BREAKING — 1:10pm — Jakub Voracek is out with an undisclosed injury; Mathieu Oliver will draw in.


Hello hockey world, and welcome to the conclusion of the NHL Global Series from the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland, with the second and final matchup between the Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Colorado Avalanche are without their captain as he is injured, and the same goes with forward Darren Helm. Francouz is getting the start.

Columbus will have Korpi play in his first regular season start since March 2022.


Projected Lineups

Colorado Avalanche

Evan Rodrigues—Nathan MacKinnon—Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen—JT Compher—Valeri Nichuskin
Andrew Cogalino—Alex Newhook—Logan O’Connor
Dryden Hunt—Mikhail Maltsev—Jacob McDonald

Devon Toews—Cale Makar
Bowen Byram—Josh Manson
Samuel Girard—Erik Johnson

Pavel Francouz
Alexander Georgiev

Scratched — Kurtis MacDermid
Injured — Darren Helm, Gabriel Landeskog

Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau—Jack Roslovic—Patrik Laine
Gustav Nyquist—Boone Jenner—Kent Johnson
Yegor Chinakov—Cole Sillinger—Mathieu Oliver
Eric Robinson—Sean Kuraly—Liam Foudy

Zach Werenski—Nick Blankenburg
Vladislav Gavrikov—Andrew Peeke
Jake Bean—Erik Gudbranson

Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched —Gavin Bayreuther, David Jiricek

Injured — Joona Luoto, Justin Danforth, Adam Boqvist, Jakub Voracek

Players to Watch

Colorado — Artturi Lehkonen — the other shining Finn on the roster, and just got paid.

Columbus Blue Jackets — Joonas Korpisalo — his first start in 8 months

More to come…

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