Projected Lineups for Blue Jackets vs Islanders – 3/24/25

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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