In the 200th professional game for Columbus Blue Jackets’ Russian right winger Kirill Marchenko, they march toward what may decide the second and final wild card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference without starting Latvian goaltender Elvis Merzlikins against the New York Rangers.

Projected Lineups

New York Rangers
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Will Cuylle
Alexis Lafreniere -- J.T. Miller -- Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider -- Sam Carrick -- Brett Berard
Brennan Othmann -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Matt Rempe

K'Andre Miller -- Adam Fox
Urho Vaakanainen -- Will Borgen
Braden Schneider -- Zac Jones

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Juuso Parssinen, Carson Soucy

Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body), Arthur Kaliyev (upper body)

Columbus Blue Jackets

Dmitri Voronkov -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson -- Boone Jenner -- Yegor Chinakhov
James van Riemsdyk -- Justin Danforth -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Luke Kunin

Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson -- Damon Severson

Daniil Tarasov
Jet Greaves

Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Elvis Merzlikins

Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist), Jake Christensen (upper body)


Players to Watch

New York — JT Miller — the Ohio native is happy to be focusing on hockey again.

Columbus — Kirill Marchenko — 200th career game

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Bryan Rust??

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