Columbus opens the week tonight against future Hall of Famers Mark Messier, Brian Leetch and the Broadway Blueshirts. On Wednesday, the club pays its first visit to Toronto to take on the storied Maple Leafs before renewing its rivalry with the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena on Friday. The high-flying Penguins of Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Alexei Kovalev come to Nationwide Arena on Saturday to round out the week s action. No practice scheduled Mon.
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Ice Haus are open to the public, while those at Nationwide Arena are closed. His points have also come at opportune times. AT THE GATE Columbus is averaging 17,201 fans per game with 516,017 attending 30 home games at Nationwide Arena. In addition, both tonight s game vs. the Rangers and Saturday s contest vs. the Penguins are sold out. The NHL record for average attendance by an expansion team is 17,205 by Atlanta last year as 705,389 attended 41 games at Philips Arena in 1999-00.