The New Jersey Devils take on the Columbus Blue Jackets today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
DEVILS (36-26-6) at BLUE JACKETS (31-27-8)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSGSN, TVAS
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Stefan Noesen
Erik Haula — Cody Glass — Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat — Dawson Mercer — Tomas Tatar
Paul Cotter — Curtis Lazar — Nathan Bastian
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Johnathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Justin Dowling, Kurtis MacDermid, Dennis Cholowski, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body)
Status report
Haula returns after being scratched for a 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. He’ll replace Sprong, a forward
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Blue Jackets projected lineup
Yegor Chinakhov — Dmitri Voronkov — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Adam Fantilli — Kent Johnson
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Luke Kunin
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson — Damon Severson
Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Elvis Merzlikins
Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist), Jake Christensen (upper body)
Status report
Chinakhov replaces Fantilli on the top line, with Voronkov moving to center. Aston-Reese goes from the fourth to the third line for van Riemsdyk.
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