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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