The Blue Jackets are back on home ice for the week in the final matchup of the season against the Ottawa Senators. The Staios era has been a quiet start for the team, only moving on from Vladimir Tarasenko at the deadline. The young kids and Cleveland goaltenders ride on hopes to avoid last in the East without Josh Norris suffering another shoulder surgery. Is this the end of his young career?

Columbus is meeting the late season injury bug, as Sean Kuraly and Yegor Chinakov have been ruled out of tonight. Mikael Pyyhita makes his season debut. Kirill Marchenko returns after missing the Montreal game where Chinny and Kurls were injured. Danforth, Laine, and Fantilli remain out of the lineup.

Forsberg gets Elvis after his shaky night. Might as well throw him back in.

Projected Lineups

Ottawa Senators

Brady Tkachuk -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson

Mathieu Joseph -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux

Ridly Greig -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Dominik Kubalik

Boris Katchouk -- Mark Kastelic -- Parker Kelly

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Jakob Chychrun -- Maxence Guenette

Erik Brannstrom -- Jacob Bernard-Docker

Anton Forsberg

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: None

Injured: Thomas Chabot (lower body), Josh Norris (shoulder), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Travis Hamonic (undisclosed), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Rourke Chartier (upper body)

Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Alex Nylander

Trey Fix-Wolansky -- Dmitri Voronkov -- Kirill Marchenko

Alexandre Texier -- Cole Sillinger -- Mikael Pyyhtia

Carson Meyer -- Brendan Gaunce -- Mathieu Olivier

Zach Werenski -- Adam Boqvist

Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson

Jake Bean -- Erik Gudbranson

Elvis Merzlikins

Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: None

Injured: Adam Fantilli (calf), Patrik Laine (upper body), Justin Danforth (concussion), Sean Kuraly (lower body), Yegor Chinakhov (upper body)

Players to Watch

Ottawa — Shane Pinto — after missing half the season, he is working on recovering his value.

Columbus — Mikael Pyyhita — season debut

Predicted Final Scores

OTT - 4

CBJ - 5

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