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The Columbus Blue Jackets conclude their season series finale with the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Arena.
The Blue Jackets are still in the hunt for the second wild card in the East but need to win their remaining two games in regulation and the Montreal Canadiens lose their regular-season finale to the Carolina Hurricanes in regulation Wednesday. Columbus has won four in a row to stay in the race. A regulation win Tuesday would bring the East wild-card race down the last game of the season for the Canadiens and Blue Jackets. The Flyers have been eliminated but are 5-1-1 since Brad Shaw replaced John Tortorella as coach.
The National Hockey League today announced the 32 team nominees for the 2024-25 King Clancy Memorial Trophy, which is presented “to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community.”
The nominees were selected by their respective NHL teams. The winner will be chosen by a selection committee consisting of Commissioner Gary Bettmanas well as former winners of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and the historic NHL Foundation Player Award.
In determining the winner, the selection committee will consider the criteria of a nominee’s inspiration, involvement, and impact to positively benefit his community.
The nominee with the most votes will be named the winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and receive a $25,000 donation to benefit a charity or charities of his choice. The winner will also be eligible to elect that his Club receive a grant from the NHL, up to $20,000, to help organize a special activation related to his humanitarian cause.
The 2024-25 King Clancy Memorial Trophy nominees are
Columbus Blue Jackets: Zach Werenski
Philadelphia Flyers: Garnet Hathaway
History
The King Clancy Memorial Trophy was presented in 1988 by the NHL’s Board of Governors in honor of Frank “King” Clancy, a beloved figure in the League for decades as a player, referee, coach, manager and goodwill ambassador. A three-time Stanley Cup champion and 1958 inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame, Clancy was voted as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players during the League’s Centennial Celebration in 2017.
Adam Fantilli missed the Blue Jackets morning skate for personal reasons but is expected to play. Columbus coach Dean Evason said there would be no lineup changes from a 4-1 win at the Washington Capitals on Sunday, which means Jet Greaves will make his fourth straight start.
The Flyers will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-3 overtime loss at the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
Flyers projected lineup
Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Travis Konecny -- Sean Couturier -- Matvei Michkov
Jakob Pelletier -- Ryan Poehling -- Owen Tippett
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Karsen Dorwart -- Garnett Hathaway
Nick Seeler -- Travis Sanheim
Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula -- Emil Andrae
Samuel Ersson
Ivan Fedotov
Scratched: Aleksei Kolosov
Injured: Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)
Columbus Blue Jackets
Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jordan Harris -- Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Christian Fischer, Jack Williams,
Damon Severson, Luke Kunin, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Johnson
Injured: Elvis Merzlikins (upper body), Jake Christiansen (upper body), Owen Sillinger
Players to Watch
Columbus — Ivan Provorov — the former Flyers’ first rounder comes back to the team that drafted him and still with no extension in Columbus.
Philadelphia — Garnet Hathaway — the Clancy nominee got his 10th goal in Ottawa.
Predicted Final Score
PHI — 2
CBJ — 3
Gambling Odds
Jackets are a -148 per NHL Draft Kings Sportsbook; Flyers a +124
Boots on the Ground
I will be onsite for this contest this evening and will look forward to seeing Fantilli, Monny, and Werenski against Mitchkov.
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