The Columbus Blue Jackets conclude their season series with Colorado this evening. Their first meeting was poor performance from the Avalanche; however, MacKinnon and Makar have stayed while the trades and injuries occurred to a reset on the fly.

Rantanen was dealt for Necas and Drury; Mittlestadt was flipped for Coyle; Nelson was added for prospects; Lindgren was added for prospects and picks; both goalies were moved, and Drouin and Nichuskin are back.

Projected Lineups

Colorado Avalanche

Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Artturi Lehkonen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Brock Nelson -- Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta -- Charlie Coyle -- Ross Colton
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren -- Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton -- Erik Johnson

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Miles Wood, Kevin Mandolese, Samuel Girard, Jimmy Vesey

Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Columbus Blue Jackets
Dmitri Voronkov -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner -- Adam Fantilli -- Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger -- Justin Danforth -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Luke Kunin

Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Erik Gudbranson -- Jack Johnson

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Yegor Chinakhov, James van Riemsdyk, Jack Williams, Jake Christiansen, Damon Severson

Injured: Kevin Labanc, Owen Sillinger

Players to Watch

COL — Cale Makar — potentially Hall of Fame bound after this season.

CBJ — Jack Johnson — the former Avalanche and cup winner

Predicted Final Score

COL — 7

CBJ — 6

Overtime

Gambling Odds

Avs are -142; CBJ +120

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