Blue Jackets complete preseason by visiting Capitals

The final exhibition contest will be broadcast on BlueJackets.com and the CBJ app as well as 93.3 The Bus

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By Blue Jackets Staff
BlueJackets.com

The Blue Jackets have one more game to get ready for the 2025-26 season, playing their final preseason contest of the year tonight against the Washington Capitals at 7 p.m. at Capital One Arena in DC.

The game will be streamed at BlueJackets.com and on the CBJ App, available on ESPN+ and NHL Center Ice, and heard on 93.3 The Bus.

The Blue Jackets will dress close to an NHL lineup in DC, with Elvis Merzlikins in net, but head coach Dean Evason said veterans Sean Monahan and Zach Werenski will remain back in Columbus.

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After this, the Blue Jackets will continue preparations for the opening of the regular season Oct. 9 at Nashville and Oct. 11 at Minnesota before the home opener Oct. 13 vs. New Jersey.

Columbus has a 2-4-0 record thus far in the preseason.

Projected CBJ Lineup (Subject to change)

LW 59 Yegor Chinakhov
C 10 Dmitri Voronkov
RW 86 Kirill Marchenko
LW 38 Boone Jenner
C 19 Adam Fantilli
RW 4 Cole Sillinger
LW 91 Kent Johnson
C 3 Charlie Coyle
RW 24 Mathieu Olivier
LW 27 Zach Aston-Reese
C 21 Isac Lundestrom
RW 11 Miles Wood
LD 2 Jake Christiansen
RD 15 Dante Fabbro
G 90 Elvis Merzlikins
LD 9 Ivan Provorov
RD 78 Damon Severson
G 73 Jet Greaves
LD 5 Denton Mateychuk
RD 44 Erik Gudbranson

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