Game Thread: Vegas Golden Knights (33-21-7) at Columbus Blue Jackets (20-30-10) – 04 Mar 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Vegas [](/r/goldenknights) Golden Knights (33-21-7) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (20-30-10)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, SCRIPPS|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020975) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020975/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020975/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020975/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brendan Brisson|William Karlsson|Jonathan Marchessault|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Ivan Barbashev|Chandler Stephenson|Michael Amadio|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Cole Sillinger|Alex Nylander|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Paul Cotter|Nicolas Roy|Keegan Kolesar|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Mason Morelli|Byron Froese|Grigori Denisenko|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Alec Martinez|Alex Pietrangelo|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Damon Severson|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brayden McNabb|Shea Theodore|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Nicolas Hague|Zach Whitecloud|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Adin Hill|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jet Greaves|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Logan Thompson|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vegas-golden-knights/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|03 Mar 2024|Upper Body|OUT|Merzlikins is considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury.|05 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Shoulder|IR|Johnson will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Thursday.|16 Sep 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli||Laceration|OUT|Laceration|27 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jordan Dumais||Abdomen|OUT||22 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine||Personal|IR-NR|Fracture|19 Mar 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brett Howden|22 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Howden (upper body) was put on injured reserve Friday, according to Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun.|07 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Mark Stone|20 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Stone (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, SinBin.vegas reports.|07 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Pavel Dorofeyev|08 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Although Dorofeyev (upper body) is skating, he isn’t close to being ready to practice, coach Bruce Cassidy told Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun on Wednesday.|12 Mar 2024|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Tobias Bjornfot|15 Feb 2024|Undisclosed|IR-LT|Bjornfot (undisclosed) will join up with AHL Henderson on a conditioning loan, the team announced Thursday.|unknown|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jack Eichel|26 Feb 2024|Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|unknown|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|William Carrier||Upper Body|IR|Surgery|unknown|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Robin Lehner||Hip|IR-LT||18 Apr 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/vegas-golden-knights/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|60|20|30|10|50|0.417|2.93|3.65|14.71|77.01|30.03|33.32|46.97|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|61|33|21|7|73|0.598|3.18|2.90|19.60|80.37|30.85|30.92|49.54|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|19|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jonathan Marchessault|32|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|34|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Mark Stone|37|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|43|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone|53|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski, Dmitri Voronkov|5|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brayden McNabb|18|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|59|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Ivan Barbashev|40|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:18|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Alex Pietrangelo|23:48|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=54 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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