Taylor Raddysh is set to enter the lineup for Rangers at Blue Jackets after being recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Friday. The move gives the Blue Jackets a new forward option on a night when the final group is still not settled.
The projected lineups posted for the matchup also show Luca Del Bel Belluz making his season debut, while Alexis Lafreniere and Pavel Dorofeyev switch lines. That is the kind of reshuffle that can change how a game opens, especially when both teams are already dealing with injuries.
Igor Shesterkin, Joonas Korpisalo, Joseph Veleno, Dante Fabbro, Ivan Provorov and Isac Lundestrom are all listed as injured, leaving both sides to adjust around missing pieces. The report is not a game recap; it is a snapshot of how the teams are expected to look on game day, with the available forwards and defensemen being slotted where they fit best.
Still, one part of the Blue Jackets picture remains unsettled. Rick Bowness said it will be a game-time decision as to which forward comes out, which means the projected lineup is not a final answer. For now, the clearest certainty is that Raddysh is coming in, Del Bel Belluz is stepping into his season debut and the last forward spot can change right up to puck drop.
