The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Chicago Blackhawks tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLACKHAWKS (17-31-7) at BLUE JACKETS (26-22-8)
7 p.m. ET; CHSN+, FDSNOH
Blackhawks projected lineup
Landon Slaggert — Connor Bedard — Ryan Donato
Philipp Kurashev — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teravainen — Nick Foligno — Ilya Mikheyev
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith
Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
TJ Brodie — Ethan Del Mastro
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Nolan Allan
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Jason Dickinson (ankle)
Status report
The Blackhawks will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-5 overtime loss at the St. Louis Blues. … Chicago activated defenseman Louis Crevier (concussion) from injured reserve and assigned him to Rockford of the American Hockey League. … Jenner will make his season debut after recovering from shoulder surgery.
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Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Cole Sillinger — Kent Johnson
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Joseph LaBate
Zach Werenski– Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Jack Johnson
Injured: Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist), Kevin Labanc (shoulder)
Status report
Marchenko (broken jaw) and Fabbro (concussion) each will return after missing three games. … LaBate, recalled from Cleveland of the AHL on Thursday, will play his first NHL game since March 28, 2017, for the Vancouver Canucks.
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