Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Blue Jackets – 03/13/25

The Vegas Golden Knights visit the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (38-19-7) at BLUE JACKETS (31-25-8)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SCRIPPS

Golden Knights Projected Lineup

Tanner Pearson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Victor Olofsson — Nicolas Roy — Reilly Smith
Ivan Barbashev — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar

Nicolas Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Cole Schwindt, Jonas Rondbjerg

Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Raphael Lavoie (upper body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

Status Report: 

Barbashev and Howden return from missing the game at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday for undisclosed reasons. … Forwards Schwindt and Rondbjerg come out.

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Blue Jackets Projected Lineup

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

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

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jack Johnson, Jordan Harris, Yegor Chinakhov

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

Status report:

Fischer makes his Blue Jackets debut after being claimed off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings on March 6. Chinakhov, a forward, will be scratched and van Riemsdyk will move up to his spot on the third line.

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