Braden Holtby will be between the pipes Thursday against the Blue Jackets.

Holtby will be between the pipes Thursday against the Blue Jackets.

Analysis:

Holtby missed out on his 13th victory of the season Tuesday against the Panthers by the narrowest of margins, falling in a shootout that lasted an NHL-record 20 rounds. The netminder has been mostly good of late, with save percentages of .916, .869, .928 and .965 over his last four starts, but he's taken two overtime losses during that span. He'll probably need to turn in another superb outing Thursday if he hopes to topple the Jackets and their netminder, Sergei Bobrovsky, who owns a 7-0 record, 1.63 GAA and .950 save percentage thus far in December.