The Columbus Blue Jackets were looking to end their four game winless streak on the final meeting with the Dallas Stars this season. Notable features to the Blue Jackets line-up: Ryan Macinnus replaced Kole Sherwood, Mikko Lehtonen replaced Dean Kukan to pair with Seth Jones on the top defensive pairing. Joonas Korpisalo started in net, who was looking to bounce back from his recent play. Scott Harrington played his 200th game recently, and had 8 blocked shots last game. Michael Del Zotto was playing in his 700th NHL game (although elsewhere in the league, Patrick Marleau was playing his 1,767th NHL game for the San Jose Sharks, tying the all-time record by Gordie Howe).