Happy St. Patrick’s Day hockey world!

The Blue Jackets or should I say the Green Jackets are on the ice for a 6pm starting with green beer and the Winnipeg Jets on the second half of their back to back.

Winnipeg is pushing to stay strong in the playoff rounds, including adding former Devils Tyler Toffoli and Colin Miller. They also got Sean Monahan before the deadline. The question is while injured players like Gabe Valardi cost them early in the quest.


Columbus is looking to snap their three game losing skid. They are fully in on the holiday spirit and are looking to get healthy. After losing Kuraly, Chinakov, and Danforth recently to injury, we have seen the Monsters’ depth return to the main roster.

Expect a Comrie v Merzlikins battle in the crease.

Projected Lineups

Winnipeg Jets

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Sean Monahan -- Tyler Toffoli

Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron -- David Gustafsson -- Vladislav Namestnikov

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk

Logan Stanley -- Nate Schmidt

Connor Hellebuyck

Laurent Brossoit

Scratched: Rasmus Kupari, Cole Perfetti, Dylan Samberg, Colin Miller

Injured: Gabriel Vilardi (upper body, enlarged spleen)

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 -- Ivan Provorov

Jake Christiansen -- 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), Adam Boqvist,

Players to Watch

Winnipeg — Tyler Toffoli — sneaky move by the Jets at the deadline showing their hunger for the cup.

Columbus — Zach Werenski— closing in on 40 point season in Columbus.

Predicted Final Score

WPG — 5

CBJ — 1

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