Projected Lineups for the Blue Jackets vs Rangers – 03/09/25

The New York Rangers host the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

BLUE JACKETS (30-24-8) at RANGERS (31-26-6)

6 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSG, SN, TVAS

Blue Jackets Projected Lineup

Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson — Boone Jenner — Mathieu Olivier
Luke Kunin — Justin Danforth — Yegor Chinakhov
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Zach Aston-Reese

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christensen — Damon Severson

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Christian Fischer, Jack Johnson, Jordan Harris

Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist)

Status Report: 

Fabbro didn’t skate during practice in Columbus on Saturday but is expected to play. … Kunin will make his Blue Jackets debut after being acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Friday.

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Rangers Projected Lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider — Sam Carrick — Juuso Parssinen
Brennan Othmann — Jonny Brodzinski — Matt Rempe

K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy — Zac Jones

Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Arthur Kaliyev, Brett Berard, Calvin de Haan

Injured: Adam Fox (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)

Status report:

Quick is expected to start after Shesterkin made 33 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

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