The Columbus Blue Jackets conclude the 2024-2025 NHL regular season against the New York Islanders before the offseason officially begins.

Columbus was the final team eliminated from playoff contention after the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in regulation after their call to rest top stars. Despite the efforts and tweets from the Columbus new stations to former Jackets’ Jack Roslovic and Eric Robinson, the postseason will belong to five of the seven Canadian teams.

The Blue Jackets and Islanders conclude their fourth and final battle on the ice. Columbus has won two of the three games, and have outscored New York 7-6, including a shutout.

Columbus sits with the 13th overall selection in the 2025 draft. A regulation or overtime win will put them above Utah. An overtime loss will keep the Jackets at 13. A regulation loss by Columbus may have them fall to 12th with a Detroit regulation win.

Projected Lineups

New York Islanders

Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Marc Gatcomb

Scott Perunovich -- Tony DeAngelo
Noah Dobson -- Scott Mayfield
Mike Reilly -- Adam Boqvist

Marcus Hogberg
Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Anthony Duclair, Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Alexander Romanov (illness)

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
Jack Williams -- Sean Kuraly -- Justin Danforth

Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jordan Harris -- Erik Gudbranson

Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Christian Fischer, Damon Severson, Luke Kunin, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Johnson

Injured: Elvis Merzlikins (upper body), Jake Christiansen (upper body), Zach Aston-Reese (undisclosed)

Players to Watch

New York — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — after 3 apples in his last 5 games, is the former Senator an offseason move for the youth movement? He was dangled at the deadline.

Columbus — Jack Williams — debut game in final regular season game.

Predicted Final Score

CBJ — 3

NYI — 2


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