The Columbus Blue Jackets complete the back half of the back to back series with a late game against the defending cup champions.

The final clash of the season between Columbus and Vegas as at 10:30p from Sin City.

Vegas management has gone brash and bold by adding big money rental players at the deadline.

Tomas Hertl joins the team while remaining injured at salary retention. The Knights’ top prospect and next season’s first move to San Jose. Anthony Mantha comes in from Washington at salary half salary for picks. Noah Hanifin joins from Calgary at 75% salary retention through Tampa Bay for picks and Daniil Miromanov.

They’re loaded and desperate. The second wild card team did the most buying while protecting their 2024 first for the sphere.

Columbus was stomped last night and are looking at the same squad for tonight.

Expect a Hill v Tarasov battle.

Projected Lineups

Vegas Golden Knights

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault

Chandler Stephenson -- Nicolas Roy -- Anthony Mantha

Pavel Dorofeyev -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio

William Carrier – Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar

Noah Hanifin -- Nicolas Hague

Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore

Ben Hutton -- Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Paul Cotter, Alec Martinez

Injured: Tomas Hertl (lower body), Alex Pietrangelo (illness), Mark Stone (lacerated spleen)

Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Alex Nylander

Alexandre Texier -- Cole Sillinger -- Kirill Marchenko

Mikael Pyyhtia -- Dmitri Voronkov -- Trey Fix-Wolansky

Mathieu Olivier -- Brendan Gaunce -- Carson Meyer

Damon Severson -- Zach Werenski

Jake Bean -- Ivan Provorov

Jake Christiansen -- Erik Gudbranson

Daniil Tarasov

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: David Jiricek

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

Players to Watch

Vegas — Noah Hanifin — the load up for the back to back quest is real in Vegas. Eichel’s best friend will help the cause.

Columbus — Johnny Gaudreau — the new top line has had him and the captain rolling offensively.


Predicted Final Score

VGK - 7

CBJ - 2

What’s Next?

Arizona State University to start the work week.

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