We are down to the wire on trade deadline week, and this is the first meeting of the season between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Vegas Golden Knights. Puckdrop is at 7pm from the Nationwide Arena for Elvis Presley night.

Vegas is the reigning Stanley Cup champions, and they are looking like they want to compete, despite losing their captain for the season. We see former Blue Jackets’ Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson, and Keegan Kolesar as champions.

Vegas added some younger depth talent over the summer and through the waiver wire, including Denisenko, Morelli, and Bjornfort while losing Phil Kessel (VAN) and Reilly Smith (PIT).

Columbus lost Elvis to injury in the Chicago game, and have called up Jet Greaves. Tarasov has the reigns against the Vegas team that has lost back to back.

Projected Lineups

Vegas Golden Knights

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio 
Grigori Denisenko -- Chandler Stephenson -- Keegan Kolesar
Mason Morelli -- Nicolas Roy -- Brendan Brisson

Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill
Logan Thompson

Scratched: Daniil Miromanov, Ben Hutton, Sheldon Rempal, Bryson Froese

Injured: Brett Howden (upper body), Mark Stone (upper body), Pavel Dorofeyev (upper body), William Carrier (upper body), Tobias Bjornfot (undisclosed)


Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Jack Roslovic
Yegor Chinakhov -- Dmitri Voronkov -- Kirill Marchenko
Alexandre Texier -- Cole Sillinger -- Alex Nylander
Justin Danforth -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier

Zach Werenski -- Adam Boqvist
Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson
Jake Bean -- Erik Gudbranson

Daniil Tarasov
Jet Greaves

Scratched: Andrew Peeke

Injured: Adam Fantilli (calf), Patrik Laine (upper body), Kent Johnson (torn labrum), Elvis Merzlikins (upper body)

Players to Watch

Vegas — Jonathan Marchessault — 9 points in his last 5, broke season high in goals at 32.

Columbus — Cole Sillinger — let the goal streak continue.

Predicted Final Score

VGK - 5

CBJ - 2

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