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Game #1: A new beginning in Columbus

Friday, October 4, 2019 - 7:00 EST
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s Blog: Pension Plan Puppets

Toronto Maple Leaves (1-0-0, 2 points, 1st Atlantic, 1st East)

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Every time I thought I’d got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet

The last time we saw the Jackets on the ice for a game that mattered, they were shut out in an elimination game by the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Since then, key contributors Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Matt Duchene (a late addition who excelled in the postseason) left as free agents to sign elsewhere.