The regular season is here. For the Blue Jackets, their first game is tonight and they battle the Boston Bruins, a familiar foe as they have been playing each other in the preseason.
With both rosters finalized, the Bruins have some injuries to some key players in contrast to Columbus. The Bruins will be without center Patrice Bergeron; and defensemen Adam McQuaid and Kevin Miller. With Bergeon out, David Backes will be the number one center, and they recalled center Tim Schaller, who spent last season with the Buffal Sabres.
Projected Lineups
Boston Bruins
Brad Marchand--David Backes--David Pastrnak
Ryan Spooner--David Krejci--Danton Heinen
Matt Beleskey--Austin Czarnik--Jimmy Hayes
Dominic Moore--Tim Schaller--Riley Nash
Zdeno Chara--Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug--Rob O'Gara
John-Michael Liles--Colin Miller
Tukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Injuries: Frank Vatrano, Patrice Bergeron, Adam McQuaid, Kevin Miller
Columbus Blue Jackets
Boone Jenner--Brandon Dubinsky--Cam Atkinson
Brandon Saad--Sam Gagner--Nick Foligno
Scott Hartnell--Alex Wennberg--Oliver Bjorkstrand
Matt Calvert--William Karlsson--Josh Anderson
Zach Werenski--Seth Jones
Ryan Murray--David Savard
Jack Johnson--Markus Nutivaara
Sergei Bobrovsky
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Scott Harrington, Lukas Sedlak, Dalton Prout, Joonas Korpisalo
Injured: Cody Goloubef, David Clarkson
Enjoy the games tonight. More to come…