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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