{"id":122084,"date":"2026-01-06T12:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122084\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:24:09","slug":"nhl-game-preview-columbus-blue-jackets-at-san-jose-sharks-with-line-combinations-1-6-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122084\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 1\/6\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 1\/6\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Sue Ogrocki<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Columbus Blue Jackets (18-16-7, 43 pts) at San Jose Sharks (20-18-3, 43 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: SAP Center<br \/>Date: Tuesday, January 6<br \/>Time: 10:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/FDSNOH\/NBCSCA<br \/>Radio:\u00a097.1 The Fan\/1290 AM KPAY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jackets suffered a 5-4 overtime loss to the Penguins on Sunday. They\u2019re 3-1-1 in their last five games, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Sharks\u00a0had their three-game winning streak snapped on Saturday in a 7-3 loss to the Lightning. They\u2019re 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging four goals per game while allowing 4.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-minnesota-wild-projected-lines\">Marchment-Fantilli-Marchenko<br \/>Jenner-Coyle-Olivier<br \/>Voronkov-Sillinger-Heinen<br \/>Aston Reese-Gaunce-Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Werenski-Mateychuk<br \/>Provorov-Severson<br \/>Christiansen-Fabbro<\/p>\n<p>Merzlikins<br \/>Greaves<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/columbus-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=colum&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Your Columbus Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Eklund-Celebrini-Chernyshov\u00a0<br \/>Regenda-Wennberg-Toffoli<br \/>Graf-Dellandrea-Skinner <br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Reaves<\/p>\n<p>Orlov-Liljegren <br \/>Ferraro-Mukhamadullin<br \/>Dickinson-Iorio<\/p>\n<p>Askarov<br \/>Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/san-jose-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=san&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get San Jose Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Kirill Marchenko recorded a point in each game against the Sharks last season, scoring a goal in one game and an assist in the other.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Toffoli scored a goal in one of the two meetings against the Blue Jackets last season.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-minnesota-wild-0\">F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/isac-lundestrom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isac Lundestrom<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/erik-gudbranson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Gudbranson<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/sean-monahan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Monahan<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 DTD<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/brendan-smith\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Smith<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/miles-wood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles Wood<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/ryan-ellis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Ellis<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>G\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/carey-price\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carey Price<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 LTIR<br \/>RW Will Smith \u2013 IR<br \/>C Philipp Kurashev \u2013 IR<br \/>D Vincent Desharnais \u2013 IR<br \/>F Adam Gaudette \u2013 DTD<br \/>D John Klingberg \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Up:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p 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