Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (21-40-7) at Vegas Golden Knights (42-21-6) – 19 Mar 2023 – 04:00PM EDT

#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (21-40-7) at Vegas [](/r/goldenknights) Golden Knights (42-21-6)

#T-Mobile Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|01:00PM|02:00PM|03:00PM|04:00PM|05:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|ATTSN-RM, BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [VGK](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999154)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021110) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021110) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021110)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://GoldenKnights.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021110) – [Boxscore](http://GoldenKnights.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021110) – [Recap](http://GoldenKnights.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021110)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021110)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[](/r/goldenknights)|Ivan Barbashev|Jack Eichel|Jonathan Marchessault|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Patrik Laine|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|Reilly Smith|William Karlsson|Pavel Dorofeyev|[](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Jack Roslovic|Kirill Marchenko|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|Brett Howden|Chandler Stephenson|Mike Amadio|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Cole Sillinger|Emil Bemstrom|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|Paul Cotter|Teddy Blueger|Phil Kessel|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Lane Pederson|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/goldenknights)|Alec Martinez|Alex Pietrangelo|[](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|Erik Gudbranson|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|Brayden McNabb|Shea Theodore|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|Nicolas Hague|Zach Whitecloud|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Adam Boqvist|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[](/r/goldenknights)|Jonathan Quick|[](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|Jiri Patera|[](/r/bluejackets)|Michael Hutchinson|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Keegan Kolesar|14 Mar 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Kolesar (upper body) might return to the lineup next week, according to Ben Gotz of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.|21 Mar 2023|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Adin Hill|08 Mar 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Hill (lower body) will miss Thursday’s game against the Calgary Flames, per Ben Gotz of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.|21 Mar 2023|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|William Carrier|03 Mar 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Carrier is out indefinitely after suffering a lower-body injury Friday, Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun reports.|25 Mar 2023|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Laurent Brossoit|27 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR|Brossoit (lower body) isn’t expected to return for Thursday’s game against the Calgary Flames, per Jesse Granger of The Athletic.|unknown|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Nicolas Roy|23 Feb 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Roy (lower body) won’t play Tuesday versus Philadelphia, NHL.com reports.|23 Mar 2023|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Logan Thompson|23 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|23 Mar 2023|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Nolan Patrick||Upper Body|IR-LT|Not Specified|01 Jul 2023|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Mark Stone||Back|IR-LT||13 Apr 2023|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Robin Lehner||Hip|IR-LT||15 Sep 2023|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|07 Mar 2023|Personal|OUT|Merzlikins (personal) is on his way to Latvia to be with his seriously ill grandmother on Friday, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|21 Mar 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Sean Kuraly|03 Mar 2023|Oblique|OUT|Kuraly suffered an oblique injury in practice Thursday and will miss the next six weeks.|14 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier||Personal|OUT||01 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean||Shoulder|IR||01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|03 Mar 2023|Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[Golden Knights](/r/goldenknights)|69|42|21|6|90|65.2|3.1884|2.7826|20.8|79.2|31.75362|30.7971|52.4|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|68|21|40|7|49|36.0|2.63235|3.80882|18.7|76.9|29.63235|35.13235|48.4|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[](/r/goldenknights)|Jack Eichel|23|[](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|23|
|A|[](/r/goldenknights)|Chandler Stephenson|40|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|46|
|P|[](/r/goldenknights)|Chandler Stephenson|53|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|63|
|+/-|[](/r/goldenknights)|Alec Martinez|19|[](/r/bluejackets)|Billy Sweezey|1|
|PIM|[](/r/goldenknights)|Keegan Kolesar|64|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|81|
|TOI|[](/r/goldenknights)|Alex Pietrangelo|23:58|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

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