Dispatch Blue Jackets beat reporters ---
Looks like the Blue Jackets will stick with the same lineup tonight when they play the Dallas Stars in American Airlines Center, with one exception. D Ron Hainsey is back in the lineup after missing two games with a bruised pelvis.
A few other updates:
-- As expected, C Derick Brassard will center the No. 1 line with Rick Nash and Fredrik Modin. Brassard probably won't take many defensive-zone faceoffs. Those will fall to Michael Peca or Jiri Novotny, whoever is freshest.
-- C Sergei Fedorov is out tonight. No word if he'll play Thursday in Chicago. My gut tells me he's out until after the break.
-- With Hainsey back in, looks like D Marc Methot will be a scratch.
-- G Pascal Leclaire is the starter.
Lines for tonight:
F1: Modin -- Brassard -- Nash
F2: Chimera -- Peca -- Zherdev
F3: Glencross -- Novotny -- Vyborny
F4: Fritsche -- Malhotra -- Boll
Looks like the Blue Jackets will stick with the same lineup tonight when they play the Dallas Stars in American Airlines Center, with one exception. D Ron Hainsey is back in the lineup after missing two games with a bruised pelvis.
A few other updates:
-- As expected, C Derick Brassard will center the No. 1 line with Rick Nash and Fredrik Modin. Brassard probably won't take many defensive-zone faceoffs. Those will fall to Michael Peca or Jiri Novotny, whoever is freshest.
-- C Sergei Fedorov is out tonight. No word if he'll play Thursday in Chicago. My gut tells me he's out until after the break.
-- With Hainsey back in, looks like D Marc Methot will be a scratch.
-- G Pascal Leclaire is the starter.
Lines for tonight:
F1: Modin -- Brassard -- Nash
F2: Chimera -- Peca -- Zherdev
F3: Glencross -- Novotny -- Vyborny
F4: Fritsche -- Malhotra -- Boll
