BREAKING — just coming down the wire here that defenseman Adam Boqvist will serve as a healthy scratch tonight when they take on the New York Rangers at Nationwide Arena.
Update 4:50pm
Lines will be the same for the Blue Jackets as last night against Washington in their 4-3 regulation loss. Elvis Merzlikins is the starter for the Union Blue.
Update 4:55pm
Igor Sherstenkin is the unconfirmed starter tonight.
Updated 5:25pm
Projected Lineups via Daily Faceoff
New York Rangers
Chris Kreider—Mika Zibanejad—Samuel Blias Artemi Panarin—Ryan Strome—Kappo Kakko Alexis Lafereniere—Barclay Goodrow—Julien Gauthier Dryden Hunt—Kevin Rooney—Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren—Adam Fox K’Andre Miller—Jacob Trouba Patrik Nemeth—Nils Lundkvist
Igor Sherstenkin Alex Georgiev
Columbus Blue Jackets
Gustav Nyqvist—Boone Jenner—Oliver Bjorkstrand Yegor Chinakov—Cole Sillinger—Jakub Voracek Gregory Hoffman—Jack Roslovic—Kevin Stenlund Eric Robinson—Sean Kuraly—Alexandre Texier
Zach Werenski—Jake Bean Vladislav Gavrikov—Gavin Bayreuther Gabriel Carlsson—Andrew Peeke
Elvis Merzlikins Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched—Scott Harrington Injured: Patrik Laine, Max Domi, Nate Gerbe, Adam Boqvist, Dean Kukan, Trey Fix-Wolansky
Update 6:50
Warmups complete puck drop in 15 minutes
Update 9:05pn
5-2 scores coming
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