The Columbus Blue Jackets and Vegas Golden Knights play this season for the second and final time.

Columbus Blue Jackets (70 pts) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (83 pts) Game Preview The <a href="https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/">Columbus Blue Jackets</a> welcome the <a href="https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/">Vegas Golden Knights</a> into Nationwide Arena on Thursday. The Blue Jackets won their only meeting of the season in Vegas back on Jan. 30 in OT

Projected Lineup **Lines Subject to Change 

Dmitri Voronkov - Adam Fantilli – Kirill Marchenko

Kent Johnson – Boone Jenner – Mathieu Olivier

James van Riemsdyk – Justin Danforth – Luke Kunin

Zach Aston-Reese - Sean Kuraly – Christian Fischer

Zach Werenski - Dante Fabbro

Denton Mateychuk - Ivan Provorov

Jake Christiansen - Damon Severson

Starter: Elvis Merzļikins

Scratches: Jordan Harris, Jack Johnson, Yegor Chinakhov

Injuries

• Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16 (61 Games)
• Sean Monahan (upper body) is on Injured Reserve retroactive to Jan. 7 (23 Games)
• Kevin Labanc (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve as of Feb. 21 and out for the season (8 Games)

• Cole Sillinger is day-to-day with an upper body injury (5 Games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 274

How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.

Let us know what you think below.

Stay updated with the most interesting Blue Jackets stories, analysis, breaking news, and more! Tap the star to add us to your favorites on Google News and never miss a story.