and allowing 2.7 per game. Columbus is 4-6-0 over that span, scoring 2.6 goals and giving up 2.9 per game.

Kent Johnson leads Columbus with seven goals and six assists. Dallas’ Wyatt Johnston has tallied three goals alongside 10 assists. Mikko Rantanen has recorded six goals and six assists over the Stars’ last 10 games, while Blue Jackets defenseman Denton Mateychuk has notched four goals and added one assist in his last 10.

Columbus forward Isac Lundestrom is out with an Achilles injury. Dallas lists Oskar Back (finger), Kyle Capobianco (leg) and Matt Duchene (abdomen) as out, while Miro Heiskanen is day to day with an upper-body injury.