The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the New York Islanders today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLUE JACKETS (31-29-9) at ISLANDERS (32-28-9)
7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSGSN, TVAS
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Kent Johnson — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Adam Fantilli — Yegor Chinakov
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Luke Kunin
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Ivan Provorov — Damon Severson
Denton Mateychuk — Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer
Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Jake Christensen (upper body), Daniil Tarasov (illness)
Status report:
Monahan, who missed the past 28 games because of a wrist injury, and Gudbranson (shoulder), who missed 66, will return to the lineup.
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Islanders projected lineup
Simon Holmstrom — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Adam Boqvist
Maxim Tsyplakov — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb
Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Noah Dobson
Mike Reilly — Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Scott Mayfield
Injured: Hudson Fasching (illness), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)
Status report:
Fasching, a forward, won’t be available; Boqvist, a defenseman, will play forward for New York for the second time this season.
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